We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure vs. Salesforce Platform based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison of Results: Based on the parameters we compared, Salesforce Platform seems to be a superior solution. All other things being more or less equal, our reviewers found Microsoft Azure to be more difficult to deploy and far less flexible than Salesforce Platform.
"It's set up to handle any cloud requirement."
"The tool’s stability is good."
"One feature I like in Microsoft Azure is its ability to host and run applications on virtual machines. It is a basic yet crucial capability for our team."
"Reduces work for our IT teams and saves us a lot of time."
"The system is more secure, and this is valuable."
"The user interface is very good for administrators."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the value for money and flexibility."
"The solution is very flexible, it is not limited to Microsoft solutions. It integrates well with other solutions, such as Oracle. There are a lot of templates we are able to use allowing us to reduce the time for configuration."
"The solution has plenty of features that are useful."
"Salesforce's strongest feature is reporting especially. It's also a lot more usable than other platforms I've worked with. It has a great user experience, with the ability to filter and access information in real-time."
"The solution scales extremely well."
"The presentation is clear and easy to comprehend."
"It is very user-friendly, and intuitive, it will lead you and take you to the next steps."
"There is very good documentation available and Salesforce offers good communication with its clients. It's very user-friendly and has a system that is easy to learn."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its overall ability to manage everything, including the sales pipeline and quick creation of sales reports."
"It is a platform that allows you to get applications quickly to the end user in a secure way."
"We have faced some issues on the pricing side, but it has improved lately. We are trying to adjust to the new pricing methods that they are using now. It should be better from now on."
"The solution needs to offer more data analysis services."
"There are many bugs in the solutions and we already have a ticket to Microsoft. Their content team is working on that."
"The response time and stability of Microsoft Azure need to be improved."
"They are a bit closed on the customization side. If they open the customization then it will be very good."
"While integrating services from different vendors, the perceived costs are high, with occasional confusion about specific charges, especially in data transfer scenarios between regions."
"The solution could improve by having more security features around my data and the platform."
"They should optimize their pricing so that we can use more features. I would also like to see more auditing and more security for the Blob storage feature. From a technical point, it has very good features for Microsoft products, but for non-Microsoft products, it may have some limitations. I have mostly worked with Windows-based integration, and now I am trying to use it for open-source systems. It is good but not as easy as Microsoft products."
"They need an easy way of getting details and then adding to it and then being able to do it in a more simplified way"
"I think the search needs to be improved so as to allow for a broader keyword search."
"The back end really isn't user-friendly at all."
"The solution's UI is horrible."
"A company needs to carefully consider how they set up Salesforce in order to ensure it benefits them."
"I want more analytics in the platform and the addition of AI-based models, for example, predictive feedback. The Salesforce Platform needs to be more intelligent and intuitive to make it a great solution."
"Salesforce Platform could improve the UI and the responsiveness of their servers. The UI needs to be made user-friendly for all users."
"They have some limitations as a cloud solution."
Microsoft Azure is ranked 1st in PaaS Clouds with 299 reviews while Salesforce Platform is ranked 8th in PaaS Clouds with 81 reviews. Microsoft Azure is rated 8.4, while Salesforce Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure writes "Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Salesforce Platform writes "Reliable with good reporting and custom dashboards". Microsoft Azure is most compared with Google Firebase, Amazon AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Pivotal Cloud Foundry and Linode, whereas Salesforce Platform is most compared with Microsoft Power Apps, Oracle Application Express (APEX), Appian, ServiceNow and Amazon AWS. See our Microsoft Azure vs. Salesforce Platform report.
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