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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** | 1950 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 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**: USD 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 - Data Migration - Data Security - Debugging - Deployment Management - Desktop Virtualization - Device Management - Graphical User Interface - Integrated Development Environment - Load Balancing Tools - Log Access - Multi-Factor Authentication - Network Monitoring - Performance Monitoring - Policy Management - 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 - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [App Development Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30082/application-development/software) ## Related Categories - [App Development Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30082/application-development/software) - [API Platforms](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/31065/api-management/software) - [Virtual Machine Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/31078/virtual-machine/software) - [VDI Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/31996/vdi/software) - [IaaS Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/32015/infrastructure-as-a-service-solutions/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/136010/intellij-idea) — 4.7/5 (1256 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Powerful and Versatile Cloud Platform" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *1 April 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: What I like most about Microsoft Azure is its scalability, wide range of services, robust security, and seamless cloud integration. > > **Cons**: What I liked least about Microsoft Azure is its complexity and steep learning curve, which can be challenging for beginners. > > My overall experience with Microsoft Azure has been positive—powerful, flexible, and reliable for cloud computing needs. ----- ### "Microsoft Azure: Powering the cloud" — 4.0/5 > **Thomas** | *2 March 2025* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: The fact that it is fully compatible with Microsoft’s tools has motivated many users to choose it as a cloud software > > **Cons**: Initial phase is difficult to learn, and the competitiveness of the price model goes up as you use it more > > Microsoft Azure is a very good cloud platform providing several services ----- ### "Solid cloud platform" — 5.0/5 > **Junaid** | *15 January 2026* | Hospitality | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Inegration with rest of Microsoft ecosystem is great. Teams, power platform, Azure DevOps, Entra ID, 365 work great. Whatever niche thing you need, there is usually already an Azure service for it. > > **Cons**: Portal search is really bad. Everyone just uses the resource group filter anyway. Too many overlapping services with confusing similar names like App Service Vs Apps Vs Logic Apps. > > I have been running production workloads on Azure since late 2021 mostly web apps, APIs, I would say Azure is probably the best choice specially if you are already in Micrsoft land. ----- ### "Azure for sure" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *23 September 2025* | Hospital & Health Care | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Azure has a lot of functionality in it, from VMs, Blob storage to Machine learning, and it is all laid out fairly easy to read, pricing is pretty good since we are a non-for-profit, I also like the vast amount of integrations that exist and how easy it is to add new ones through API > > **Cons**: On a personal level, if you aren't careful with using it you can rack up alot of costs, so you have to remember to turn off VMs when not in us ----- ### "Azure labs are one of the best" — 5.0/5 > **FRANK** | *5 November 2025* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I work like real machine. I am a TAFE student, and I used it on my studies in cyber security. using virtual machine helped me understand how these things work and Azure labs was the first one I started with and it helped me a lot. > > **Cons**: If there is slow internet connection, then it will be hard to work in Azure labs. If there is a free version, it will be very helpful for some students with low income to help them with their studies > > Ease of use, reliable and it has a lot of features to help people develop their experiences. 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