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Microsoft Azure vs Amazon WorkSpaces Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform designed to help organizations run virtual desktops and applications in the cloud. It offers businesses with built-in migration tools, which enables administrators to migrate remote desktop services (RDS) and Windows server desktops to various devices.

Amazon WorkSpaces is a Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) software that helps businesses facilitate remote working through cloud-hosted desktop virtualization. It enables administrators to maintain a secure user platform via multi-factor authentication, single-sign-on (SSO), and access control features.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
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  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
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Pricing

Starting from

0

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

Free

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

1.9K

5

4

3

2

1

1.2K

637

73

9

7

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
79%
would recommend this app

4.3

32

5

4

3

2

1

17

10

3

0

2

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
81%
would recommend this app

Pros

“We use it for our charity's CRM as it gives us enterprise-level cloud infrastructure, reliability and scalability, plus we get charity pricing and credits that make technology we'd normally never be able to afford for a 100% non-profit organisation like ours.”
MC

Mark C.

Board Trustee Membership Secretary

“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.”
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Clyde W.

System Adminstrator

“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.”
BA

Blake A.

IT Technician

Pros

“I enjoy the fact that our end-users can connect to their secure desktop WorkSpace from Chromebooks, Windows devices, Mac's and tablets. ”
JM

John M.

Manager End User Support

“Our onshore client connects securely and quickly and it holds very less data, enough to be used on extremely old computers. ”
MG

Montu G.

Senior Operations Manager

“Apart from this, security, network access, restricted permissions, this all features are easy to control from AWS.”
MG

Montu G.

Senior Operations Manager

Cons

“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.”
BA

Blake A.

IT Technician

“We were nearly caught out by the costs escalating too quickly, even with the charity discounts we had from MS, when we started adding services we thought we needed!”
MC

Mark C.

Board Trustee Membership Secretary

“The platform is already cluttered with numerous features and options and during most times admins feels overhelmed with tech features.”
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Chinthaka J.

Head of Global IT

Cons

“Extremely poor.- continual intermittently desktop display issues- very poor audio when attending teams meetings (need to email meeting invite to my local account and attend meetings as an "external" party which confuses people)- No file transfer from remote desktop to local- Linux client and Web Clients give authentication failure, need to use MacOS or Windows only despite the websites claims (misleading information)- Support don't address issues even when calls have been logged for months, and end user is not able to contact support directly (non-existant support)”
DA

Dave A.

Software Tester

“What I didn’t like was that you had to change your password frequently and also there were some glitches”
SO

Stephanie O.

Restaurant worker

“Learning some of the AWS terminology can be confusing and the interface used to create WorkSpaces can be a bit clunky. ”
JM

John M.

Manager End User Support

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review9 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features79
  • API
  • API Design
  • API Lifecycle Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Active Directory Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Management
  • Activity Tracking
  • Admin Console
  • Application Management
  • Authentication
  • Automatic Backup
  • BYOL Management
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Change Management
  • Cloud Computing
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Compliance Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Integration
  • DaaS
  • Dashboard
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Migration
  • Data Replication
  • Data Security
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Debugging
  • Deployment Management
  • Desktop Virtualization
  • Desktop/Application Virtualization
  • Developer Portal
  • Device Management
  • Disaster Recovery
  • File Transfer
  • Filtering
  • For Developers
  • GPU Virtualization
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Issue Tracking
  • Load Balancing
  • Log Access
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Development
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Device Support
  • Multi-Factor Authentication
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • Network Monitoring
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Policy Management
  • Projections
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Monitoring & Management
  • Remote Update/Installation
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Scalability
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Secure Login
  • Self Service Portal
  • Server Monitoring
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Single Sign On
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Testing Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Traffic Control
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • User Management
  • User Provisioning
  • VDI
  • Version Control
  • Virtual Machine Encryption
  • Virtual Machine Migration
  • Virtual Machine Monitoring
  • Virtual Server
  • Web App Development
  • Total features36
  • API
  • API Design
  • API Lifecycle Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Active Directory Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Management
  • Activity Tracking
  • Admin Console
  • Application Management
  • Authentication
  • Automatic Backup
  • BYOL Management
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Change Management
  • Cloud Computing
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Compatibility Testing
  • Compliance Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Integration
  • DaaS
  • Dashboard
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Migration
  • Data Replication
  • Data Security
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Debugging
  • Deployment Management
  • Desktop Virtualization
  • Desktop/Application Virtualization
  • Developer Portal
  • Device Management
  • Disaster Recovery
  • File Transfer
  • Filtering
  • For Developers
  • GPU Virtualization
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Integrated Development Environment
  • Issue Tracking
  • Load Balancing
  • Log Access
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Development
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Device Support
  • Multi-Factor Authentication
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • Network Monitoring
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Policy Management
  • Projections
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Remote Monitoring & Management
  • Remote Update/Installation
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Scalability
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Secure Login
  • Self Service Portal
  • Server Monitoring
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Single Sign On
  • Software Development
  • Source Control
  • Testing Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Traffic Control
  • Two-Factor Authentication
  • User Management
  • User Provisioning
  • VDI
  • Version Control
  • Virtual Machine Encryption
  • Virtual Machine Migration
  • Virtual Machine Monitoring
  • Virtual Server
  • Web App Development

Integrations

  • Total integrations6
  • Citrix Workspace
  • GitHub
  • Microsoft 365
  • Nerdio
  • Retrace by Netreo
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Citrix Workspace
  • GitHub
  • Microsoft 365
  • Nerdio
  • Retrace by Netreo
  • Visual Studio Code