Azure vs. AWS

With Azure, you can take advantage of programs that help you reduce your costs—including using your existing Windows Server and SQL Server core licenses with Software Assurance or a subscription to save on cloud services.

Meet your mission-critical requirements up to 5 times faster while paying up to 93 percent less than with AWS RDS.^*  Learn how Azure SQL Managed Instance—an intelligent, fully managed cloud database service—outperformed across three different benchmarks, spanning transactional and analytics workloads.

See how migrating SQL Server workloads to Azure Virtual Machines can help lower total cost of ownership (TCO). SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines performs up to 57 percent faster and costs up to 54 percent less than AWS EC2.

Business and organizations—small and large, old and new—rely on Azure to provide trusted cloud services.

• Azure global infrastructure, serving over 60 regions worldwide—more than any other cloud provider
• The industry’s broadest and most experienced partner network, with more than 68,000 partners
• More than 100 compliance certifications—the broadest set of offerings in the industry—including over 50 that are specific to regions and countries

Get security from the ground up—backed by a team of experts—and proactive compliance trusted by enterprises, governments, and startups.

• More than $1 billion investment in security R&D and 3,500 cybersecurity experts
• More than 100 compliance offerings
• Uncompromising commitment to privacy
• Responsible-AI and machine-learning
• Investing in what’s good for your business and the planet

On-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge—Azure meets you where you are. Integrate and manage your environments with services designed for hybrid cloud.

• True hybrid flexibility—including for all your SQL Server instances
• Secure remote productivity
• Windows Server and SQL Server for less
• Intelligent security
• Largest IoT ecosystem in the industry, with AI at the edge

You have choices—with support for all languages and frameworks, including open source. Build how you want and deploy where you want to.

• Your language, your tool, your app
• Flexible scalability for your apps
• AI for everyone
• Open-source innovation

Take advantage of continuous innovation from Microsoft that supports your development today and your product visions for tomorrow.

• Fully managed, cloud-first solutions
• Industry-leading AI portfolio
• Data analytics at limitless scale
• Mixed reality for every developer
• Quantum-ready