We performed a comparison between IBM SoftLayer and Microsoft Azure File Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and others in Public Cloud Storage Services."The ELT versus ETL extract, transform and load versus extract, load, and then transform, the ELT method is what really sells SoftLayer."
"The stability is the solution's most valuable aspect for our organization."
"My client had zero data loss while using the solution for backups and file security."
"It is a good service for file storage."
"The functionality is easy."
"The initial setup is straightforward and takes approximately twenty minutes."
"The storage in this solution is excellent."
"The biggest advantage of Azure File Storage vis-à-vis other public cloud storage providers, and why we recommend Azure first and foremost, is that many of our customers have partnerships with Microsoft and so they have access to better cloud economics. Compared to AWS, we have found that (from a customer perspective) Azure is much more competitive."
"The best part is the accessibility to all the files."
"It was quick to synchronize back from Azure to the on-premise server."
"The interface is hard to use for us. It should be simplified."
"For us, the versioning was an issue."
"It's not very intuitive."
"The product name keeps changing. It can be confusing when product names change frequently, especially with Microsoft. Sometimes, if you refer to a product by a certain name last year, it might have a different name six months later."
"The storage account key could be a security issue."
"One thing that Azure File Storage could help us with is some kind of impact assessment. When we talk to some of our larger customers who have between 500 and 1,000 applications, we normally do an assessment of all these applications and then tell them which ones are ready to be lifted and shifted, and which ones need to re-architected. It would really help if Azure File Storage could come up with a better way to give estimations of the total investment required, including all costs incurred during the migration."
"Sometimes it takes very long to refresh the information."
"It would be good if they added some features that make the solution easier to access for everyone."
"Microsoft Azure File Storage is not that easy to use."
"The solution should support all the legacy storage systems."
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IBM SoftLayer is ranked 22nd in Public Cloud Storage Services while Microsoft Azure File Storage is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 41 reviews. IBM SoftLayer is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure File Storage is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM SoftLayer writes "Stable with excellent speed and agility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure File Storage writes "Various storage options available, high availability, and quick deployment". IBM SoftLayer is most compared with Amazon AWS, whereas Microsoft Azure File Storage is most compared with Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Azure NetApp Files, Wasabi, Amazon S3 and Amazon S3 Glacier.
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