AWS Amplify Hosting vs Azure App Service

AWS Amplify Hosting8.6Visit Azure App Service6.4Visit

Higher score AWS Amplify Hosting #5 in Next.js Hosting 8.6/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit AWS Amplify

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Azure App Service #27 in Next.js Hosting 6.4/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Azure

• AWS Amplify Hosting fits best

  AWS teams needing full Next.js support

• Azure App Service fits best

  Microsoft-stack web application teams

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Side by side

Feature	AWS Amplify Hosting 8.6/10 Visit ↗	Azure App Service 6.4/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.6	6.4
Ranking	#5 in Next.js Hosting	#27 in Next.js Hosting
Best for	AWS teams needing full Next.js support	Microsoft-stack web application teams
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$15/site/mo	—
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, Linux
Integrations	6 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features AWS Amplify Hosting 4/4 · Azure App Service 0/4
Edge delivery	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Serverless runtime	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Node.js runtime	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Preview deployments	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Build minutes	1000 min/mo	Not checked yet
Bandwidth	15 GB/mo	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports SSR, ISR, API routes, middleware, and image optimization Git-based deployment with feature branches and pull request previews CloudFront delivery plus CloudWatch monitoring and access logs	Free F1 plan for trials, experimentation, and learning Deployment slots support staging, testing, swapping, and rollback Integrated scaling, monitoring, TLS, authentication, and backups on supported tiers
Cons	No permanent free plan Usage-based billing spans builds, storage, transfer, and SSR usage Web Application Firewall costs $15 per Amplify app per month	Free and Shared tiers use shared compute and have resource limits Data transfer charges apply to the D1 Shared plan The listing describes Node.js support, not a Next.js-specific workflow
Our verdict	AWS Amplify Hosting is a managed service for static, single-page, and server-rendered web applications. It is aimed at teams deploying Next.js applications that need more than static hosting, including server-side rendering, static… Read the review →	Azure App Service is a fully managed platform-as-a-service for building, deploying, and scaling web applications, APIs, and mobile backends. It supports .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, and containerized workloads on Windows or Linux.… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• AWS Amplify Hosting — where it wins

  • Supports SSR, ISR, API routes, middleware, and image optimization
  • Git-based deployment with feature branches and pull request previews
  • CloudFront delivery plus CloudWatch monitoring and access logs

  Where it doesn't

  • No permanent free plan
  • Usage-based billing spans builds, storage, transfer, and SSR usage
  • Web Application Firewall costs $15 per Amplify app per month

• Azure App Service — where it wins

  • Free F1 plan for trials, experimentation, and learning
  • Deployment slots support staging, testing, swapping, and rollback
  • Integrated scaling, monitoring, TLS, authentication, and backups on supported tiers

  Where it doesn't

  • Free and Shared tiers use shared compute and have resource limits
  • Data transfer charges apply to the D1 Shared plan
  • The listing describes Node.js support, not a Next.js-specific workflow

• AWS Amplify Hosting8.6/10 · Paid

  A full Next.js hosting stack with AWS integrations and usage-based pricing.

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• Azure App Service6.4/10 · Free plan

  A flexible Azure PaaS with a free tier, deployment tooling, scaling, and Microsoft integrations.

  Visit AzureFull verdict →