--- description: Get detailed information about Microsoft Azure usability, features, price, benefits and disadvantages from verified user experiences. Read reviews and discover similar tools on Capterra United Arab Emirates. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Microsoft Azure Price, Reviews & Ratings - Capterra United Arab Emirates 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Application Development Software](/directory/30082/application-development/software) > [Microsoft Azure](/software/16365/azure) # Microsoft Azure Canonical: https://www.capterra.ae/software/16365/azure Page: 1 / 80\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ae/software/16365/azure?page=2) > Azure is a comprehensive computing platform, providing cloud infrastructure, services, developer tools, and innovations in data and AI. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 1962 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Microsoft Azure? We believe that the success made possible by the cloud must be accessible to every business and every organization - small and large, old and new. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 1962 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Microsoft - **Location**: Redmond, US - **Founded**: 1975 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: $31.39 - **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Contact Microsoft for detailed pricing information. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - API Design - API Lifecycle Management - Access Controls/Permissions - Application Management - BYOL Management - Backup and Recovery - Collaboration Tools - Compatibility Testing - Configuration Management - Dashboard Software - Data Migration - Data Security - Debugging - Deployment Management - Desktop Virtualization - Device Management - Graphical User Interface - Integrated Development Environment - Load Balancing Software - Log Access - Multi-Factor Authentication Software (MFA) - Network Monitoring Software - Performance Monitoring - Policy Management Software - Remote Access/Control - Reporting/Analytics - Scalability - Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management - Testing Management - Third-Party Integrations - User Provisioning - Virtual Machine Monitoring - Virtual Server ## Integrations (6 total) - Citrix Workspace - GitHub - Microsoft 365 - Nerdio - Retrace by Netreo - Visual Studio Code ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Application Development Software](https://www.capterra.ae/directory/30082/application-development/software) ## Related Categories - [Application Development Software](https://www.capterra.ae/directory/30082/application-development/software) - [API Management Software](https://www.capterra.ae/directory/31065/api-management/software) - [Virtual Machine Software](https://www.capterra.ae/directory/31078/virtual-machine/software) - [VDI Software](https://www.capterra.ae/directory/31996/vdi/software) - [IaaS Software](https://www.capterra.ae/directory/32015/infrastructure-as-a-service-solutions/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Azure Monitor and Log Analytics are good tools for debugging. > > **Cons**: Sometimes Azure pricing feels confusing and can become high especially with usage based billing like per second charges. Also, it takes time for new users to understand everything. Little bit complex architecture. > > My overall experience with Microsoft Azure is good. It is a powerful cloud platform with useful features. It helps in easy deployment and managing applications. It can be a bit complex at first, but becomes easier with use. Overall its a very good product. ----- ### "Powerful Cloud Tool for Administrators" — 5.0/5 > **Mark** | *5 May 2023* | Environmental Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: What we like with azure is it is easy to deploy and manage cloud services. > > **Cons**: Nothing to hate about Azure because it is secured and they are following industry standards and their are compliance. > > Ever since we moved to cloud and use Azure, we didn't encounter any major problem anymore. It is reliable cloud service provider. ----- ### "Great Product for Enterprise Environments" — 5.0/5 > **Clyde** | *19 May 2026* | Food & Beverages | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Microsoft Azure gives us the ability to manage devices (corporate or BYOD), utilize Conditional Access Policies, and also provide other security measures in order to provide and sustain a stable work and network environment. > > **Cons**: Microsoft Azure can be slow to provide certain information or details in real time. The reporting for devices and apps takes quite some time to provide info such as the sync time for a device and also if a Conditional Access Policy was successfully added to the device. > > I use Microsoft Azure daily to provide administrative tasks, monitor and configure Conditional Access Policies, monitor firewall rules Risky Users report. Overall, it provides a great service and value. ----- ### "Title: Powerful platform, but plan for a real learning curve" — 4.0/5 > **Blake** | *9 June 2026* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The integration with Microsoft 365 and Azure Active Directory has been the biggest win for us. Managing user identities, conditional access policies, and device enrollment all from one portal has made life a lot easier from an IT standpoint. Once everything is configured correctly, it's pretty reliable, and having cloud-based identity management means we're not dependent on an on-prem domain controller for everything. For a nonprofit organization, it's been a solid foundation to build our endpoint management on. > > **Cons**: The learning curve is steep and the Azure portal has a habit of moving things around or renaming features without much warning. More than once I've gone looking for something and had to re-learn where it lives. Token caching and SSO behavior on shared workstations has also caused some headaches that took a while to dig into and weren't well documented. Support resources are extensive but actually getting useful help for specific edge case issues can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. > > ai insights icon chrome icon google docs icon Azure is one of those platforms where the depth of what it can do is both its biggest strength and its biggest challenge. There's almost nothing it can't handle, but getting it configured just right takes real time and patience. For our IT team it's become a core part of how we manage users and devices across the organization, and for the most part it delivers. Just expect to spend some quality time in documentation and community forums before everything clicks. ----- ### "Azure review" — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *13 March 2026* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Extremely powerful and flexible cloud platform. Strong security and infrastructure options and scales well for complex or enterprise‑level environments. Integrates well with other Microsoft products. > > **Cons**: Pricing is complex and can escalate quickly, making budgeting difficult. Frequent platform changes increase the administrative burden thus requires significant technical expertise to manage properly. Overkill for organizations that don’t need enterprise‑level cloud services. > > Microsoft Azure is a very powerful cloud platform, but it was more than we needed and became difficult and expensive to manage over time. We ultimately moved off Azure to a private hosting cloud solution because costs were hard to predict and the platform changed frequently, making administration challenging. ----- Page: 1 / 80\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ae/software/16365/azure?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ae/software/16365/azure) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data