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Acquia Cloud vs Microsoft Azure comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Acquia Cloud
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (10th)
Microsoft Azure
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
312
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (1st), PaaS Clouds (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Acquia Cloud and Microsoft Azure aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Acquia Cloud is designed for Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) and holds a mindshare of 4.9%, up 4.3% compared to last year.
Microsoft Azure, on the other hand, focuses on Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS), holds 19.7% mindshare, up 19.1% since last year.
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user674091 - PeerSpot reviewer
May 29, 2017
It provides a consolidated platform to manage content for the content editors.
Hosting support is the most valuable feature. Acquia provides a standard for the support and the incident requests. Their knowledge of Drupal as a CMS has enabled us to focus on developing business outcomes rather than focusing on the IT operations. Acquia has provided a resilient hosting…
Nicolas Chabrier - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 26, 2024
Promotes clear, logical structures preventing impractical configurations and offers seamless integration
The only thing is regarding the management of multi-cloud environments. That's not really possible. So basically, it's wonderful if you manage Microsoft clearly and if you manage Microsoft Azure, but if you need to consume external services and have a global overview of all your consumption, it's not the case. Google, for instance, has tools that help you manage multiple environments, which makes sense because Google is really the cloud provider. So that's why they need to be compliant with the others. But for sure, Microsoft's approach is different, and it's wonderful when you're one hundred percent on Azure. But if you'd like to have something more of a multi-cloud strategy, that's a bit of a gap where they could improve.

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Licensing costs for Enterprise are on an annual basis."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"We are on an annual subscription. However, there are other options available."
"It is paid on a per-use basis."
"It is similar to AWS, where it is on-demand and is billed monthly."
"Make use of Azure pricing calculator and you will find out that Azure Is still more reasonable that the competition and do your research, when unclear speak with your MS support."
"The price of the solution can be expensive."
"The pricing is relatively high."
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Comparison Review

it_user8586 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
26%
Government
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Educational Organization
42%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What is the structure of Acquia Cloud DXP?
Unlike many digital experience platforms, Acquia Cloud Platform actually separates its two main actions and their many features so it's easier for users. Maybe you were browsing their site and got...
Can Acquia Cloud be used to migrate from another CMS?
I've been actually looking for an answer to this question, as my organization has been using another CMS and wants to explore the option of migrating to Acquia because it offers much more features ...
Do you think Acquia Cloud is expensive?
So the price of different Acquia Cloud services doesn't really differ that much based on locations, though, of course, it's cheapest in the US. But my opinion on the matter is, the personal and the...
Which is preferable - IBM Public Cloud or Microsoft Azure?
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Which is better - SAP Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure?
One of the best features of SAP Cloud Platform is that it is web-based and you can log in from anywhere in the world. SAP Cloud Platform is suitable for companies of any size; it works well with bo...
How does Microsoft Azure compare to Google Firebase?
I would recommend Google Firebase instead of Microsoft Azure, simply for the array of features that it has to offer. In particular, the Firebase library grants you access to a shared data structure...
 

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Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
 

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Sample Customers

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