Both Azure and AWS are fundamentally same in their work mechanisms, there are some notably distinctive aspects.

2. AWS vs AZURE
● The cloud computing technology is revolutionary for its wide appeal
and technical prowess.
● There are two invincible forces that are becoming a definitive
authority on this innovative technical achievement – Microsoft Azure
and Amazon Web Services.
● Both Azure and AWS are fundamentally same in their work
mechanisms, there are some notably distinctive aspects.

3. Virtual Machines

4. AWS
● Amazon Web services allows its users
to possess and configure their own
Virtual Machines.
● We also can opt for pre-configured
machine images or customize the MIs
to suit our needs.
● The user can also hand-pick the size,
memory storage, and the number of
Virtual Machines they are in need of.
● In the place of Virtual Machine
instances of AWS, Azure provides
Virtual Hard Disk (VHD).
● This VHD can be come as pre-
configured package from Microsoft,
but the user also can configure it.
AZURE

6. DATA STORAGE

7. AWS
● When an instance is launched in the
cloud, temporary memory storage is
offered by AWS, which is terminated
once the instance comes to an end.
● Additional block storage also can be
utilized by attaching it to the existing
instance.
● AWS S3 provides object storage, while
the data can be archived using Glacier.
● In Azure this brief storage facility is
provided through D Drive and Page
Blobs offers block storage on the
Virtual Machine.
● Azure provides some important storage
features such as Azure Backup, Import
/ Export, and site recovery tools.
AZURE

8. NETWORK

9. AWS
● With the support of Virtual Private
Cloud (VPC), AWS users can generate
secluded network within their cloud.
● Within this impenetrable VPC kit, they
can create their own route tables, IP
address ranges, and subnets.
● Azure provides VNET (Virtual
Network) and helps the user to define
and design their own private set of
network processing to set up various
networking architectures.
AZURE

11. PRICING

12. AWS
● There are three models of pricing
charges are structured for AWS. The
first model of On Demand costs only
what the user is using on the cloud and
there is no upfront charging.
● User can also reserve an instance for
many years with fixed upfront costs
and usage charges. In the Spot model,
the user can request for the additional
capacity for the instance.
● Unlike the pay per hour pricing model
of AWS, Azure charge per minute,
which is undisputedly a better mode of
pricing so far.
● The user can also choose between
monthly and prepaid paying.
AZURE

13. OPEN SOURCE

14. AWS
● AWS is a better choice for the network
of open source community, since it has
attracted integrated open source
platforms like GitHub and Jenkins.
● Linux servers also functions in AWS.
● Native Integration, a practice of using
the similar Ad account to use both
Office 365 and SQL instances.
● But open sourcing process is not a part
of Azure.
AZURE