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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
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
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
316
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of AWS Elastic Beanstalk is 0.5%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure is 19.2%, down from 19.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds
 

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.
SubodhThakar - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrates various functionalities and have good documentation but have high pricing
Cosmos DB offered better scalability. In Azure SQL, we had to carefully manage the storage tier, switching back and forth based on needs. But when we first implemented Cosmos DB, we had a good understanding of the required data volume over the past three months. This helped us select the appropriate tier because we had those figures. If we had done it the other way around, it would have been much harder to estimate the data accurately. While you can get a rough idea, whether it works out in practice is more of a hit-and-miss approach, which we have already experienced with Cosmos DB. We applied the knowledge gained from that exercise to build a similar solution over Azure SQL. On the DevOps side, our team consisted of five members, ranging from senior to junior roles. We would raise requests for specific services needed in the development environment. The process typically takes three to five business days, including all necessary approvals, from submitting the request to receiving the resources and verifying access.

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 helps reduce system administration as it automates many tasks."
"AWS Elastic Beanstalk helps improve my efficiency, saves time, and streamlines application hosting in the cloud."
"The simplicity in the speed of provisioning users is what I like best about Elastic Beanstalk."
"I highly recommend it to others and frequently discuss it with customers."
"Elastic Beanstalk simplifies deploying and managing applications."
"One of the most valuable aspects is that developers can access logs directly. They can download them from the AWS console within 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."
"I would rate my experience with the initial setup an eight out of ten, with ten being easy."
"Microsoft Azure has hundred of services that they offer on the platform."
"There are several products within Azure."
"The performance is good."
"One of the most valuable features of Azure is that it's a very integrated solution. You have to learn how to use it properly, but it's not that hard, and you can define your whole scrum process and deploy it from one place. It was a really nice surprise to see how easily integrated this tool is."
"The product makes it easy to spin up new environments and develop new technologies."
"User interface and portal are great."
"The most valuable feature is the interface."
 

Cons

"Sometimes it is difficult to use for the first time. The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement."
"The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement."
"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."
"AWS Elastic Beanstalk could improve its auto-scaling feature to better detect potential AI-based attacks or misuses that could lead to unexpected costs."
"One area where AWS Elastic Beanstalk struggles is with the complexity of deployments."
"Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options."
"Sometimes there are issues when auto-scaling with CloudFront."
"Azure installation is complicated. When we first deployed Azure, it was challenging."
"We have reported some bugs we encountered, and it would be good if those bugs were resolved more quickly."
"The process by which our customers can switch from one subscription to another should be simplified."
"It would be helpful if Azure provided more information on the various add-ons to give people an understanding of what they are used for, and how they're applied by other companies or businesses."
"It could be cheaper."
"The pricing criteria can be improved with broken-down terms that can be understood easily."
"Auto ML could be improved technically."
"A good strategy would be to include a feature for integrating with external ecosystems."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing for the end-user packages is a bit high. It is full of very interesting services, but I would still like it to be less expensive."
"Microsoft Azure is not expensive. You pay for what you use. If you are using it everything could be expensive."
"It's a metered environment, and it's pay-as-you-go. That's the big challenge with a metered environment."
"It is paid on a per-use basis."
"The licensing fees depend on the number of users that we have."
"All cloud services are expensive."
"Related to pricing and licensing, you have to be careful how you operate with the concept."
"We're paying in dollars, and it's very expensive for us because of the exchange rates."
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Comparison Review

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Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Educational Organization
17%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Educational Organization
19%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

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?
AWS Elastic Beanstalk itself is free to use, but there are charges for other integrated services like RDS ( /products/amazon-rds-reviews ), ELBs, and EC2s. If only AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used, th...
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?
I have used AWS Elastic Beanstalk ( /products/aws-elastic-beanstalk-reviews ) primarily to manage infrastructure. The main purpose is to offload the complexity of managing servers, operating system...
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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Sample Customers

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BMW, Toyota, easyJet, NBC Sports, HarperCollins, Aviva, TalkTalk Business, Avanade, and Telenor.
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