We performed a comparison between Google Cloud Storage and Microsoft Azure Block 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."The solution is flexible and very user-friendly."
"It’s very stable."
"The best feature is ease of use."
"We are mostly doing telephony and generic web services in the telephony."
"The solution is easy to use."
"I have more than enough personal storage and have had no security issues."
"Its performance and security features are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is the shared folder."
"The solution is stable."
"This is a very stable solution."
"It can be deployed independently and supports every kind of deployment."
"The solution has introduced cool-tier storage that allows us to store and save data."
"It can scale."
"In terms of latency, bandwidth, and productivity, Azure Block Storage is better than other solutions."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage has the same features as other solutions, but I like that its implementation process is straightforward."
"The initial setup is very simple and straightforward."
"I would like the storage to be less expensive."
"The user experience needs to be simplified."
"An area for improvement is that when you share with others, they can see all your folders instead of just those you share. Only the folders you specifically share should be visible."
"It is hard to migrate to another product if we want to."
"The tool should increase its storage."
"My use case of this solution is fairly minimal. However, I am concerned about privacy on a cloud platform. Many people are not migrating to a cloud service because they are still concerned about putting data in cloud-based storage."
"It's actually quite complete and we don't have any issues with the solution."
"In the next release, if improvements are made to the GPU instances for machine learning, for example, it would be helpful."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage's stability needs improvement."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"I have used Amazon's solutions which are better than Microsoft's. However, since I have predominately Microsoft solutions it is a better choice for me to use another Microsoft solution."
"We need to do versioning each and every time, that is, check-in and check-out. If a person forgets to do that, then there could be an issue in the replacement of that particular object in the storage. It will be great if it can be automatically managed."
"It has been a couple of years since I contacted support. However, at that time, it was difficult to get someone on the call even though it was an issue of high severity."
"We don't delete the other tools from the folder directly. There's no folder deletion option in Azure Block Storage. It would be nice if they could update this."
"The solution could use a couple of security features."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve by allowing the switching of the hot tier to the cold tier."
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Google Cloud Storage is ranked 4th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 66 reviews while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is ranked 8th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 56 reviews. Google Cloud Storage is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage writes "Flexible, reliable, and beneficial for small sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Block Storage writes "Straightforward to set up and reliable with good features on offer". Google Cloud Storage is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, AT&T Cloud Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Google Workspace and Microsoft Azure File Storage, whereas Microsoft Azure Block Storage is most compared with Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Rackspace Cloud Block Storage, Amazon S3 Glacier, Wasabi and Azure NetApp Files. See our Google Cloud Storage vs. Microsoft Azure Block Storage report.
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