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Microsoft Azure App Service vs OutSystems comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.9
Microsoft's Azure App Service offers cost efficiency, automation, ease of use, and machine learning, making it a worthwhile investment.
Sentiment score
7.0
OutSystems provides high ROI with faster app creation, cost-saving strategies, and positive user feedback despite some cost concerns.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.9
Microsoft Azure App Service support is mixed, with better response in premium plans but varying quality and delays otherwise.
Sentiment score
7.1
OutSystems support is generally responsive but experiences vary, with better service at higher contract levels and valued documentation.
Regions like Europe, the US, Canada, and India provide very good and immediate support.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Microsoft Azure App Service offers robust scalability and flexibility, efficiently meeting diverse company needs despite some configurability limitations.
Sentiment score
7.7
OutSystems is scalable and robust, ideal for enterprise-level growth, especially in cloud-based and multi-tenant environments.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Microsoft Azure App Service is praised for stability, high reliability, consistent uptime, and resolving issues efficiently, with user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
8.0
OutSystems is stable and reliable, highly rated for support and scalability but faces issues with massive user bases.
I find Microsoft Azure App Service to be quite stable.
 

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Azure App Service requires improvements in deployment, pricing transparency, integration, mobile support, and user interface for better usability.
OutSystems needs performance, integration, and cost improvements, along with better documentation, UI, AI integration, and cloud management.
Deploying Logic Apps in a private network environment becomes complicated due to the extensive white testing and configurations needed at the networking layer.
I would like to see more integration between the use of artificial intelligence to speed up the process delivery time.
 

Setup Cost

Microsoft Azure App Service offers flexible, variable pricing tied to usage and tier, appreciated for its pay-as-you-go model.
OutSystems pricing is often considered high, with costs based on user metrics, impacting small businesses but saving development time.
If I compare this solution to AWS, it's cheaper, so it's better.
 

Valuable Features

Microsoft Azure App Service enables seamless deployment, scalability, robust security, and integration, supporting multiple frameworks with high availability.
OutSystems excels in low-code development, effortless integration, and user-friendly features, making it a versatile and scalable platform.
The product is easy to maintain and deploy.
The most valuable features in the context of development and deployment are the integration with SDKs and the infrastructure standpoint.
OutSystems offers a lot of reusable components and solutions that I can simply drag and drop and use, which has a significant impact on project delivery time.
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure App Service
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
4th
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
OutSystems
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
1st
Ranking in Rapid Application Development Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
Low-Code Development Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Mobile Development Platforms category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure App Service is 2.9%, down from 4.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of OutSystems is 21.1%, down from 22.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

Sharjeel Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Lets you manage security more efficiently, and supports multiple frameworks, but has limited multi-language support and integration
Limited integration is an area for improvement in Microsoft Azure App Service. Another area for improvement in the platform is multi-language support. That still needs to be added because, at the moment, my team still has to work on specific Python languages whenever the API calls need to be configured. The pricing tier for Microsoft Azure App Service also has room for improvement because it significantly varies. For example, you have premium and dynamic pricing, and people on P2 should be offered dynamic pricing or the high-priced tier on offer could still be worked on. I want a lifecycle pipeline feature, similar to Azure Pipelines from Microsoft Azure App Service. For example, when configuring the pipelines, I should be able to configure the cloud security posture for a specific deployment. By default, there should be a prebuilt cloud security option that can be configured before moving into the production environment. Microsoft Azure App Service should also give you a clue regarding the risks. It would be best if you didn't have to connect to other modules because that wouldn't be as beneficial to platform users, mainly because Microsoft Azure App Service has a lot of security development kits.
Bireswar Das - PeerSpot reviewer
A low-code platform for the development of mobile and web enterprise applications
To illustrate a case, the customer initially had a private cloud, essentially a data center hosted within it. They needed a disaster recovery solution, which would involve using a public cloud. This situation led to some deployment challenges due to the hybrid nature of their setup. However, once we implemented the solution for them, they were extremely satisfied. The process was not only effective but also quite speedy. To be more precise, we completed it in around 100 days, even though they initially requested it to be done in four months. They were very pleased with the efficiency of the implementation.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Educational Organization
33%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Would you choose Microsoft Azure App Service or PowerApps?
Microsoft Azure App Service is helpful if you need to set up temporary servers for customers to run their programs in locations that other cloud providers do not cater to. When servers are closer t...
Do you recommend Microsoft Azure App Service?
I highly recommend Microsoft Azure. We have been using it for nearly four years. We mostly use it for creating and maintaining websites, such as content management systems like WordPress sites, whi...
What do you like most about Microsoft Azure App Service?
One valuable feature of Azure App Service for us is its integration with Azure DevOps, which we heavily rely on in our development process.
Which solution is better for developing non-ITSM applications: OutSystems or Service Now?
The short answer is that OutSystems is far better for 2 main reasons. Firstly, with Service Now you are locked into that platform for good. The business model is to lock in and then keep pumping th...
What industries do you think OutSystems is most useful for?
I cannot really name an industry in which OutSystems cannot be beneficial. Who does not want to make top-notch applications that work in no time? And OutsyStems does exactly that. The low-code plat...
How did you decide which OutSystems edition was the best one for you?
We started using OutSystems fairly recently, so we are still on the free version of it. My company is still testing how we like the platform, but so far, we have been satisfied with it and will li...
 

Also Known As

Azure App Service, MS Azure App Service
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Real Madrid, Absolut, AccuWeather, Heineken, NBC News, Paramount
Randstad, Warner Brothers, HP, Intel, ING, Banco Popular, Thrivent Financial, Bacardi, Kent State University, Bacardi, FICO, ING, Vodafone, AbbVie, Estafeta, Siemens, Vopak
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