--- description: Detailed reviews on Microsoft Azure based on features, pricing, usability, and ratings. Get a quick overview advantages and disadvantages. Compare Microsoft Azure with similar products. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: Microsoft Azure Reviews, Prices & Ratings | GetApp Canada 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Website Builder Software](/directory/595/website-builder/software) > [Microsoft Azure](/software/1022/azure) # Microsoft Azure Canonical: https://www.getapp.ca/software/1022/azure Page: 1 / 79\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.ca/software/1022/azure?page=2) > Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform designed to help organizations run virtual desktops and applications in the cloud. It offers businesses with built-in migration tools, which enables administrators to migrate remote desktop services (RDS) and Windows server desktops to various devices. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 1947 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of Microsoft Azure Start for free and scale as you go Get started for free and scale up as your traffic grows. Build with ASP.NET, PHP or Node.js and deploy in seconds with FTP, Git or TFS. Infrastructure on your terms Easily deploy and run Windows Server and Linux virtual machines. Migrate applications and infrastructure without changing existing code. Turnkey backend solutions for your mobile app Accelerate your connected client app development. Incorporate structured storage, user authentication and push notifications in minutes. Enterprise-grade cloud platform Create highly-available, infinitely scalable applications and services using a rich Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment. Support multi-tier scenarios, automated deployments and elastic scale. Get actionable insights from your data Take advantage of a fully compatible enterprise-ready Hadoop service. This PaaS offering provides easy management and integrates with Active Directory and System Center. Ingest, Encode, Protect, Stream Create, manage and distribute media in the cloud. This PaaS offering provides everything from encoding to content protection to streaming and analytics support. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 1947 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 - Active Directory Integration - Activity Dashboard - Activity Management - Activity Tracking - Application Management - Authentication Software - Automatic Backup - BYOL Management - Backup and Recovery - Change Management Software - Cloud Computing - Collaboration Tools - Compatibility Testing - Compliance Management - Configuration Management - Continuous Integration Software ## 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 - [Website Builder Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/595/website-builder/software) ## Related Categories - [Website Builder Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/595/website-builder/software) - [Application Development Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/370/application-development/software) - [API Management Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/559/api-management/software) - [Virtual Machine Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/1489/virtual-machine/software) - [IaaS Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/521/iaas/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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For Sure\!" — 5.0/5 > **Jimmy Dean** | *April 7, 2025* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Extremely comprehensive Cloud platform, offering a huge range of virtual computing options, from Creation \& Administration of basic Cloud resources to full fledge application development options with integration across a large variety of services. > > **Cons**: With such a large offering, hosted on the world's largest fiber network the Azure "fabric" can be a bit overwhelming for a beginner Cloud customer, but it's worth the investment / effort\! > > As a Microsoft developer of stand alone applications years ago, I found it relatively easy to transition onto the Azure platform, my experience thus far has been very positive. ----- ### "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. ----- ### "Avoid Microsoft Azure" — 1.0/5 > **Robert** | *August 13, 2025* | Computer Games | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: Other than the large number of features and services they have there isn't much to like about Microsoft Azure. > > **Cons**: Awful support and customer service. It is almost impossible to speak to them, they take ages to reply to any support tickets and when they do, they will tell you anything to close the case even if it's not correct. ----- ### "MSP Managers Experience" — 5.0/5 > **Harrison** | *January 12, 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: Although Azure has changed I still like how some feature sets from Entra are availble to change in Azure. Deploying VMs for customers is awesome and really easy to use. The documentation is extensive and very helpful. > > **Cons**: I honestly didnt like when identity management left Azure and split into Entra ID, it made things confusing. > > As a manager of a help desk who has to be a systems admin sometimes Azure makes it easy to work on multiple things at once. When we are working on VMs and need to access some identity management we still can and thats helpful. ----- ### "Overkill and complicated, but robust" — 4.0/5 > **Mario** | *March 17, 2025* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Offers a wide variety of services, and backed by Microsoft. > > **Cons**: It's such a behemeth that it's overkill for small teams. The accounting, subscriptions, resources, and there are so many organizational traits, it can take forever to track down resource responsible for a cost unless you know where to go. It also seems like there have been a variety of outtages lately, but mostly in the Office365 side (not really Azure) > > Have used Storage, Computing, and Domain services, including DNS. ----- Page: 1 / 79\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.ca/software/1022/azure?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.ca/software/1022/azure) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data