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Microsoft Azure vs Red Hat OpenShift comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 12, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

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)
Red Hat OpenShift
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
Server Virtualization Software (8th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure is 21.3%, up from 20.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift is 13.4%, up from 13.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

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.
Mikhael Ibrahim - PeerSpot reviewer
Seamlessly monitor microservices with streamlined DevOps capabilities
Most benefit from it, however, I work with Kubernetes, and installing Vanilla Kubernetes is easy. That said, it introduces many tools that need to be set up individually. OpenShift comes ready out of the box, with all tools installed and configured. Red Hat certifies and confirms that all the components are compatible with each other. OpenShift's superior dashboard is a notable strength, especially when compared to Kubernetes. The integrated DevOps capabilities, such as pipelines and the container registry, are extremely beneficial. Additionally, its capability to monitor microservices and containers with integrated tools like Prometheus is a major advantage. The horizontal pod scaling exceeds the scalability features I found in Kubernetes.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is stable and scalable. It is useful for many applications and services, such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and OneDrive."
"We are going to use Microsoft Azure to move some on-premise servers into the cloud so that our data can be held there."
"The product provides a host of security tools."
"We have not had any issues with the performance, or the stability."
"Microsoft Azure is easy to use."
"The support is responsive and dedicated to SMEs."
"We are using Microsoft Azure because our organization uses a lot of Microsoft solutions. We have used Microsoft technology for a long time and we have internal engineers with great capability that understand the technology. This is why Azure is the best for us."
"Virtual machine services, in SaaS services, M365, and Data Lake are all popular with our clients."
"We are able to operate client’s platform without downtime during security patch management each month and provide a good SLA (as scalability for applications is processed during heavy client website load, automatically)."
"The most valuable feature is the high availability for the applications."
"OpenShift offers more stability than Kubernetes."
"OpenShift's superior dashboard is a notable strength, especially when compared to Kubernetes."
"Its security is most valuable. It's by default secure, which is very important."
"This solution helps us to account for peak seasons involving higher demand than usual. It also gives us confidence in the security of our overall systems."
"The stability has been good."
"The virtualization of my APIs means I no longer have to pay VMware large amounts of money to only run in-house solutions."
 

Cons

"The solution could be easier to use. However, when comparing it to AWS it is a bit easier."
"Their backup strategy is a little complex which racks up the VM to other sole storage areas. This should be improved."
"Technical support could be better. They need to be more responsive."
"The platform should be available at the same price worldwide."
"In a month, there is a plan to increase pricing, which is something we are not looking forward to."
"Something that could be added to the solution is the use of deep learning, which is going to grow in the near future."
"For deploying multiple resources in a big number, such as in hundreds, we need a streamlined process and more user-friendly scrips. The scripts have to be more user-friendly, and they should also supply some standard templates to deploy multiple resources at a time. Currently, it is very easy to deploy a couple of resources, but if you want to deploy multiple resources, it becomes complex. The material that they provide for integration with an existing on-prem data center is complex. They have to make them user-friendly. The scripts related to resource management need to be simplified."
"A problem with Azure is that the architecture that they have is not really compliant — not really connecting with the endpoint Cloud."
"Latency and performance are two areas of concern in OpenShift where improvements are required."
"The speed of deploying new applications can be improved."
"We experienced issues around desktop security, that stopped us implementing a new feature that had been developed."
"I had to frequently upgrade my cluster due to OpenShift's rolling updates every six months, which I found to be excessive."
"The metrics in OpenShift can use improvement."
"OpenShift can improve monitoring. Sometimes there are issues. Additionally, the solution could benefit from protective tools if something was to happen in our network."
"The solution only offers support for one server."
"We need some kind of a multi-cluster management solution from the Red Hat site."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The license cost could be reduced."
"Microsoft Azure is not expensive. You pay for what you use. If you are using it everything could be expensive."
"The price of this solution is one of the things that attracted us to it."
"Some services are okay, while others are expensive. Different features within the same service, like Defender, have separate charges. This, combined with the skill shortage in FinOps strategy and management, makes it difficult to control costs."
"The licensing is pay per usage, so it can be both monthly and yearly."
"Everything involves an annual commitment with a monthly charge."
"The pricing is very competitive."
"Microsoft Azure is expensive."
"The pricing is standard; the solution isn't particularly expensive or affordable."
"The solution is cost-effective."
"This solution is fairly expensive but comes at an average cost compared to other solutions in the market."
"It's expensive. It may be cheaper to invest in building Vanilla Kubernetes, especially if security is not the number one motivation or requirement. Of course, that's difficult, and in some business areas, such as banking, that's not something you can put as a second priority. In other situations, a Vanilla Kubernetes with a sufficiently strong team can be cheaper and almost as effective."
"My company makes payments towards the licensing costs attached to OpenShift."
"We are currently using the open version, OKD. We plan to get the enterprise version in the future."
"Depending on the extent of the product use, licenses are available for a range of time periods, and are renewable at the end of the period."
"The licensing cost for OpenShift is expensive when compared to other products. RedHat also charges you additional costs apart from the standard licensing fees."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
45%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
33%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Insurance Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about OpenShift?
OpenShift facilitates DevOps practices and improves CI/CD workflows in terms of stability compared to Jenkins.
 

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Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
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