G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon EC2 vs. Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon EC2

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

by Microsoft

Overall rating4.64.5
Review count1,20330
Ease of use8.89.0
Ease of setup8.79.5
Quality of support8.99.1
Meets requirements9.39.4
NPS75.32808477.777778
Small Business39.7%30.0%
Mid-Market34.7%30.0%
Enterprise25.6%40.0%
Total page views1,33187
Total LLM citations4,56253

Amazon EC2

AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS - EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. AWS EC2۪s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon۪s proven computing environment. AWS EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Scalability
  • Flexibility
  • Features
  • Cloud Storage
  • Reliability

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) enable the creation and management of a group of load-balanced virtual machines (VMs) that can automatically scale in response to demand or a defined schedule. This service is designed to support large-scale applications, such as batch processing, big data, and container workloads, by allowing users to efficiently deploy and manage thousands of VMs with uniform configurations.

Pros

  • Services
  • Cloud Storage
  • Simple
  • Ease of Use
  • User Interface
  • Application Development