We performed a comparison between Microsoft Azure Block Storage and Microsoft Azure Object Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Public Cloud Storage Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."You can easily access your data whenever you need it."
"The tool is most valuable for scenarios involving logs and monitoring. For example, logs are generated when using services like Front Door."
"The solution has introduced cool-tier storage that allows us to store and save data."
"We use the solution to develop SaaS platforms on Azure. We utilize various Microsoft components like block storage and databases for this purpose."
"The tier feature in V2 is the most valuable feature of this solution. It enables you to move your storage from hot tier to cold tier into archive tier."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the security and the management of user access from on-premise to the cloud."
"Microsoft is currently updating a few features, such as object sizes and tiering, which were not available previously."
"The data lake is invaluable. We also use Microsoft SQL in terms of structuring the data and getting into a position where it could be useful to support reporting. We Databricks for data science. We incorporated Databricks with that as well."
"We have had a good experience with customer service and support."
"This solution is easy to use, and performance-wise it is better than others."
"The solution integrates well with Microsoft Office 365 and includes important features such as SIEM, storage, SQL, and Cosmos DB."
"Blob Storage is one of the best resources in Azure for storing unstructured data such as files, video files, audio files, and Excel files."
"The product has good accessibility."
"You can peer into different levels of the archive."
"The most valuable feature is the cost value, which is very important for long term retention."
"The best thing is it's on the cloud. It's easily accessible to everyone through a mobile device, tablet, or laptop. Secondly, it's secure. Like any URL shared will not work after a few hours. Only the person concerned who has that URL can use it within a few hours to download the document. After that, it expires. Thirdly, we all keep an archive. For example, if there are old documents, they are still stored over there. Another nice Azure feature is that they have the regional set up for that storage, and there's no downtime, and I'm grateful for that. We don't have to worry, because it's secure. If something goes down, they have other copies of it on a separate server, and it's accessible."
"One thing that needs improvement is authentication. They need to improve the integrated Azure Active Directory for the enterprise level. For single sign-on, we can try any authentication or portal for Block Azure Function AKS. For example, if you're an administrator or user contributor, you will generate a token, then your internal middleware connects to any Azure Cloud service. You need to generate different credentials for each service. We cannot use the same token."
"The product is not as stable as we would like it to be."
"The security is poor, and the sharing model is confusing, conceptually. I'd prefer not to use it. I'd like a user-friendly web interface and a better security model."
"The integrations right now are limited, however, we are hopeful this will improve as the cloud continues to develop."
"The scalability of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"The performance of Microsoft Azure Block Storage needs improvement because it's laggy. Microsoft Azure Block Storage also has a lot of limitations on file sizes. The rendering and loading times also need improvement."
"Some big customers have experienced some problems with the stability of the Azure cloud."
"Object Storage's integration with other backup software could be improved."
"Technical support should be a little bit faster."
"Its user interface could be better."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage needs to improve stability and cloud user interface."
"In future releases, I would add something like a better lifecycle management system, and for integration purposes, I would add some stuff related to newer concepts like data products and databases. I would like to have a seamless flow between those things."
"The stability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The product is expensive."
"A more comprehensive training option is needed."
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Microsoft Azure Block Storage is ranked 7th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 56 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 45 reviews. Microsoft Azure Block Storage is rated 8.0, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Block Storage writes "A stable and widely accepted solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Object Storage writes "Can be used to safely store big datasets in the cloud at a reasonable price". Microsoft Azure Block Storage is most compared with Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Rackspace Cloud Block Storage, Wasabi, Amazon S3 Glacier and Azure NetApp Files, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi and Amazon S3. See our Microsoft Azure Block Storage vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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