We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Storage Nearline 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."Nearline is highly stable."
"The data structure and the types of data that are supported are very good."
"It can isolate files and stop them from corrupting other files."
"I find the flexibility in storing documents or data and the ease of retrieval valuable with this solution."
"The most valuable feature of Nearline is the access. It's helpful to move data that is generated once a month, such as salary information, to Nearline."
"Google is always introducing new features and tends to have a new release every month."
"The capacity and space on offer are excellent."
"It provides the necessary support and flexibility to manage data storage effectively, especially during times of variable data flow."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Object Storage for us is its simplicity and reliability as a storage solution."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage is an easy-to-use and stable solution."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage offers hassle-free usage. It is easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Object Storage is its ease of use."
"Object Storage's best feature is that it's easy to deploy."
"You can peer into different levels of the archive."
"With Microsoft Azure Object Storage, they are an open market."
"The solution is stable. It works fine for us."
"The pricing is quite high."
"The suggestion for improvement primarily revolves around cost efficiency."
"Nearline security could be better. The solution could integrate better with SEIM tools."
"The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved."
"They need a better, more visual, user interface for folders and files."
"The UI could be a little bit more effective."
"They should provide more options or flexibility in terms of pricing."
"The solution needs to offer better System Information and Event Management (SEIM). I'd like to discover how we could implement something like that within Google's cloud."
"We would like it if we did not have to use another encryption solution to encrypt the storage."
"If we look at the different versions of that ADLS, it really does not have a hierarchical storage mechanism."
"The efficiency depends on various operations, and therefore, it should involve multiple vendor support."
"The administration of the solution is not as easy as we would like it to be."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage needs to increase its response time from 25,000 per second to 40,000 or 50,000."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward. It would be best if you had a little bit of training or an understanding of the concepts. It's important because if you don't do that, then you might end up not following the best practices. Then you will learn it the hard way by making mistakes and then know that you shouldn't have done this or that. It's better to attend workshops and take a hands-on approach."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
"Uploading files from the UI has presented some issues. When editing work and once you delete a file, it takes some time to recreate the same file."
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Google Cloud Storage Nearline is ranked 13th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 8 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 10th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 43 reviews. Google Cloud Storage Nearline is rated 8.2, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage Nearline writes "Provides APIs for everything and has good protection through encryption". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Object Storage writes "Easy to query, offers great security, and integrates well with other Microsoft applications". Google Cloud Storage Nearline is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, Amazon S3, Wasabi, Microsoft Azure File Storage and Microsoft Azure Block Storage, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi, Amazon S3 and Nutanix Unified Storage. See our Google Cloud Storage Nearline vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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