Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 10
2024-11-08T13:57:00Z
Nov 8, 2024
The pricing is very high. It's approximately twice the cost of AWS virtual machines. While the deployment feature is convenient, the costs make it unaffordable for many in the industry.
The product's price is low, especially if we compare it with other tools or clouds, like Google Cloud or AWS Cloud. Sometimes, Azure is cheaper than the other clouds.
The product is not expensive. The tool's price is okay for all of the benefits you get from the solution. Compared to using AWS or Google Cloud, Azure is faster.
Microsoft offers various pricing plans and licensing options, which initially seem reasonable, especially for small companies like ours. However, as we grow, the pricing can become less flexible. We pay for Azure monthly, while some licenses, like the Action Pack, are paid annually.
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On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing a five. The product is affordable. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. The prices are dependent on the size of the solution required. If there is a need for auto-scaling, then the charges increase as per the size. I don't see any con for this solution. The only thing is that if the website is huge, like that of Amazon or Flipkart, where auto-scaling may be considered, causing a need to test if Microsoft Azure App Service can cater to that much workload.
The cost requires a lot of monitoring to ensure it doesn't go through the roof. Azure is expensive, and the pricing isn't transparent relative to other options on the market. We are reevaluating each application to optimize our hosting. It isn't one size fits all. I don't think will be hosted on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. We will mix and match based on orchestration requirements and requirements, traffic loads, etc.
Specialist Advisor (Data Custodian) at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
2022-12-28T07:32:40Z
Dec 28, 2022
The pricing model of Microsoft Azure App Service could be made more clear. There is a scale and range and it can be complicated and convoluted. Some simplification is needed. I rate the price of Microsoft Azure App Service a seven out of ten.
Microsoft Azure App Service is an expensive platform, but it depends on the data ingestion. There's a pay-as-you-go plan and a savings plan for compute, but total costs depend on data ingestion and disk space. For high performance, security, and isolation, Microsoft offers a disk space of 1 TB, with a pay-as-you-go price of $40 per hour, if I'm not mistaken, but that could be lower depending on your key account manager if I remember correctly. You have options cost-wise. You either go with the standard service plan or the premium plan for Microsoft Azure App Service. If you go for the premium plan, it's expensive, but it depends on your risk appetite. If you go for Amazon API Gateway or AWS, it would be cheaper, but what's your risk appetite, security-wise? You can still enjoy security from AWS, but that means enabling six modules, for example, Security Hub, GuardDuty, etc. Then, for data log ingestion, you still need to enable Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, so that would make the costs more expensive. In comparison, you can go for the premium Microsoft Azure App Service plan and enable the platform and services. The data will automatically be adjusted toward your Microsoft Sentinel account. You also don't need to procure Microsoft Defender for Cloud because, by default, Microsoft provides security. Going for Microsoft Azure App Service also means that Microsoft Azure will also manage identity protection.
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2022-09-29T11:14:33Z
Sep 29, 2022
The price of this solution is competitive. It works as an App Service plan so you can have multiple App Services that are part of a plan. So, for example, you can have about 10 App Services in an App Service plan. It's like a VM, where you have different applications running and you are not charged for all of the applications. However, you are being charged for the plan, so I think it's worth having that setup. At the same time, you need to plan how your costs will be and their ranges of variations. As we call it, SKU is where you can easily factor in so it is okay in terms of price. One of the best products is the Functions app, which comes with serverless computing in the sense that it gives you about a million transactions for free every month. That is one of the cheapest. So you don't need to worry about how long your function triggers, just that if it scales more than that and performs more transactions, you get charged for it. The exact cost depends on the SKUs.
Azure App Service Technical Supprt Engineer at Tek Experts
Real User
2022-09-21T18:33:27Z
Sep 21, 2022
The pricing is quite fair because of its scalability. Before you choose the type of plan you want, you should look at the workloads that the apps have and what your organization needs. For example, if you have minimal traffic, you can use the basic plan. There's a plan for every type of workload which determines the subscription cost.
From a licensing cost perspective, Microsoft Azure, compared to other cloud services providers, is competitive and reasonable from an implementation point of view. The Azure license is based on usage. It's pay as you. We pay for what we consume.
Price could always be cheaper. It is not about the license fees, but rather about the pay-as-you-go services. Customers consume varying amounts of quality services and pay roughly the same amount. Where there are different customer sizes, some customers consume $5,000 US dollars per month. I have some customers who pay and consume more than $20,000 US dollars per month, for example. It is determined by customer sizes and requirements, which vary from month to month.
I think at the moment we're spending less than USD $100 a month. Because we're a Microsoft partner, we get a certain amount of credit on our partner account, but I don't think we've spent more than about $100, maybe $200 in a single month.
Architect at a energy/utilities company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
2019-10-22T04:42:00Z
Oct 22, 2019
Azure doesn't cost as much as other services. If you want to create something, you can create it all on Azure, simple and quick. If you have to do it on-premise, you have to follow some steps. And you have to pay for providing virtual machines and buy licenses for all the products you are going to use, like Windows or SQL. But on Azure, you can use a trial account so that you can see how it works, or you can use your day subscription, which is a lot cheaper.
Senior Software Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2019-07-16T05:40:00Z
Jul 16, 2019
The benefits and costs of the Azure App Service plan varies between different tiers of web apps. It is free if you choose the Free and Shared plans app service. These plans are good only for development and testing purposes. So, before you start setting up your app service plans with multiple apps, make sure you are aware of how your chosen plan implements this.
Microsoft Azure App Service is an HTTP-based mobile application development platform and solution. It is designed to enable organizations to completely control their application development and hosting processes.
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The pricing is very high. It's approximately twice the cost of AWS virtual machines. While the deployment feature is convenient, the costs make it unaffordable for many in the industry.
The product's price is low, especially if we compare it with other tools or clouds, like Google Cloud or AWS Cloud. Sometimes, Azure is cheaper than the other clouds.
The product is not expensive. The tool's price is okay for all of the benefits you get from the solution. Compared to using AWS or Google Cloud, Azure is faster.
Microsoft offers various pricing plans and licensing options, which initially seem reasonable, especially for small companies like ours. However, as we grow, the pricing can become less flexible. We pay for Azure monthly, while some licenses, like the Action Pack, are paid annually.
The cost is reasonable.
I rate Microsoft Azure App Service a seven out of ten for pricing.
On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing a five. The product is affordable. There are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. The prices are dependent on the size of the solution required. If there is a need for auto-scaling, then the charges increase as per the size. I don't see any con for this solution. The only thing is that if the website is huge, like that of Amazon or Flipkart, where auto-scaling may be considered, causing a need to test if Microsoft Azure App Service can cater to that much workload.
As you move up the license tiers it becomes expensive. I rate the price of Microsoft Azure App Service a seven out of ten.
The pricing is decent. It's not overly expensive. I'd rate the affordability five out of ten. The pricing is average.
The price of the support could improve. It is expensive. I rate the price from Microsoft Azure App Service a one out of ten.
The cost requires a lot of monitoring to ensure it doesn't go through the roof. Azure is expensive, and the pricing isn't transparent relative to other options on the market. We are reevaluating each application to optimize our hosting. It isn't one size fits all. I don't think will be hosted on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. We will mix and match based on orchestration requirements and requirements, traffic loads, etc.
The pricing model of Microsoft Azure App Service could be made more clear. There is a scale and range and it can be complicated and convoluted. Some simplification is needed. I rate the price of Microsoft Azure App Service a seven out of ten.
The cost of the solution is based on usage. It is less expensive than other solutions.
Microsoft Azure App Service is an expensive platform, but it depends on the data ingestion. There's a pay-as-you-go plan and a savings plan for compute, but total costs depend on data ingestion and disk space. For high performance, security, and isolation, Microsoft offers a disk space of 1 TB, with a pay-as-you-go price of $40 per hour, if I'm not mistaken, but that could be lower depending on your key account manager if I remember correctly. You have options cost-wise. You either go with the standard service plan or the premium plan for Microsoft Azure App Service. If you go for the premium plan, it's expensive, but it depends on your risk appetite. If you go for Amazon API Gateway or AWS, it would be cheaper, but what's your risk appetite, security-wise? You can still enjoy security from AWS, but that means enabling six modules, for example, Security Hub, GuardDuty, etc. Then, for data log ingestion, you still need to enable Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, so that would make the costs more expensive. In comparison, you can go for the premium Microsoft Azure App Service plan and enable the platform and services. The data will automatically be adjusted toward your Microsoft Sentinel account. You also don't need to procure Microsoft Defender for Cloud because, by default, Microsoft provides security. Going for Microsoft Azure App Service also means that Microsoft Azure will also manage identity protection.
The price of this solution is competitive. It works as an App Service plan so you can have multiple App Services that are part of a plan. So, for example, you can have about 10 App Services in an App Service plan. It's like a VM, where you have different applications running and you are not charged for all of the applications. However, you are being charged for the plan, so I think it's worth having that setup. At the same time, you need to plan how your costs will be and their ranges of variations. As we call it, SKU is where you can easily factor in so it is okay in terms of price. One of the best products is the Functions app, which comes with serverless computing in the sense that it gives you about a million transactions for free every month. That is one of the cheapest. So you don't need to worry about how long your function triggers, just that if it scales more than that and performs more transactions, you get charged for it. The exact cost depends on the SKUs.
The pricing is quite fair because of its scalability. Before you choose the type of plan you want, you should look at the workloads that the apps have and what your organization needs. For example, if you have minimal traffic, you can use the basic plan. There's a plan for every type of workload which determines the subscription cost.
The cost depends on the App Service plan that you choose. There are a number of tiers available.
From a licensing cost perspective, Microsoft Azure, compared to other cloud services providers, is competitive and reasonable from an implementation point of view. The Azure license is based on usage. It's pay as you. We pay for what we consume.
The pricing and cost of this solution depends on the use and needs of a business.
Price could always be cheaper. It is not about the license fees, but rather about the pay-as-you-go services. Customers consume varying amounts of quality services and pay roughly the same amount. Where there are different customer sizes, some customers consume $5,000 US dollars per month. I have some customers who pay and consume more than $20,000 US dollars per month, for example. It is determined by customer sizes and requirements, which vary from month to month.
Azure App Service is expensive compared to its competitors, especially its cloud-only version. I would rate their pricing as two out of five.
We have no complaints about the pricing.
Azure is a pay-as-you-go type of service. It's my understanding that the pricing is okay, however, it's not an issue I deal with directly.
I think at the moment we're spending less than USD $100 a month. Because we're a Microsoft partner, we get a certain amount of credit on our partner account, but I don't think we've spent more than about $100, maybe $200 in a single month.
The solution is quite expensive. If you need more features, you need to pay for them.
Azure doesn't cost as much as other services. If you want to create something, you can create it all on Azure, simple and quick. If you have to do it on-premise, you have to follow some steps. And you have to pay for providing virtual machines and buy licenses for all the products you are going to use, like Windows or SQL. But on Azure, you can use a trial account so that you can see how it works, or you can use your day subscription, which is a lot cheaper.
The benefits and costs of the Azure App Service plan varies between different tiers of web apps. It is free if you choose the Free and Shared plans app service. These plans are good only for development and testing purposes. So, before you start setting up your app service plans with multiple apps, make sure you are aware of how your chosen plan implements this.