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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Microsoft Azure? We believe that the success made possible by the cloud must be accessible to every business and every organization - small and large, old and new. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 1955 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Microsoft - **Location**: Redmond, US - **Founded**: 1975 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$31.39 - **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Contact Microsoft for detailed pricing information. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - API Design - API Lifecycle Management - Access Controls/Permissions - Application Management - BYOL Management - Backup and Recovery - Collaboration Tools - Compatibility Testing - Configuration Management - Dashboard Software - Data Migration - Data Security - Debugging - Deployment Management - Desktop Virtualization - Device Management - Graphical User Interface - Integrated Development Environment - Load Balancing Software - Log Access - Multi-Factor Authentication - Network Monitoring Software - Performance Monitoring - Policy Management Software - Remote Access/Control - Reporting/Analytics - Scalability - Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management - Testing Management - Third-Party Integrations - User Provisioning - Virtual Machine Monitoring - Virtual Server ## Integrations (6 total) - Citrix Workspace - GitHub - Microsoft 365 - Nerdio - Retrace by Netreo - Visual Studio Code ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Application Development Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30082/application-development/software) ## Related Categories - [Application Development Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30082/application-development/software) - [API Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31065/api-management/software) - [Virtual Machine Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31078/virtual-machine/software) - [VDI Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31996/vdi/software) - [IaaS Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/32015/infrastructure-as-a-service-solutions/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Scaling resources is easy, I can bump things up or down without restarting whole systems. The monitoring tools help a lot when something is acting weird. I also like that it connects well with other Microsoft tools we already use, so it fits into our workflow without extra steps. > > **Cons**: Some parts of Azure feel confusing, especially when you’re trying to set up something new. There are too many menus and sometimes I forget where a setting is. Pricing can get tricky too, because small things add up fast if you don’t watch usage. A few times deployments failed for no clear reason and I had to redo them. Debugging errors isn’t always straightforward, the messages can be vague. Also the portal can be slow at times, especially when switching between services. > > Overall my experience with Azure has been good for day‑to‑day work. We use it for hosting apps, running VMs and storing data, and it handles most tasks without issues. Once things are configured properly it runs stable, but the setup part can take time and patience. I like the flexibility and the amount of tools available, but sometimes it feels like too much to learn at once. Still, it saves us time compared to managing everything on‑prem. For cloud work it’s been reliable and gets the job done. ----- ### "Wasn’t able to use it to its fullest." — 3.0/5 > **Teresa** | *March 26, 2026* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: I really like the idea of Microsoft Azzure and that it would work with all My Microsoft products that we use in the business. > > **Cons**: It was difficult to learn how to use and with little extra time in a busy business I didn’t have the opportunity to work with it to the best of its ability. > > After making attempts of trying to learn the program to see if it was a good fit for the company I decided it wasn’t for us. ----- ### "A feeling of security" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *April 4, 2026* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: We use microsoft azure at our company to run almost all of our infrastructure because of the security aspect. We run a hub and spoke network and execute the setup of resources using terraform. > > **Cons**: The website can be quite slow at times, and the navigation is a pain. Often times, clicking back brings you to the top level login of the site (portal.azure.com) instead of the previous menu. > > Overall, it has been excellent. We feel very secure using it, especially with the fine control over the network security groups. ----- ### "Scalable, flexible, agile cloud solution for organizations of all sizes." — 5.0/5 > **Tanner** | *May 9, 2025* | Computer Hardware | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Microsoft Azure is a scalable, flexible, cloud solution for organizations of all sizes of IT environments. Whether you're just getting started deploying your first workloads, or have a mature IT environment, Azure will cater to your needs with the hundreds of built in services. > > **Cons**: Sometimes you'll have to read through dozens of Microsoft documents in order to configure a more complex solution. For those experienced in IT management, this should not be too much of an issue. > > We first started using Azure to migrate our on prem servers into the cloud. From a cloud management perspective, it is great to have everything reside in a single portal and we can scale up or down and deploy additional services/resources as needed. ----- ### "Azure review" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *March 13, 2026* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Extremely powerful and flexible cloud platform. Strong security and infrastructure options and scales well for complex or enterprise‑level environments. Integrates well with other Microsoft products. > > **Cons**: Pricing is complex and can escalate quickly, making budgeting difficult. Frequent platform changes increase the administrative burden thus requires significant technical expertise to manage properly. Overkill for organizations that don’t need enterprise‑level cloud services. > > Microsoft Azure is a very powerful cloud platform, but it was more than we needed and became difficult and expensive to manage over time. We ultimately moved off Azure to a private hosting cloud solution because costs were hard to predict and the platform changed frequently, making administration challenging. ----- Page: 1 / 79\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/16365/azure?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/16365/azure) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data