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Microsoft Azure vs VMware Cloud Foundation comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 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
7.2
Organizations experience up to 70% savings, improved performance, flexibility, and high productivity using Microsoft Azure, despite data cost concerns.
Sentiment score
5.7
VMware Cloud Foundation offers cost savings and stability, though full ROI may take time, enhancing infrastructure efficiency and services.
VMware Cloud Foundation allows cost and time savings by quickly deploying infrastructure requests and integrating automatic ticketing and backup services.
In terms of ROI, although VMware Cloud Foundation is expensive, it saves time in most cases, which indirectly saves costs for users.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.5
Microsoft Azure's support is responsive and knowledgeable, but response times and efficiency vary based on support tiers and contracts.
Sentiment score
6.8
Customers find VMware Cloud Foundation support satisfactory, with efficient service, but suggest faster responses and more qualified engineers.
There are times when support is unclear, and even VMware support personnel may lack familiarity with certain parts, causing difficulties.
Our technical support team is capable of providing support on the operating system side.
Support was reliable and responsive before the acquisition by Broadcom.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Microsoft Azure offers efficient scalability with adaptable resources, though some users experience cost and resource limit challenges.
Sentiment score
7.7
VMware Cloud Foundation is praised for scalability, especially for large enterprises, despite potential hardware and licensing limitations.
Scalability with Microsoft Azure is amazing, which is a primary reason for using cloud solutions.
When more hosts are added, performance goes slow.
VMware Cloud Foundation supports scalability and company growth.
VMware Cloud Foundation is quite scalable, receiving a rating of eight and a half to nine out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Microsoft Azure is highly regarded for its stability and reliability, despite occasional minor issues, making it a preferred choice.
Sentiment score
7.9
VMware Cloud Foundation is stable and reliable, though migration challenges arise; requires skilled teams for optimal performance and updates frequently.
Microsoft Azure is quite stable, but recent outages and security issues have slightly decreased my confidence.
The stability of VMware Cloud Foundation is very high.
If one component fails to operate in a timely manner, the entire infrastructure can go down because everything is interconnected.
 

Room For Improvement

Microsoft Azure users face challenges with pricing, compatibility, documentation, user interface, integration, security, scaling, support, and localization.
VMware Cloud Foundation needs improved integration, pricing, and management, while addressing customization, migration, and advanced multi-site challenges.
Recent outages and security issues are also a concern, causing a decrease in confidence, especially when partnering with third-party companies.
VMware Broadcom needs to include auto resource allocation at the VM levels.
Each user needs deep knowledge of every aspect of virtualization.
The maintenance cost has increased significantly, especially after Broadcom acquired VMware, with a shift from socket-based licensing to core-based licensing.
 

Setup Cost

Microsoft Azure's pricing models offer cost-effectiveness and flexibility, though complexity and unpredictability remain challenges for some users.
VMware Cloud Foundation is costly compared to competitors but offers valuable features that may justify its expense for enterprises.
Microsoft solutions might be cheaper than some services like AWS, but some solutions may be more expensive depending on the services compared.
The cost has become very high, especially after Broadcom's acquisition, altering the licensing model to a more expensive core-based system.
The price is quite higher than some other vendors.
VMware Cloud Foundation is quite expensive when compared to its competitors, but it does save time, which in turn saves money.
 

Valuable Features

Microsoft Azure offers flexibility, scalability, ease of use, high availability, security, and efficient deployment with its pay-as-you-go model.
VMware Cloud Foundation simplifies automation, management, and customization, enhancing deployment efficiency and flexibility for comprehensive cloud solutions.
Power BI, another feature of Azure, is extremely elegant and has robust features that support forecasting using R and Python.
VMware Cloud Foundation is its ability to manage everything from a single console, including network, virtualization, and storage management.
All features of VMware Cloud Foundation are valuable to us, as it covers every industry standard protocol and requirement protocol.
VMware Cloud Foundation allows for extensive customization, aligning with our customer requirements.
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
313
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (1st)
VMware Cloud Foundation
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
30
Ranking in other categories
Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure is 19.1%, up from 18.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Cloud Foundation is 1.0%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

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.
Mangesh  Parjane - PeerSpot reviewer
Experience has improved centralized management through single console operations
There is room for improvement in how section updates are handled. The challenge lies in the difficulty of pinpointing issues when something goes wrong at a single stage. Also, each user needs deep knowledge of every aspect of virtualization, and the VMware personnel might not fully grasp aspects outside their expertise, requiring the involvement of other professionals.
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Comparison Review

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Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
45%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about VMware Cloud Foundation?
VMware Cloud Foundation provides us with the vSphere dashboard through which we can manage, monitor, schedule, and spin up your virtual machines. We can manage, monitor, and get reports of your inf...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VMware Cloud Foundation?
VMware Cloud Foundation is quite expensive when compared to its competitors, but it does save time, which in turn saves money. I see over thirty percent savings.
What needs improvement with VMware Cloud Foundation?
There is room for improvement in how section updates are handled. The challenge lies in the difficulty of pinpointing issues when something goes wrong at a single stage. Also, each user needs deep ...
 

Also Known As

Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
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Sample Customers

BMW, Toyota, easyJet, NBC Sports, HarperCollins, Aviva, TalkTalk Business, Avanade, and Telenor.
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