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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Salesforce Lightning Platform

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASalesforce Platform is designed for building and deploying scalable cloud applications with managed hardware provisioning and app stacks. It provides out-of-the-box tools and services to automate business processes, integrate with external apps, and provide responsive layouts and more.

    $25

    Per User Per Month

    Pricing
    Microsoft AzureSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Editions & Modules
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Starter
    $25.00
    Per User Per Month
    Plus
    $100.00
    Per User Per Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft AzureSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.—
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    Microsoft AzureSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Azure
    Amazon Web Services dominate cloud service market as a de facto market leader in IaaS and PaaS industry. However, Microsoft, with its Azure solution, has proven to be a formidable challenger to Amazon in cloud service, and is slowly but surely closing in the gap. Legacy …
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Microsoft AzureSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Microsoft Azure and Salesforce Lightning Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    Salesforce Lightning Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates8.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.818 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation8.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Microsoft Azure and Salesforce Lightning Platform
    Feature
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Lightning Platform
    7.6
    39 Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings5.939 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings8.837 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings7.133 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings7.135 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings8.836 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings9.036 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings7.531 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings7.334 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings6.331 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings7.936 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Microsoft AzureSalesforce Lightning Platform
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    6.7
    (39 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    8.1
    (15 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)