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Azure Virtual Machine vs Web App

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Azure Virtual Machine vs Web App

Last updated on April 18, 2023

 

Azure Virtual Machine

Azure Web App

Description

Infrastructure as a service, if you need to have full control over your computing environment.

Platform as a service, it allows you to integrate the app without managing the underlying infrastructure.

Deploy

Uses an OS image.

Uses a runtime stack.

State Management

Stateful or stateless

Stateless

Autoscaling

You need to use VM scale sets to support autoscaling in virtual machines.

Autoscaling is a built-in service in App Service.

Scale Limit

1000 nodes per scale set for platform image and 600 nodes per scale set for custom image

20 instances and 100 with App Service Environment

Traffic Distribution

Distribute the incoming network traffic using Azure load balancer.

Load balancing is integrated into App Service.

Architecture Styles

The supported architecture styles are N-Tier and Web-Queue-Worker.

The supported architecture styles are N-Tier and Big compute (HPC).

If you’re searching for the best service to host your application on Azure, look no further and read this article, Azure Virtual Machines vs Azure App Service – Which One is Right For You?. We’ll deep dive into the advantages and disadvantages of both services, and discuss their key differences, drawbacks, and benefits, to help you decide which service is the perfect fit for your workload requirements.

Azure Virtual Machine vs Web App Resources:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/overview
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/overview
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/technology-choices/compute-decision-tree

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