We performed a comparison between IBM SoftLayer and Microsoft Azure Object Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Google and others in Public Cloud Storage Services."The stability is the solution's most valuable aspect for our organization."
"The ELT versus ETL extract, transform and load versus extract, load, and then transform, the ELT method is what really sells SoftLayer."
"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"The index search and block storage are valuable features."
"The solution is stable. It works fine for us."
"It's easy to use."
"Technical support has been excellent."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Object Storage for us is its simplicity and reliability as a storage solution."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage provides a platform for uploading or downloading big datasets."
"We can easily create a storage layer in any system."
"The interface is hard to use for us. It should be simplified."
"For us, the versioning was an issue."
"I would like to have out-of-the-box connectors to make integration with other products easier."
"The administration of the solution is not as easy as we would like it to be."
"The tool should be a little bit cheaper."
"If we look at the different versions of that ADLS, it really does not have a hierarchical storage mechanism."
"They could improve AI and ML-based modules. They should add more modules based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Pricing is a little bit tricky with Microsoft Azure. They do provide the estimates, but it is not easy to guess the exact amount that we will be billed after a month or two because it is based on usage. This is a little confusing."
"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."
"I have no complaints about Microsoft Azure Object Storage, but maybe its market size could be more extensive, and its backup speed enhanced."
"We would like it if we did not have to use another encryption solution to encrypt the storage."
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IBM SoftLayer is ranked 21st in Public Cloud Storage Services while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 44 reviews. IBM SoftLayer is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM SoftLayer writes "Stable with excellent speed and agility". 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". IBM SoftLayer is most compared with Amazon AWS, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi and Amazon S3.
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