| Market Share |
~23% |
~31% (still largest) |
| Enterprise Adoption |
Strong in healthcare, finance, gov (esp. with Microsoft 365/Teams/EHR ties) |
Strong with startups, research, media, big tech |
| AI/ML Tools |
Azure Machine Learning, OpenAI on Azure, Synapse, Cognitive Services |
SageMaker, Bedrock, Comprehend, Rekognition |
| GenAI Integration |
🔥 Deep OpenAI partnership (GPT, Codex, DALL·E via Azure OpenAI Service) |
Bedrock (Anthropic, Stability, Cohere), Titan (Amazon’s own) |
| Ease of Use |
More integrated across MS ecosystem (Power BI, Excel, VS Code) |
More flexible but often messier to set up |
| Learning Curve |
Smoother onboarding if familiar with Microsoft tools |
More customizable, but steeper learning curve |
| Certifications |
Azure AI Engineer, Data Scientist, OpenAI Engineer (in preview) |
AWS ML Specialty, Solutions Architect, Bedrock tracks |