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Azure Stack vs High Performance Computing (HPC) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Stack
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
1st
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (2nd)
High Performance Computing ...
Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
13th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category, the mindshare of Azure Stack is 13.5%, down from 27.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of High Performance Computing (HPC) is 3.2%, up from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Azure Stack13.5%
High Performance Computing (HPC)3.2%
Other83.3%
Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

RS
Data Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Unified data platform has improved regulatory compliance but still needs better integration features
It is difficult to say about Azure Stack improvement because I need to revisit and study it again. The pricing is okay, but on the services side, perhaps we need to think about some services, not all. I would not like to see any additional features in the future. To give them more like a 9 out of 10 or 10 out of 10, I think they need to improve on the interface, implementation, configuration, and integration with other products, so I rate them an eight. As compared to AWS, they need to add more features. I would like to see operations and storage features, like AI features or security features.
MA
Global Datacenter Infrastructure and HPC Director at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Helps to run simulations and create prototypes which reduces the costs
HPC's neutral configuration is not difficult. The tool's deployment depends on your understanding of its architecture and use cases. I rate it a three out of five. A regular cluster will take two weeks to set up. OEMs helped us with the physical hardware installation. Once the cluster was running, our team configured the software and networks.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The admin dashboard is the main feature of the solution."
"Azure Stack is a good product because it's flexible and easy to work with."
"The Platform as a Service (Paas) environment is the most valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature is the OCR, which I use for reading PDFs."
"I have tested many different OCRs, including one from Google Cloud, and this is one of the best that I have ever seen."
"The solution's most valuable features are security, configurability, and recoverability."
"The most valuable features are the control and flexibility that we have, where we can build our own solutions from scratch."
"It is stable with 99.9% uptime."
"HPC speeds up delivery time and reduces costs. It comes with the capability and flexibility to understand how engineering products work. You can understand the outcome without spending time and money."
"Our customers can publish scientific reports in prestigious magazines. HPC offers strong computing capabilities."
 

Cons

"The solution could be less expensive."
"The visibility of its SDN feature needs improvement."
"The pricing is expensive, especially today as most platforms embrace cloud models, promoting different stacks that support heterogeneous hardware and hybrid model environments, offering full multi-tenancy."
"Azure Stack's pricing could be improved."
"Azure Stack is relatively new and lacks the features compared to public Azure."
"I would like to see the AI side come to one hundred percent in the near future."
"I would only recommend this solution to smaller organizations like ours because I cannot really speculate what big issues that the bigger organizations will face."
"I believe the only room for improvement is that I am based in Nairobi, if it has even a local node for Azure, I believe most customers will prefer that to reduce latencies and everything else when using the Azure Stack."
"There was a buzz around the integration of quantum computing and HPC. However, I don't see a real-life use case for it."
"The solution is expensive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The people who manage the budgets are satisfied with the solution’s medium pricing, which is neither very expensive nor very cheap."
"We are satisfied with the pricing."
"When comparing Azure to Amazon and Google, it appears that Azure offers the most cost-effective solution."
"Azure stands out for its flexibility with pay-as-you-go options."
"The pricing falls in the middle. It serves as a mediator between being expensive and being affordable, but it's not exactly cheap either. I would rate it a six out of ten."
"Price-wise, AWS might be relatively cheaper compared to Azure, but the deployment on Azure is much easier."
"I don't have a specific feature, my customers use all of the features that are available and the entire stack."
"Azure Stack is a very expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
6%
Financial Services Firm
10%
University
10%
Construction Company
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise26
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Questions from the Community

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