What is the difference between an Azure Web Site and an Azure Web Role

Question

What are the material differences between the new Azure Web Sites and the traditional Azure Web Roles for an ASP.NET MVC application? What reason would I choose a \"web sit

Answer 1

Two more things I found was cost of getting SSL for a custom domain site and Multi-tenant configurations.

For website you need to pay monthly on top of standard instance (Small instance is the cheapest option). This means in order to get custom domain https would cost you ~70/month for small instance plus ~41/ month for SSL that supports all browser.

For WebRole you can get XS instance and add your own SSL for free, which means ~$15 per month and you have a custom domain with SSL.

For multi-tenant website check out Multi-tenant Azure dynamic wildcard CName