Ask HN: Azure customers, why do you host with Azure over AWS or GCP?

4 pointsemeerson5y ago11 comments

Additionally: - What OS do you run? - Do you have a meaningful server-less component of infrastructure? - Do you containerize your hosted services? - How big is your company (& does the company host exclusively one provider or give flexibility?)

Context: don't work for any of the Cloud Providers. mostly curious as an AWS cloud customer.

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shyn35y ago

With AWS you have to buy a new SQL Server license, with Azure you can carry it with you.

Replaced all the legacy services with Azure alternatives. For example, IIS Web Servers now run in containers. F5 has been replaced with CloudFlare/Front Door. File servers replaced with NetApp. SQL instance replaced with SQL MI. Jumpboxes replaced with Azure Bastion.

40,000+ employees. All the vendors are used. Multiple on premise data centers as well, looking to migrate.

emeersonOP5y ago

Super helpful - thank you! IIS / containerized .NET apps that may be optimized in Azure is compelling.

verdverm5y ago

I use GCP because it is the best. I believe a lot of people using Azure and GCloud because it ties in with their emails and office systems. It's the same user and auth systems.

AWS is on its way down, when was the last time they came out with something exciting? All I've seen recently are high profile exits and some attempts at products in the leading emerging markets in tech that have not seen good reviews.

tcbasche5y ago

> AWS is on its way down, when was the last time they came out with something exciting?

1. AWS is still vastly more popular and with way more market adoption than another other provider (by a massive margin)

2. Who cares about exciting? I want stability, with decent support, huge community and great tooling.

I think it's a case of YMMV. GCP works for some, likewise with Azure. AWS is just a good workhorse and a solid choice for just about any system.

Although I've always found it weird we have this 'us vs them' mentality with the cloud provider we end up choosing.

shyn35y ago

Definitely agreed for Devops. I have been searching for a new role and most the vendors prefer AWS over GCP/Azure. I think it's a 3:1 ratio in terms of roles available for AWS versus GCP/Azure combined.

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emeersonOP5y ago

Exciting is also a confusing property for me.

AWS has offered a superset of services beyond what I or colleagues have ever been able to apply.

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shyn35y ago

With AWS you have to buy a new SQL Server license, with Azure you can carry it with you.

40,000+ employees. All the vendors are used. Multiple on premise data centers as well, looking to migrate.

emeersonOP5y ago

Super helpful - thank you! IIS / containerized .NET apps that may be optimized in Azure is compelling.

verdverm5y ago

I use GCP because it is the best. I believe a lot of people using Azure and GCloud because it ties in with their emails and office systems. It's the same user and auth systems.

tcbasche5y ago

> AWS is on its way down, when was the last time they came out with something exciting?

1. AWS is still vastly more popular and with way more market adoption than another other provider (by a massive margin)

2. Who cares about exciting? I want stability, with decent support, huge community and great tooling.

I think it's a case of YMMV. GCP works for some, likewise with Azure. AWS is just a good workhorse and a solid choice for just about any system.

Although I've always found it weird we have this 'us vs them' mentality with the cloud provider we end up choosing.

shyn35y ago

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emeersonOP5y ago

Exciting is also a confusing property for me.

AWS has offered a superset of services beyond what I or colleagues have ever been able to apply.

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