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HPE Helion vs Microsoft Azure comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Helion
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
25th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Microsoft Azure
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
325
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of HPE Helion is 1.5%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure is 11.3%, down from 17.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure11.3%
HPE Helion1.5%
Other87.2%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

it_user568056 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Indra
It provides access to private and public clouds. I would like to be able to select the best private cloud.
I would like to be able to select the best private cloud to use in terms of service and cost. If I need to put an application on the cloud, I would like to know which provider to use. I would like to know the best option for this application.
Rafath Noor - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Cloud platform has supported reliable growth and collaboration but customer support still needs improvement
In my opinion, the best features Microsoft Azure offers are the scalable solutions and serverless solution, Platform as a Service and Software as a Service. There are categorized services I can get. Based on my need, I can use and get most of those things. Regarding Microsoft Azure's AI capabilities, I think the governance and security are fine and the AI is consistent and I was able to get reliable outputs. Governance and security-wise, I was also satisfied with the performance, encryption-wise and the data transmission, transparency-wise. Regarding Microsoft Azure's AI capabilities, output-wise, the outputs are very much reliable, so I can depend on those things. There's nothing more to add and I am satisfied with the accuracy because it's more than 90% accuracy that I can find. That's fine for me.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable feature is our access to private and public clouds."
"HPE Helion provides access to world-class personnel and skill sets, and their ability to perform repeatedly at a high standard provides a positive experience."
"It's improved the delivery of services to our clients, and I believe my clients get new business and better performance."
"Helion Being backed by a vendor (HPE) rather than vanilla openstack gives us a little more confidence that the product is now at a level of maturity where we are happy to start consuming open technologies."
"We have many more services, including self-service, and we don't have to call IT and wait for weeks or months for service, which is the biggest benefit for our business."
"The solution is very simple to set up."
"Technical support has been good over the years."
"Setup cost with Azure is minimal for what they are supplying."
"The solution is easy to use, it's great for ready-to-use services, and it's set up to handle any cloud requirement."
"It is a flexible solution that is straightforward to use."
"Azure is pretty good and in fact, we have about 100 customers who are using Azure on our technology."
"If you need a quick mobile solution, particularly an enterprise mobile solution, this is a wonderful choice."
"The data factory feature."
 

Cons

"I would like to be able to select the best private cloud to use in terms of service and cost."
"Some improvements I think are needed are greater stability and more up to date packages."
"With a lot of the services we use, we need a single dashboard that could do more."
"We need improvements for more hybrid use. Right now, the system is very focused on pay-as-you-go cloud services, and our customers are looking for more a hybrid use."
"If they could reduce the cost, that would be good as there is much competition, and many companies and organizations are looking to reduce costs."
"Poor debugging and logging management for applications."
"Stability. Microsoft is implementing changes too fast and sometimes things break."
"We have faced some issues on the pricing side, but it has improved lately. We are trying to adjust to the new pricing methods that they are using now. It should be better from now on."
"It would be helpful if it offered more integration with other platforms."
"Its subscription price could be cheaper."
"Technical support needs to be better."
"Sometimes the Azure Calculator doesn't have a good way to do a higher estimate, because for any organization there are sometimes issues with the application sites, but I know that the logs are not the real time and there are issues with login synchronization."
"From a security perspective, it could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"In countries experiencing high inflation, the cost of Azure services can be significantly impacted. This can result in higher expenses compared to other regions."
"The tool is cheap."
"Microsoft Azure is more expensive than other solutions, such as GCP. We have found that GCP offers more utilities at a very reasonable price."
"The licensing price is fine."
"It is not cheap. Its price could be a little bit less."
"The solution does require a license."
"The license is on a monthly basis."
"I rate the product price a five on a scale of one to ten, where one is high price, and ten is low price."
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Comparison Review

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Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Construction Company
12%
Performing Arts
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business142
Midsize Enterprise54
Large Enterprise153
 

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Also Known As

HPE Helion Cloud, HP Helion
Windows Azure, Azure, MS Azure
 

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Sample Customers

ACA Fashion Software, myLoc, Mendix, Comline AG, Nava Solutions, 20th Century Fox, Zhejiang University, iService Global, Okinawa Cross Head, Creative Photo Cloud, Zuora, Ormuco, Ecad, MyCloud, Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS)
BMW, Toyota, easyJet, NBC Sports, HarperCollins, Aviva, TalkTalk Business, Avanade, and Telenor.
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