# Azure VM with or without docker?

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/azure-vm-with-or-without-docker/29240>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
**Tags:** operations\
**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/azure-vm-with-or-without-docker/29240 "2020-11-18T17:10:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/azure-vm-with-or-without-docker/29240/1 "2020-11-18T17:10:36Z")

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Hi everyone,

I would like to know in general, whether is better to run neo4j in an, i.e., ubuntu VM in azure or in the same VM but in a docker container?  
I don't know if there are performance penalties, management pros and cons or something else I should considered.  
The expected workloads are low since we are still in a dev phase.

Any comment will be appreciated.  
BR. Paul