Azure Static Web Apps VS Digital Ocean App Platform

Azure Static Web Apps

Azure Static Web Apps is a platform for building, deploying, and managing modern web applications. It offers a range of features for building and deploying serverless applications, including support for a variety of programming languages, automatic scaling, and real-time monitoring

Azure Static Web Apps is designed to be easy to use and require minimal setup, making it a good choice for developers who want to focus on writing code rather than managing infrastructure.

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Digital Ocean App Platform

Digital Ocean App Platform is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that allows developers to build, deploy, and scale applications on top of DigitalOcean's infrastructure.

With the Digital Ocean App Platform, you can deploy your code with a single click, and the platform will take care of the rest, including provisioning servers, configuring load balancers, and scaling your application as needed. You can deploy a variety of different types of applications to the App Platform, including containerized applications, serverless functions, and static websites.

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  • Azure Static Web Apps
    • limited accessibility in some areas
    • A limited level of authentication is offered
    • GitHub Actions are used for continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), which means that a command-line interface is not necessary
    • Charges for a custom domain, a free tier, and a greater app size
    • connects to further Azure services, including Azure Functions, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Storage, and Azure Event Grid
    • appropriate for less-featured, simple web apps
  • Digital Ocean App Platform
    • Global CDN-based hosting
    • enables the usage of unique authentication and authorisation sources
    • Git-based workflow and built-in support for continuous integration and deployment allow for the customization of the pipeline with unique actions
    • Pay-per-use fees are assessed according to the resources utilised
    • connects to more services like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket
    • flexible, suitable for a variety of online applications, and offers more infrastructure control

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FrameWork Azure Static Web Apps Digital Ocean App Platform
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Infrastructure
Azure
DigitalOcean Cloud Cloudflare for CDN
Continuous deployment
Automated builds from Git
Instant rollbacks to any version
Site previews for every push
Compatible with all Static Site Generators
Notifications
Team Management
Custom domains
Automatic HTTPS
Rewrites & Redirects
Password Protection
Included in paid plan.
Websites
Unlimited
3
Build Minutes
N/A
100 minutes /month
Concurrent builds
N/A
1
Bandwidth
100GB /month
1 GB /app
Team Members
Unlimited
Unlimited
Build Time Per Deployment
15 minutes
60 minutes
Build Memory Limit (in MiB)
N/A
8192 MiB
Max team members before switch to custom pricing
Unlimited
Unlimited
Git contributors have to be Team Members
Serverless Functions (API)
Node.js, .NET Core, Python and Custom Handlers
Edge Functions
Background Functions
Durable Functions
Workers
CRON Jobs
Timer triggered functions
CLI
swa
doctl
Extensions
Environment Variables
Build Logs
GitHub Actions logs
Build Canceling
through GitHub Actions
Analytics
Authentication
Pre-configured providers include: Azure Active Directory, GitHub, Twitter. You can register a custom provider.
Database
PostgreSQL
Asset Optimizations
A/B Testing
Form Handling
Data Storage
Spaces, compatible with Amazon S3
Push Notifications
Machine Learning
Two-factor authentication
Team Logs
SOC2
ISO27001
GDPR
Carbon Neutral
Carbon-free Energy
Renewable energy by 2025
Not clear policy

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