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AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs Microsoft Azure comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
9th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Azure
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
313
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of AWS Elastic Beanstalk is 0.3%. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure is 20.0%, up from 19.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Kevin-Davis - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient deployment and management of web apps with integration into cloud services
One area where AWS Elastic Beanstalk struggles is with the complexity of deployments. As deployments become more complex, technical constraints can become a burden. This can lead to a situation where I might be better off building my own deployment mechanism. Additionally, CloudFormation controlling AWS Elastic Beanstalk in more complex environments is poorly supported, which can make management challenging.
Nicolas Chabrier - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Elastic Beanstalk is helpful and easy to manage services, even when dealing with multiple clients."
"Elastic Beanstalk simplifies deploying and managing applications."
"I find the versioning to be especially valuable on AWS Elastic Beanstalk."
"Elastic Beanstalk is very easy to use, providing infrastructure to deploy our third-party application to the cloud within 15 to 20 minutes."
"Elastic Beanstalk is helpful and easy to manage services, even when dealing with multiple clients."
"Elastic Beanstalk helps reduce system administration as it automates many tasks."
"Elastic Beanstalk, based on my experience and recommendations from friends, is a good solution."
"The most valuable feature of Elastic Beanstalk is its ease of use and management."
"Managed storage capabilities, which create a very simple way to create, copy, and replicate local or geo-replicate, it's very simple to assign workloads."
"We have implemented the ExpressRoute connection, which is an established circuit between the local provider and the Microsoft network edge."
"The ability to scale down is a big thing."
"The platform as a service for MySQL and PostgreSQL have significantly improved our operational efficiency."
"Stability is straightforward"
"I like the functionalities and the price. I'm very satisfied with Microsoft Azure."
"Microsoft Azure provides a valuable Data Factory, particularly for analytics."
"The Azure Portal has an advantage in terms of UX making buying resources or downgrading is really easier to understand. AWS has micro, smaller functionalities whereas Azure has more end-to-end focus which makes it easier saving you time and money."
 

Cons

"Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options."
"Sometimes there are issues when auto-scaling with CloudFront."
"From what I've observed, it seems AWS has ceased further development on Elastic Beanstalk."
"The documentation needs to be clearer, particularly relating to editing JSON files before uploading applications."
"Logs and debugging can sometimes be cumbersome, and there could be a more seamless method to analyze application issues without relying heavily on CloudWatch, which would improve my experience."
"Maybe the company could create more option packages, such as more bundles of configuration."
"There are areas for improvement in Elastic Beanstalk, especially in the management part. Tasks like creating load balancers and retiring versions require manual code updates, and URL changes can be time-consuming."
"One area where AWS Elastic Beanstalk struggles is with the complexity of deployments. As deployments become more complex, technical constraints can become a burden."
"Microsoft Azure could improve by being more secure."
"We have reported some bugs we encountered, and it would be good if those bugs were resolved more quickly."
"The subscriptions are complicated."
"Because it has a lot of features, a person just coming into Microsoft Azure might feel that it is a bit complex."
"There should be be better support for microservices and containers."
"Microsoft Azure is so complicated inside. If you should do something internally, if you have to configure something, the opinion about Azure is that it is a little complicated inside. That's why the end users and clients are looking for help and why we help them configure and do anything inside of Azure. That is why we offer other tools to optimize the Azure environment."
"Onboarding customers is a challenge. Sometimes our customers don't know how to deal with the cloud environment. Maybe the customers are more comfortable with the old-fashioned on-premise environment."
"Pricing is one area where Azure has room for improvement. There should be some due consideration. Azure has solved some issues with pricing from the development team's standpoint, but it is still quite costly. They should also offer a trial period for the individual platform solutions. I think that would be pretty handy for the developers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing of the solution could be reduced. We are not able to create a free account in my country."
"It is paid on a per-use basis."
"The price of the solution could be reduced. There should be a loyalty cost reduction model. If customers have been using the service year after year they should receive a discount."
"Licensing costs for Enterprise are on an annual basis."
"Monthly billing convenience reduced cost overheads up to 70 percent."
"In countries experiencing high inflation, the cost of Azure services can be significantly impacted. This can result in higher expenses compared to other regions."
"It's an OPEX model, you pay as you go, or you can reserve funds."
"Everything involves an annual commitment with a monthly charge."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Educational Organization
47%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
Elastic Beanstalk does not have additional charges and integrates well with existing AWS resources. Pricing is inclusive of the technologies and instances used, making it efficient.
What needs improvement with AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options.
What is your primary use case for AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
Elastic Beanstalk is used in deploying and scaling web applications and services. It helps us deploy and scale web applications on Amazon Web Services cloud. This solution is suitable for managing ...
Which is preferable - IBM Public Cloud or Microsoft Azure?
IBM Public Cloud is IBM’s Platform-as-a-Service. It aims to provide organizations with a secure cloud environment to manage data and applications. One of the features we like is the cloud activity ...
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...
 

Also Known As

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Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
 

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