Microsoft Azure vs. SkySQL
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Microsoft Azure | Score8.5 out of 10 | N/A | Microsoft 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 |
 SkySQL | N/A | N/A | SkySQL, or MariaDB Cloud, is a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) from MariaDB, that brings capabilities in the MariaDB Platform to the cloud, combining enterprise features and support. The vendor describes it as built for mission-critical applications and enterprise governance, and state that SkySQL augments automation with the human expertise needed to support and manage mission-critical deployments in the cloud – whether it’s a single development database or thousands of production databases. | $0.45 per hour |
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| Additional Details | The 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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| Likelihood to Recommend | 8.8 | - |
| Likelihood to Renew | 10.0 | - |
| Usability | 9.4 | - |
| Availability | 6.8 | - |
| Support Rating | 8.1 | - |
| Implementation Rating | 8.0 | - |