Azure Virtual Machines vs. Firecracker
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Azure Virtual Machines | Score8.9 out of 10 | N/A | Virtual Machines (VMs) are available on Microsoft Azure, providing what is built as a low-cost, per-second compute service, available via Windows or Linux. | $0 Per Hour |
 Firecracker | Score4 out of 10 | N/A | Firecracker is an open source virtualization technology that is purpose-built for creating and managing secure, multi-tenant container and function-based services. Firecracker enables users to deploy workloads in lightweight virtual machines, called microVMs that may provide security and workload isolation over traditional VMs, while enabling the speed and resource efficiency of containers. Firecracker was developed at Amazon Web Services with the goal of improving services like AWS Lambda… | N/A |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 7.1 | 4.0 |
| Support Rating | 7.0 | - |