Azure Stack vs Google Anthos comparison

Microsoft and Google are both solutions in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.8, while Google is ranked #9. Microsoft holds a 29.6% mindshare in HCCP, compared to Google’s 2.7% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 50% of Google users who would recommend it.

Azure Stack

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92% willing to recommend

Google Anthos

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514 Comparison Views

50% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Stack

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (2nd)

Google Anthos

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

9th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category, the mindshare of Azure Stack is 29.6%, down from 31.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Anthos is 2.7%, down from 8.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PuneetKaura

Vice President of Sales and Operations at Aquila Clouds

Offers seamless transition, integration capabilities of Azure Stack works well and scales easily

For hybrid cloud operations, the seamless transition it enables is key. Most enterprises have a lot of workloads on-premises, and they want a smooth way to move into the cloud. Some things are on-prem, and some things are on the cloud. Azure Stack bridges that gap with solutions that work well for their existing on-premises infrastructure.

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AlbertoPascoe

Independent consultant at Freelance

Quick time to market; great return on investment

Now everything is always changing and getting more performance and getting better and I think that, this is my sense of the answer, I mean, everything is working well, comparing with other products. I don't remember any kind of set down of course or something like that I can mention. That's my understanding, yeah. The Google Anthos business model could improve. As I understand, Google Anthos is not an internal part of the ecosystem. In fact, the Google sales effort and technical team are separated. In other words, the DCP was not voluntarily talking to the GCP. For example, if you need to talk to someone inside GCP about the connection or the integration with Anthos, the person who can help you is not in GCP. You would need to speak with someone inside Google. From the client perspective, this is not good. Overall, the management of the solution could be improved. The initial Google Anthos setup could be improved.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"If a user wants to upgrade Office 365 from any of the packages, there is no disruption happening during migration, and the data is kept safe. There's no loss of data."

"The most valuable features are the control and flexibility that we have, where we can build our own solutions from scratch."

"The most valuable feature is IaaS."

"The solution is pretty stable."

"From my experience, this solution is suitable for enterprise companies."

"The tool has simplified our application development."

"The solution's technical support is great since, in our company, we get answers to most of our questions, and most of our queries get resolved with the help of the documentation itself."

"The scalability of the solution is good. We have hundreds of users internally and thousands of users externally. We do plan to increase usage shortly."

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"The Google Anthos feature I find the most valuable is the easy of use. In Google Anthos, you don't need to move along too many screens and so on. The interface is really helpful and understanding of the tool comes easily."

Cons

"In the future, I would like to see more machine learning features."

"If I were to mention an area that could be enhanced, it might be technical support, as there have been observations that the response time is not as fast as some of its competitors like Google."

"The solution could be less expensive."

"There are some minor issues or bugs with it that I know are there."

"Technical support is very poor. When we meet Microsoft in the coming weeks to discuss expansion, we'll be speaking to them directly about this."

"Azure Stack doesn't have all the services available in Microsoft Azure."

"It might be beneficial if Microsoft could introduce a more cost-effective data lake feature within their product."

"Azure Stack needs to improve integrations."

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"The initial Google Anthos setup is not easy. Nothing is truly easy in the Google Anthos world."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being expensive."

"Azure has a subscription version. It has a pay-as-you-go subscription with a subscription ID. So, you have your particular subscription with an enterprise agreement. There is a dev-type subscription for development and testing. The pricing seems pretty reasonable. The pricing could be per resource."

"The solution is expensive."

"Azure Stack is not a very costly tool. The pricing is according to the services we buy. When compared with AWS, Azure is a bit more costlier."

"The premium version is too costly."

"The pricing is excellent with several options to save you time and money."

"Azure Stack is a medium-priced product, so it is not overpriced, but the prices may be higher for certain services."

"Subscription model customers need not make large expenditures on upfront purchasing."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Company Size

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Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Stack?

For hybrid cloud operations, the seamless transition it enables is key. Most enterprises have a lot of workloads on-premises, and they want a smooth way to move into the cloud. Some things are on...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Stack?

Azure Stack is a very expensive solution. The costs are very opaque and coming out of control quite quickly.

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The solution's transparency over cost management could be much easier because it's very difficult to manage costs.

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Anthos lets you build and manage modern hybrid applications on existing on-premises investments or in the public cloud. Built on open source technologies pioneered by Google - including Kubernetes, Istio, and Knative - Anthos enables consistency between on-premises and cloud environments. Anthos helps accelerate application development and strategically enable your business with transformational technologies like service mesh, containers, and microservices.

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