No I'm using it happily. We don't use the scheduler and create new deployment slots when deploying (which maybe prevents locking issues). Sometimes I experience

No I'm using it happily. We don't use the scheduler and create new deployment slots when deploying (which maybe prevents locking issues). Sometimes I experience oddness in Azure portal and has to refresh but has never had it slow down. As for SQL latency it's been insignificant to us so I'm not sure if what we experience is better or worse than yours. Portal i agree is partly confusing/messy but we set up things once and then do deploys via CI infrastructure. And even the initial setup we try to automate using PS instead (to make it reproducible). When it comes to pricing I agree, but my laptop does not do multi-datacenter so well. Im not questioning anything you say of course. Maybe I've gone blind or don't see the issues as critical as you, or maybe I'm just more lucky.