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HPE Helion 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:
 

ROI

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Sentiment score
7.2
Microsoft Azure offers scalable solutions, cost savings in infrastructure, and business value, despite some high data costs.
 

Customer Service

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6.5
Microsoft Azure support quality varies with plan level; premium plans offer better service, while community resources are appreciated.
 

Scalability Issues

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Sentiment score
7.8
Microsoft Azure's scalability allows resource adjustments, benefiting businesses despite some cost concerns, with overall positive user experiences reported.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
HPE Helion is stable, reliable, and mature, with minimal downtime, though improved partner collaboration is desired.
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Room For Improvement

HPE Helion requires enhanced hybrid capabilities, DevOps integration, simplified setup, better partnerships, unified dashboard, and up-to-date components.
Microsoft Azure struggles with pricing, compatibility, user interface issues, and lacks integration, transparency, support, and seamless data security.
 

Setup Cost

Microsoft Azure offers flexible, competitive pricing but can be complex with variable charges affecting expense prediction for enterprise buyers.
 

Valuable Features

HPE Helion's GUI, scalability, cloud access, and support empower users with a mature, capable, and automated OpenStack platform.
 

Categories and Ranking

HPE Helion
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
25th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
5
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
312
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of HPE Helion is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure is 21.2%, up from 20.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

it_user568173 - PeerSpot reviewer
We're hoping to offer it as an open stack solution to our customers. Initial setup takes a lot longer than we expected.
Some improvements I think are needed are greater stability and more up to date packages. The Ceph Cluster components that we've been looking at are still in the previous Hammer release. We were expecting the next release to be pretty much in line with it; at least not more than one behind. They're a couple behind at the minute. Maybe a better track to the upstream software would be good. With this obviously being an elastic type solution, the initial setup time seems to be taking a lot longer than we expected.
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.
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Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Educational Organization
44%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

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Also Known As

HPE Helion Cloud, HP Helion
Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ACA Fashion Software, myLoc, Mendix, Comline AG, Nava Solutions, 20th Century Fox, Zhejiang University, iService Global, Okinawa Cross Head, Creative Photo Cloud, Zuora, Ormuco, Ecad, MyCloud, Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS)
BMW, Toyota, easyJet, NBC Sports, HarperCollins, Aviva, TalkTalk Business, Avanade, and Telenor.
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