We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure Data Box and Palantir Foundry based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Migration Appliances solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is a good fit with ease of integration there."
"It provides secure transfer of large amounts of data."
"Microsoft Azure Data Box has much more usability than other tools like it. It is very intuitive."
"We're looking at this solution because it's part of an overall tool suite, so the integration piece is what's striking our interest in it."
"The solution has allowed the organization to safely transfer and store into the cloud easily and quickly large amounts of data that can then be readily accessed."
"The Azure Data Box saves us a great deal of time when migrating data to Azure."
"One valuable aspect is the support we receive from Microsoft Azure vendors."
"We use the solution for integration purposes."
"The AI engine that comes with Palantir Foundry is quite interesting."
"Palantir Foundry is a robust platform that has really strong plugin connectors and provides features for real-time integration."
"The data lineage is great."
"It is easy to map out a workflow and run trigger-based scripts without having to deploy to another server."
"The virtualization tool is useful."
"Great features available in one tool."
"The solution offers very good end-to-end capabilities."
"The solution provides an end-to-end integrated tech stack that takes care of all utility/infrastructure topics for you."
"It's a single node solution. If it can be spread out across more of the enterprise and have more segregation in its virtual environment, that would be good."
"For me it doesn't work well. ... If you are a non-Microsoft shop, to use Microsoft Azure Data Box, you would need to integrate it with your other vendors, and whether or not that will be possible will depend on the platform or platforms that host them."
"I am not confident in this device's ability to perform a network backup in our data center."
"On an enterprise level, a per-user license for more than 1,000 users is very costly."
"The solution is straightforward with simple application migration, but plug-and-play AI is not involved simultaneously."
"When it comes to old applications, they may not be the most suitable environment for Microsoft's current focus on Azure and the latest technologies. It would be helpful if Microsoft could provide some guidelines or recommendations for transitioning from old to new."
"The device must be transported off-site before the data is uploaded into the Microsoft Azure Cloud."
"Deployment can be a major challenge. It's important to understand the organization's policies, the data store where the data will be going, the necessary permissions, and the specific type of Data Box being used. We also need to consider the encryption keys that need to be utilized."
"The solution could use more online documentation for new users."
"It would be helpful to build applications based on Azure functions or web apps in Palantir Foundry."
"Some error messages can be very cryptic."
"Cost of this solution is quite high."
"The workflow could be improved."
"Difficult to receive data from external sources."
"There is not a wide user base for the solution's online documentation so it is sometimes difficult to find answers."
"The frontend capabilities of Palantir Foundry could be improved."
Microsoft Azure Data Box is ranked 1st in Data Migration Appliances with 8 reviews while Palantir Foundry is ranked 3rd in Data Migration Appliances with 14 reviews. Microsoft Azure Data Box is rated 8.6, while Palantir Foundry is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Data Box writes "Efficiently handles heavy incoming traffic and maintains stable operations without crashing the application ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palantir Foundry writes "The data visualization is fantastic and the security is excellent". Microsoft Azure Data Box is most compared with AWS Snowball, Google Transfer Appliance, AWS Snowball Edge and IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration, whereas Palantir Foundry is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Palantir Gotham, SAP Data Services, AWS Glue and Denodo. See our Microsoft Azure Data Box vs. Palantir Foundry report.
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