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In a world where digital transformation is at the heart of corporate strategies, choosing the right cloud solution is crucial. Among the many platforms available, SyselCloud Director stands out as a robust and advantageous alternative to hyperscalers such as Microsoft Azure. Designed to offer simplified management, greater sovereignty and optimum flexibilityCloud Director is a strategic choice for businesses that want to keep control of their infrastructures while optimising their costs.

Whereas Azure offers a standardised hyperscale cloud offering, SyselCloud Director offers a more flexible and customisable approach, enabling businesses and service providers to build bespoke cloud environments.. In addition, the question of data sovereignty is essential for many organisations, where regulations impose strict requirements on the location and management of data.

In this analysis, we will highlight the advantages of SyselCloud Director in comparison with Microsoft Azurewith a focus on four key areas: cost control, performance and flexibility, safety and ease of management offered to companies as part of the management of their Cloud infrastructures.

Cost control

Effective management of cloud costs is a strategic challenge for every company seeking to optimise its IT resources.

SyselCloud Director is distinguished by a transparent, controlled approach to billingSyselCloud Director gives businesses precise control over their spending, with no nasty surprises. Unlike Microsoft Azure, where pricing can quickly become complex due to the many hidden charges and unpredictable cost variations, SyselCloud Director offers total visibility and simplified resource management.

Thanks to advanced monitoring tools and a clear pricing policy, businesses can anticipate their expenditure and adjust their consumption in real time, avoiding unexpected budget overruns. This approach guarantees ongoing financial optimisation, while ensuring the performance and flexibility that businesses need.

Below is a comparative table of the main points relating to the billing of services:

Criteria	SyselCloud Director	Microsoft Azure
Billing model	Fixed subscription or pay-as-you-go depending on the supplier's offer	Pay-as-you-go billing, often unpredictable
Initial cost	Can be negotiated with the supplier, generally competitive	Low initial costs, but costs rise rapidly with consumption
Operating costs	Stable and predictable, depending on the contract with the supplier	Variable, depending on resource usage (VMs, storage, network, security)
Cost trends	Rates often decrease as your consumption increases	Costs increase with consumption and can spiral out of control
Virtual machine billing	Based on fixed rates or controlled consumption	Depends on VM type, region, storage, and can be costly if poorly optimised
Storage and network	Negotiable pricing with the supplier, fewer hidden costs	Storage and data transfers billed separately, often at additional cost

Performance and flexibility

SyselCloud Director is distinguished by an architecture designed to offer optimum performance and unrivalled flexibility.

Unlike Microsoft Azure, whose standardised infrastructure can sometimes limit customisation and lead to unforeseen latencies, SyselCloud Director enables you to fluid and rapid deployment of resourcesguaranteeing computing power that is always adapted to real needs. Thanks to sophisticated environment management, businesses benefit frominstant scalabilitywithout the constraints of quotas and limitations imposed by Azure's pre-configured offerings.

This agility, combined with a high-performance infrastructure, ensures uncompromising business continuity, intelligent allocation of resources and a consistently smooth user experience, even during periods of high demand.

Below is an overview of the performance and flexibility of the solutions:

Criteria	SyselCloud Director	Microsoft Azure
Resource management	Advanced customisation to suit business needs	Predefined by Microsoft, less flexibility on configurations
Latency and performance	Hosting often closer to the customer, optimised for workloads	Depends on the Azure region used, variable latency
Flexible configurations	Fine-tuned management of VMs, network and storage as required	Imposed configurations, difficult to adjust at no extra cost
Customisation	Possibility of adapting resources according to use	Constraints imposed by Microsoft architecture
Integration with other environments	Compatible with VMware infrastructures, ideal for businesses already equipped with them	Sometimes requires costly migration of existing infrastructure

Safety and compliance

In a context where security and compliance are absolute priorities, SyselCloud Director stands out by a rigorous and proactive approach to data protection.

Unlike Microsoft Azure, whose scale and complexity can make risk management more difficult and expose businesses to potential vulnerabilities, SyselCloud Director focuses on tighter controls and total transparency. Thanks to advanced encryption mechanisms, fine-grained access segmentation and real-time monitoring, each environment is secured from end to endguaranteeing optimum protection against internal and external threats.

When it comes to compliance, Cloud Director adapts to the specific requirements of each sector, offering uncompromising traceability and data governancewhere Azure often imposes less flexible, standardised frameworks. This approach enables businesses to meet the most stringent standards while benefiting from a secure, agile environment tailored to their specific needs.

Here is a brief comparison of the solutions to give an overview of security and compliance:

Criteria	SyselCloud Director	Microsoft Azure
Safety management	Based on NSX for advanced network control and enhanced security	Advanced security at extra cost, requiring additional options
Protection against cyber attacks	Native integration with solutions such as Carbon Black	Depends on paid Microsoft solutions (Defender for Cloud)
Isolating workloads	Advanced multi-tenancy, each company has its own secure environment	Infrastructure sharing with other Azure customers
Regulatory compliance	Adapted to industrial standards, with total control	Depends on Microsoft policies and chosen datacentres
Data protection	Negotiable pricing with the supplier, fewer hidden costs	Storage and data transfers billed separately, often at additional cost

User experience

The user experience is a key element in the management of cloud infrastructures, and it is on this point that SyselCloud Director clearly stands out from Microsoft Azure.

Where Azure can sometimes seem complex, with a dense interface, tedious configurations and navigation requiring advanced expertise, SyselCloud Director favours an intuitive, fluid approach. Its uncluttered, ergonomic interface makes it easy to get to grips with, reducing the time spent managing resources and facilitating day-to-day administration.

Thanks to centralised functionalities and intelligent automationWith SyselCloud Director, users benefit from a simple, efficient environment that's perfectly tailored to their needs, without having to face the often steep Azure learning curve. By offering optimised management and a seamless experience, SyselCloud Director enables businesses to focus on their business rather than the complexity of their cloud infrastructure.

Let's look at a few examples of the differences in use:

Criteria	SyselCloud Director	Microsoft Azure
Ease of management	Simplified interface, tailored to businesses	More complex learning curve for IT teams
Administration of resources	Advanced management tools with greater control over VMs and storage	Centralised management via Azure, but with limitations on certain configurations
Support and guidance	Technical support via local supplier, often more responsive	Microsoft support segmented by contract level and sometimes slow
Team training	Less training required for IT teams used to VMware	Requires specific Azure skills, which may entail training costs

Case studies

In a market where every company has specific cloud requirements, it is essential to choose a solution that perfectly matches its operational, technical and financial requirements. SyselCloud Director stands out for its flexibility, ease of management and ability to respond to real business challenges, where Microsoft Azure can sometimes show its limitations.

To illustrate these differences in a practical way, let's take a look at a number of case studies highlighting the benefits of SyselCloud Director in the face of the challenges encountered with Azure. These real-life examples show how SyselCloud Director offers a more efficient alternative better suited to the needs of businesses in terms of cost, performance, security and user experience.

CASE 1: An SME looking to control its cloud infrastructure costs

Problem encountered with Microsoft Azure :

An SME specialising in online commerce uses Microsoft Azure to host its infrastructure. However, it is regularly faced with unpredictable invoices with additional costs for bandwidth, licences and storage. Despite efforts to optimise costs, it is finding it difficult to anticipate expenditure and is constantly having to adjust its budget.