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At a Glance
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services
Star Rating
(150)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Microsoft Power Apps
Microsoft Power Apps
Star Rating
(283)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (41.3% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 1 User
Free Trial is available
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Azure Cloud Services vs Microsoft Power Apps

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Azure Cloud Services easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Azure Cloud Services overall.

  • Reviewers felt that Azure Cloud Services meets the needs of their business better than Microsoft Power Apps.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Azure Cloud Services is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Azure Cloud Services over Microsoft Power Apps.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Azure Cloud Services
No pricing available
Microsoft Power Apps
Power Apps Developer Plan
Free
1 User
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Free Trial
Azure Cloud Services
No trial information available
Microsoft Power Apps
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
126
8.3
243
Ease of Use
8.8
127
8.2
244
Ease of Setup
8.8
85
8.4
172
Ease of Admin
8.8
76
8.2
120
Quality of Support
8.7
124
7.9
218
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
74
8.3
114
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
118
9.0
233
Features by Category
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Generation and Interpretation - AI App Builder
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generated Application Quality - AI App Builder
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Low-Code Development PlatformsHide 14 FeaturesShow 14 Features
Not enough data
8.4
119
Application Design
Not enough data
7.6
113
Not enough data
7.5
113
Not enough data
8.0
113
Not enough data
8.0
113
Not enough data
8.5
116
Data Control
Not enough data
8.1
113
Not enough data
8.1
112
Not enough data
8.4
115
Publishing
Not enough data
8.4
117
Not enough data
8.3
114
Not enough data
8.1
115
Agentic AI - Low-Code Development Platforms
Not enough data
7.2
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
6.7
10
Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)Hide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
9.0
31
Not enough data
Development
9.1
25
Not enough data
9.1
24
Not enough data
8.8
22
Not enough data
9.4
24
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
Database
8.8
23
Not enough data
8.8
23
Not enough data
9.1
21
Not enough data
9.1
22
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
Infrastructure
9.1
25
Not enough data
9.0
26
Not enough data
9.1
25
Not enough data
No-Code Development PlatformsHide 13 FeaturesShow 13 Features
Not enough data
8.2
138
User Interface Design
Not enough data
7.9
109
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Not enough data
8.1
120
Not enough data
8.1
124
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Verified
Not enough data
8.2
126
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Verified
Data Control
Not enough data
8.2
117
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Verified
Not enough data
8.1
118
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Verified
Not enough data
8.6
117
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Verified
Publishing
Not enough data
8.1
124
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Verified
Not enough data
8.2
124
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Verified
Not enough data
8.3
121
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Verified
Agentic AI - No-Code Development Platforms
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services
Microsoft Power Apps
Microsoft Power Apps
Azure Cloud Services and Microsoft Power Apps share no categories
Unique Categories
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services is categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
30.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
22.1%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
47.9%
Microsoft Power Apps
Microsoft Power Apps
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
21.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.8%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
41.3%
Reviewers' Industry
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services
Information Technology and Services
29.3%
Computer Software
12.1%
Insurance
5.0%
Financial Services
5.0%
Telecommunications
4.3%
Other
44.3%
Microsoft Power Apps
Microsoft Power Apps
Information Technology and Services
18.6%
Computer Software
7.1%
Financial Services
5.9%
Non-Profit Organization Management
3.7%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
61.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Brian C.
BC
Brian C.
Verified User in Retail

We use the Azure PaaS platform. We use Cloud Services (stateless web app servers built from a config file that you specify), Azure Storage (including Blob, Table and Queues) and Azure Infrastructure (stateful virtual machines). We use Cloud Services...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Billing error caused production outage and took 2 hours to resolve. Any production issue takes at least 12 hours to resolve. 28% VM failure rate in 7 months. Frequent failovers of Azure SQL that require app and deploys to be resilient to 60s...

Microsoft Power Apps
Microsoft Power Apps
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Matthew M.
MM
Matthew M.
Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

The absolute best part of Power Apps is the template based system. Our organization went from having zero IT ticketing system (everything was sent to IT department through emails) to having a full fledged Help desk app integrated into outlook. All using...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Adel A.
AA
Adel A.
Verified User in Commercial Real Estate

While its a start, its broken and unreliable. I cannot recommend using Power Apps for business applications. The poewr platform is not a unified system, and users need to create flows separately and apps separately, flow by itself is unreliable and...

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Discussions
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Azure Cloud Services has no discussions with answers
Microsoft Power Apps
Microsoft Power Apps Discussions
Are power Apps good?
2 comments
Baratam V.
BV
if you want to create a small scale application and keep in mind that it a enterprise application so external users can't use it. So, it depends on your...Read more
Screen Size + Orientation
1 comment
Luis Guillermo C.
LC
You must take into account that the apps should be stacked first for mobile devices and then for PC,Read more
How long should I use it to see more results in my bussiness?
1 comment
Dennis J.
DJ
Depends on what you are doing. We‘ve started with a simple People Directory and removed the paper phone lists. After most of the people getting used to it,...Read more