Azure SQL Database: Scalable, Secure, and Fully Managed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Complex Pricing: DTU vs. vCore model can be confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Azure is able to handle just about any task remotely related to networking & databases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's difficult to navigate Azure's UI. While you CAN do nearly anything you need, learning where to go to start up is a challenge in itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Integration with Microsoft, I used it with Azure Data studio and Microsoft Power BI, the integration is seamless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not that I know any to be honest compared to other tools like MSSQL that I barely used in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wide Range of Database Options-Azure SQL Database for relational workloads.

Fully Managed Services-Performance monitoring and tuning,Automatic backups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cost Complexity:Azure's pricing model can be complex, with various tiers, regions, and features influencing costs.

Hidden Costs- Additional charges for features like geo-replication, read replicas, and backups can add up unexpectedly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Relational Databases easily the best database for enterprise applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes performance issues if not taken care properly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Microsoft have a vide varieties of data bases for the differnt use case and all are good efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some databases of Microsoft like Azure MS SQL database. I'm not able to install SSMS in macbook. They only provided management studio for window user Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The functionality and features that it offer, which are very similar to an on premise SQL Server including stored procedures, and strong transactional capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Face a lot of difficulty and complexity while managing the billing structure leading to unexpected costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use, connectivity from all technologies, easily integrated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cost is little high, it will be expensive for daily tasks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Azure provide database services for structured and unstructured data. Its easy to use like many of the DB SQL products available on the market. It takes the infrastructure maintainance and scaling issue out of scope. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dont see any downsides as such. Its just that if your entire cloud ecosystem is based in Azure it is easier to integrate rather that integrating with any other cloud service provider. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

They are scalable in nature it has variety of data base option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is costly and even bit complecated as it is hard for new comer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.