Azure Stack vs Red Hat OpenShift comparison

Microsoft and Red Hat are both solutions in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category. Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.9, while Red Hat is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.3. Microsoft holds a 19.2% mindshare in HCCP, compared to Red Hat’s 7.0% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Red Hat users who would recommend it.

Azure Stack

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92% willing to recommend

Red Hat OpenShift

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95% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Red Hat OpenShift and Azure Stack are leading solutions in the hybrid cloud and containerization space. While both platforms offer strong features, OpenShift's emphasis on container orchestration and security gives it an edge over Azure Stack.

Features: OpenShift provides robust containerization, strong security features, and seamless CI/CD integration, making it ideal for DevOps teams. It offers flexibility across multi-cloud environments and supports numerous programming languages. Azure Stack stands out with integrated Microsoft tools, allowing easy cloud transitions, beneficial for hybrid and on-premises setups.

Room for Improvement: OpenShift users often seek better documentation, easier configuration processes, and improved support for scaling and legacy applications. Azure Stack users highlight networking complexities, pricing adjustments, and the need for enhanced third-party service integration. Both can improve integrations and user experience; however, Azure Stack's networking challenges are particularly noted.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: OpenShift deployment, especially on-premises, requires significant expertise and receives mixed customer support reviews. Azure Stack, recognized for hybrid capabilities, offers flexible deployment options but also demands technical knowledge. Microsoft’s extensive support network aids thorough assistance, though response times can vary.

Pricing and ROI: OpenShift is considered expensive with premium support but offers substantial ROI through scalability and reduced time to market. Its open-source version is cost-effective for development. Azure Stack offers subscription-based pricing and benefits from integration with Microsoft's suite. Its pay-as-you-go model adds value, particularly for businesses entrenched in Microsoft's ecosystem.

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

5.6

Azure Stack offers varying ROI, improving utilization and cost-effectiveness, with benefits often apparent within the first two years.

Sentiment score

7.4

Red Hat OpenShift boosts ROI with enhanced productivity, scalability, and security, offering efficient integration and modernization despite initial costs.

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With OpenShift combined with IBM Cloud App integration, I can spin an integration server in a second as compared to traditional methods, which could take days or weeks.

reviewer2587590

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Moving to OpenShift resulted in increased system stability and reduced downtime, which contributed to operational efficiency.

Jefferson Usianene

Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group

It is always advisable to get the bare minimum that you need, and then add more when necessary.

Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

6.5

Azure Stack customer service varies, with satisfaction influenced by support tiers, subscription type, and customer familiarity with Microsoft services.

Sentiment score

6.8

Red Hat OpenShift support is praised for expertise and community support but criticized for delays and complex documentation.

The technicians handling the tickets do not seem very technical.

JitenderSingh

Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Any support we receive is through Dell EMC, as that's a policy from Microsoft itself.

MohammedAbdulAleem

Lead Enterprise Architect at Integrated Telecom

It is okay; overall it is good without room for improvement when it comes to response time or first-level support quality.

Rajendra-Satale

Data Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Red Hat's technical support is responsive and effective.

Jefferson Usianene

Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group

Customer support is really good because so far in our case, we have always received a prompt response, and they have been really helpful to us.

RiteshWalia

ML Engineer - Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I have been pretty happy in the past with getting support from Red Hat.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

7.4

Azure Stack offers flexible scalability for businesses but faces challenges with regional availability and rack limitations.

Sentiment score

7.4

Red Hat OpenShift efficiently scales nodes and applications, supports large operations, but some desire improved on-premise capabilities.

Monitoring, changing plans, and consolidating things are necessary parts of the process to avoid excessive costs.

reviewer2160696

Vice President Of Engineering at a logistics company with 11-50 employees

Our company seeks cost-effective and more flexible open systems, and we find it difficult to integrate with third-party hardware.

MohammedAbdulAleem

Lead Enterprise Architect at Integrated Telecom

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the scalability of Azure Stack as eight.

JitenderSingh

Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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The on-demand provisioning of pods and auto-scaling, whether horizontal or vertical, is the best part.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

OpenShift's horizontal pod scaling is more effective and efficient than that used in Kubernetes, making it a superior choice for scalability.

reviewer2587590

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Red Hat OpenShift scales excellently, with a rating of ten out of ten.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

7.7

Azure Stack is stable and reliable, with minimal downtime, supporting both cloud and on-premise deployments effectively.

Sentiment score

7.7

Red Hat OpenShift is praised for high stability, efficiently handling production, with improvements minimizing external-impact issues.

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It provides better performance yet requires more resources compared to vanilla Kubernetes.

reviewer2587590

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I've had my cluster running for over four years.

Jefferson Usianene

Infrastructure Manager at Appzone Group

It performs well under load, providing the desired output.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Room For Improvement

Azure Stack needs improvements in features, compatibility, scalability, setup, user-friendliness, and cost management to compete effectively.

Red Hat OpenShift requires improvements in documentation, security, integration, support, GUI, scalability, resource demands, and user experience.

The precision of anonymous activity tracking should be improved, particularly in identifying the correct location because IP information is sometimes inaccurate.

JitenderSingh

Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Many resources get created in Azure Stack, and managing those resources can be challenging.

reviewer2160696

Vice President Of Engineering at a logistics company with 11-50 employees

Management looks for a balanced product that utilizes existing hardware, fulfills external customer demand, and leverages the scalability of the cloud model.

MohammedAbdulAleem

Lead Enterprise Architect at Integrated Telecom

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Learning OpenShift requires complex infrastructure, needing vCenter integration, more advanced answers, active directory, and more expensive hardware.

reviewer2587590

Platform Engineer & Manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services.

Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We should aim to include VMware-like capabilities to be competitive, especially considering cost factors.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Setup Cost

Enterprise users view Azure Stack as costly, yet value its support, flexibility, and scalable subscription model despite complex licensing.

Red Hat OpenShift offers comprehensive features but is criticized for high costs, especially when upgrading to the licensed version.

If Microsoft lowers the price, more small businesses would be able to adopt the Enterprise E5 license.

JitenderSingh

Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

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Initially, licensing was per CPU, with a memory cap, but the price has doubled, making it difficult to justify for clients with smaller compute needs.

AbdulJaleel

Senior Technical Lead at MORO

The pricing for Red Hat OpenShift is considered quite high.

reviewer2382555

Manager for Middleware at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Red Hat can improve on the pricing part by making it more flexible and possibly on the lower side.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Valuable Features

Azure Stack excels in ease of deployment, scalability, and seamless integration with Microsoft tools for app development and hybrid cloud.

Red Hat OpenShift provides fast CI/CD, scalability, security, automation, and integration for seamless, secure, and flexible application deployment.

They allow me to track all user activities.

JitenderSingh

Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I am very much impressed with Azure Stack, especially regarding security, complete compliance, data sovereignty, and data security.

MohammedAbdulAleem

Lead Enterprise Architect at Integrated Telecom

It has benefited my organization as it is implemented according to the standards, including GDPR and all, so it works.

Rajendra-Satale

Data Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Because it was centrally managed in our company, many metrics that we had to write code for were available out of the box, including utilization, CPU utilization, memory, and similar metrics.

Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

The concept of containers and scaling on demand is a feature I appreciate the most about Red Hat OpenShift.

UsmanMalik

Manager IT Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

A valuable feature of Red Hat OpenShift is its ability to handle increased loads by automatically adding nodes.

Shan Ahmed

System Analyst at Freelancer

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Categories and Ranking

Azure Stack

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

1st

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) (2nd)

Red Hat OpenShift

Ranking in Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms

5th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

PaaS Clouds (3rd), Server Virtualization Software (11th), Container Management (10th), Agile and DevOps Services (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms category, the mindshare of Azure Stack is 19.2%, down from 29.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift is 7.0%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Azure Stack	19.2%
Red Hat OpenShift	7.0%
Other	73.8%

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Featured Reviews

Rajendra-Satale

Data Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Unified data platform has improved regulatory compliance but still needs better integration features

It is difficult to say about Azure Stack improvement because I need to revisit and study it again. The pricing is okay, but on the services side, perhaps we need to think about some services, not all. I would not like to see any additional features in the future. To give them more like a 9 out of 10 or 10 out of 10, I think they need to improve on the interface, implementation, configuration, and integration with other products, so I rate them an eight. As compared to AWS, they need to add more features. I would like to see operations and storage features, like AI features or security features.

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Pratul Shukla

Vice President at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Adopting a flexible and efficient approach with noticeable improvements in operational costs and continued challenges in job management

Currently, one of the biggest challenges we face is with services and jobs. For spawning batches, although it has crons, it is not easy to integrate with enterprise systems such as Autosys. The entire company uses Autosys, but we are not able to integrate it effectively. We need intermediate servers to run OC utility commands and initiate the cron job. We have to do a lot of modifications to ensure our batches work properly. With physical or virtual servers, even in AWS, we are able to write and manage multiple jobs. Managing batches in Red Hat OpenShift has been a significant challenge. Integrating third parties is a challenge with Red Hat OpenShift. For example, with Elasticsearch, onboarding itself was difficult, running file beats and dealing with routing issues. It is not straightforward, especially since we have some components in AWS as. AWS has many capabilities that come out of the box and are easier to work with compared to Red Hat OpenShift. Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services. The main reason we went with Red Hat OpenShift was because it is a private cloud, and we have regulatory requirements that prevent us from using public cloud.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Financial Services Firm

25%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Computer Software Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	33
Midsize Enterprise	13
Large Enterprise	26

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	43

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Azure Stack?

For hybrid cloud operations, the seamless transition it enables is key. Most enterprises have a lot of workloads on-premises, and they want a smooth way to move into the cloud. Some things are on...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Stack?

Maintenance is included as part of the overall cost.

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What needs improvement with Azure Stack?

The difficulties we face involve the lack of support, which is one reason the product isn't selling well in the market. Perhaps it relates to our sales team's strategy, but management looks for a b...

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How does OpenShift compare with Amazon AWS?

Open Shift makes managing infrastructure easy because of self-healing and automatic scaling. There is also a wonderful dashboard mechanism to alert us in case the application is over-committing or ...

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Which would you recommend - Pivotal Cloud Foundry or OpenShift?

Pivotal Cloud Foundry is a cloud-native application platform to simplify app delivery. It is efficient and effective. The best feature is how easy it is to handle external services such as database...

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What do you like most about OpenShift?

OpenShift facilitates DevOps practices and improves CI/CD workflows in terms of stability compared to Jenkins.

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Overview

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Red Hat OpenShift offers a robust, scalable platform with strong security and automation, suitable for container orchestration, application deployment, and microservices architecture.

Designed to modernize applications by transitioning from legacy systems to cloud-native environments, Red Hat OpenShift provides powerful CI/CD integration and Kubernetes compatibility. Its security features, multi-cloud support, and source-to-image functionality enhance deployment flexibility. While the GUI offers user-friendly navigation, users benefit from its cloud-agnostic nature and efficient lifecycle management. However, improvements are needed in documentation, configuration complexity, and integration with third-party platforms. Pricing and high resource demands can also be challenging for wider adoption.

What are the key features of Red Hat OpenShift?

Security: Comprehensive security features ensure safe deployments and operations.
Scalability: Auto-scaling and monitoring capabilities cater to high-demand environments.
CI/CD Integration: Seamless integration for efficient continuous deployment processes.
Cloud Compatibility: Supports multi-cloud and on-premise solutions with ease.
GUI: Simplifies platform management and enhances usability.

What benefits and ROI should users look for?

Improved Efficiency: Streamlined operations reduce time and resource investments.
Enhanced Flexibility: Adapt quickly to changing demands and environments.
Quick Deployment: Fast application deployment supports agile project timelines.
Robust Support: Access to dependable customer support services.

Red Hat OpenShift is strategically implemented for diverse industries focusing on container orchestration and application modernization. Organizations leverage it for migrating applications to cloud-native environments and managing CI/CD pipelines. Its functionality facilitates efficient resource management and microservices architecture adoption, supporting enterprise-level DevOps practices. Users employ it across cloud and on-premises platforms to drive performance improvements.

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