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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.
PaaS Clouds
 

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

"The product is highly stable."
"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."
"Azure has improved my organization because it is a new technology and so the customers who don't have enough knowledge about the cloud delegate the administration of their cloud infrastructure to us. We incorporate and add a new service to our product lineup about how to manage their Azure. It impacts our business because we're able to incorporate this new service."
"The advantage of Microsoft Azure is its simplicity. It's easy to launch a project. However, the problem with this kind of solution is the reliability for the customers. You have to be sure to stay with Microsoft."
"If you're interested in going with Microsoft, my advice would be to do it. Everybody's using Microsoft."
"I think the single sign-on functionality and the ease with which you can deposit things on the cloud have been valuable. Azure has very robust security functionalities and authentication features, which come with mobility, along with backup and credential checks."
"It's very scalable. We can scale up to 80-85% without issues."
"In Azure, everything is pretty straightforward. Once you know it, the platform is very easy to use."
"The virtualization of my APIs means I no longer have to pay VMware large amounts of money to only run in-house solutions."
"The most valuable feature of OpenShift is the containers."
"Security is also an important part of this solution. By default, things are running with limited privileges and securely confined to their own resources. This way, different users and projects can all use the same infrastructure."
"It has features that enhance security, ease of deployment, and service exposure compared to Kubernetes."
"I love to automate everything and OpenShift was been born for that. It takes care of the network layer itself and I don't need to dive into it; I can work on a top level. Our project has numerous services designed to run in Docker containers, and we have run almost all pieces in OpenShift."
"The solution offers ease with which we can define how to run applications and configure them. It's much more convenient than creating a virtual machine and configuring application servers, making the process faster and simpler."
"OpenShift offers robust tools for monitoring application traffic, allowing us to analyze client requests and other business-related metrics."
"The concept of containers and scaling on demand is a feature I appreciate the most about Red Hat OpenShift."
 

Cons

"I think it would be good to keep making progress on giving users the ability to do action calls on Data Factory. Right now, it's mostly local. Perhaps Microsoft could add the ability to put some calls in the workflow."
"The solution could improve by being more user-friendly."
"The interface is not easy to use. I'd like to see them develop a better interface, more graphical information about the resource and the consumer."
"The price could be improved as well as the interface speed, and technical support."
"They should include a cybersecurity feature to improve the protection of the systems. They could do better in terms of the pricing model. Its price keeps on changing. Their technical support can also be better."
"The solution could improve by providing better tutorials and documentation."
"Something that could be added to the solution is the use of deep learning, which is going to grow in the near future."
"A good strategy would be to include a feature for integrating with external ecosystems."
"OpenShift requires a very expensive and complex infrastructure."
"Credential not hidden, so people on the same group can view it."
"Documentation and technical support could be improved. The product is good, but when we raise a case with support—say we are having an image issue—the support is not really up to the mark. It is difficult to get support... When we raise a case, their support people will hesitate to get on a call or a screen-sharing session. That is a major drawback when it comes to OpenShift."
"The area for improvement is mostly in support for legacy applications."
"Room for improvement is around the offerings that come as a bundle with the container platform. The packaging of the platform should be done such that customers do not have to purchase additional licenses."
"OpenShift's storage management could be better."
"OpenShift requires a very expensive and complex infrastructure. These demands can deter people from learning OpenShift."
"The latest 4.0 version of OpenShift disabled a few of the features we previously made use of, although this wasn't a huge deal."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is not an expensive product and is adaptable to various requirements. It offers a free tier for small-scale usage and the ability to scale up as needed when requirements grow."
"I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is high price, and ten is low price."
"The cost of the solution could be reduced. However, I am using the free version."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
"We pay a monthly licensing fee for the solution, which could be cheaper."
"The pricing for us is higher because we are using IaaS."
"It is paid on a per-use basis."
"The solution does require a license."
"OpenShift is really good when we need to start, but once we get to a certain scale, it becomes too expensive."
"We use the license-free version of Red Hat Openshift but we pay for the support."
"The product has reasonable pricing."
"We had a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) license for all our servers' operating systems. By having multiple Red Hat products together, you can negotiate costs and leverage on having a sort of enterprise license agreement to reduce the overall outlay or TCO."
"The product's support is expensive. I would rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."
"The price depends on the type and the nature of the organizations, along with the types of projects that are of considerable range."
"My company makes payments towards the licensing costs attached to OpenShift."
"The solution is cost-effective."
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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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How does OpenShift compare with Amazon AWS?
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Which would you recommend - Pivotal Cloud Foundry or OpenShift?
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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.
 

Also Known As

Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
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Sample Customers

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