Azure vs. AWS: Side-by-Side Feature & Services Comparison

While some of the features, services and options that you’ll find in Azure and AWS can’t be fully compared to one another, many come pretty close. Here’s our attempt at a side-by-side comparison between the two cloud platforms.

	Microsoft Azure	Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Available Regions	Azure Regions	AWS Global Infrastructure
Compute Services	Virtual Machines (VMs)	Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
	Cloud Services Azure Websites and Apps	Amazon Elastic Beanstalk
	Azure Visual Studio Online	None
Container Support	Docker Virtual Machine Extension (how to)	EC2 Container Service (Preview)
Scaling Options	Azure Autoscale (how to)	Auto Scaling
Analytics/Hadoop Options	HDInsight (Hadoop)	Elastic MapReduce (EMR)
Government Services	Azure Government	AWS GovCloud
App/Desktop Services	Azure RemoteApp	Amazon WorkSpaces Amazon AppStream
Storage Options	Azure Storage (Blobs, Tables, Queues, Files)	Amazon Simplge Storage (S3)
Block Storage	Azure Blob Storage (how to)	Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
Hybrid Cloud Storage	StorSimple	None
Backup Options	Azure Backup	Amazon Glacier
Storage Services	Azure Import Export (how to)	Amazon Import / Export
	Azure File Storage (how to)	AWS Storage Gateway
	Azure Site Recovery	None
Content Delivery Network (CDN )	Azure CDN	Amazon CloudFront
Database Options	Azure SQL Database	Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Amazon Redshift
NoSQL Database Options	Azure DocumentDB	Amazon Dynamo DB
	Azure Managed Cache (Redis Cache)	Amazon Elastic Cache
Data Orchestration	Azure Data Factory	AWS Data Pipeline
Networking Options	Azure Virtual Network	Amazon VPC
	Azure ExpressRoute	AWS Direct Connect
	Azure Traffic Manager	Amazon Route 53
Load Balancing	Load Balancing for Azure (how to)	Elastic Load Balancing
Administration & Security	Azure Active Directory	AWS Directory Service AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Multi-Factor Authentication	Azure Multi-Factor Authentication	AWS Multi-Factor Authentication
Monitoring	Azure Operational Insights	Amazon CloudTrail
	Azure Application Insights	Amazon CloudWatch
	Azure Event Hubs	None
	Azure Notification Hubs	Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
	Azure Key Vault (Preview)	AWS Key Management Service
Compliance	Azure Trust Center	AWS CLoudHSM
Management Services & Options	Azure Resource Manager	Amazon CloudFormation
API Management	Azure API Management	None
Automation	Azure Automation	AWS OpsWorks
	Azure Batch Azure Service Bus	Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Amazon Simple Workflow (SWF)
	None	AWS CodeDeploy
	Azure Scheduler	None
	Azure Search	Amazon CloudSearch
Analytics	Azure Stream Analytics	Amazon Kinesis
Email Services	Azure BizTalk Services	Amazon Simple Email Services (SES)
Media Services	Azure Media Services	Amazon Elastic Transcoder Amazon Mobile Analytics Amazon Cognitor
Other Services & Integrations	Azure Machine Learning (Preview)	None
	None	AWS Lambda (Preview)
	None	AWS Config (Preview)