Amazon Drive (discontinued) vs. Azure StorSimple

Amazon Drive (discontinued)

Azure StorSimple

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon Drive (discontinued)	Score 6.1 out of 10	N/A	Amazon Drive allows users to aggregate all of their digital content, including photos and videos, in one place. The Cloud Drive is build in to Amazon devices. Users have secure access from any computer, or via their free mobile apps. Amazon Drive offers a free 3-month trial, and pricing packages based on what type of storage users seek. For $11.99/yr, users can store unlimited photos plus 5GB of videos and other files. For $59.99/yr, users can upgrade to unlimited everything (photos, videos,…	$1.99 per month
Azure StorSimple	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	StorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.	$4.11 Per Day

Pricing

Amazon Drive (discontinued)

Azure StorSimple

Editions & Modules

100 GB: $1.99
per month
1 TB: $6.99
per month
2 TB: $11.99
per month
3 TB: $179.97
per year
4 TB: $239.96
per year
5 TB: $299.95
per year
6 TB: $359.94
per year
7 TB: $419.93
per year
8 TB: $479.92
per year
9 TB: $539.91
per year
10 TB: $599.90
per year
20 TB: 1,199.80
per year
30 TB: 1,799.70
per year

Virtual Appliance: $4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array: $4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance: $43.84
Per Day

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Amazon Drive (discontinued)	Azure StorSimple
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Amazon Drive (discontinued)	Azure StorSimple
Top Pros	Pro Drag and drop Pro Easy to use Pro Storage space	Pro Private cloud Pro Web client Pro Plug and play
Top Cons	Minus Google drive Minus 5 gb Minus Gb of storage	No answers on this topic

Features

Amazon Drive (discontinued)

Azure StorSimple

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon Drive (discontinued) 8.4 24 Ratings 0% below category average	Azure StorSimple - Ratings
Versioning	9.014 Ratings	00 Ratings
Video files	7.021 Ratings	00 Ratings
Audio files	8.019 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document collaboration	9.016 Ratings	00 Ratings
Access control	9.018 Ratings	00 Ratings
File search	8.919 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device sync	8.022 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon Drive (discontinued) 8.3 22 Ratings 4% below category average	Azure StorSimple - Ratings
User and role management	8.018 Ratings	00 Ratings
File organization	9.020 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device management	8.017 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Platform

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon Drive (discontinued) 8.7 24 Ratings 3% above category average	Azure StorSimple - Ratings
Performance	9.024 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reliability	8.023 Ratings	00 Ratings
Storage Reports	9.016 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Amazon Drive (discontinued)	Azure StorSimple
Small Businesses	SugarSync Score 10.0 out of 10	SugarSync Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10	Druva Data Resiliency Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Amazon Drive (discontinued)	Azure StorSimple
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (24 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	6.0 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	6.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.7 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Amazon Drive (discontinued)	Azure StorSimple
Likelihood to Recommend	Amazon AWS Amazon Cloud Drive is a fantastic backup solution for storing your digital files on the web, but if you want to manage, tweak, organize or otherwise maintain those files after they have reached the cloud, the experience immediately begins to suffer. This is especially noted when major competitor products like Microsoft and Dropbox offer similar services at similar prices, but offer far better interfaces for file management. Incentivized Jorden Beatty Digital Marketing Manager Read full review	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Pros	Amazon AWS Amazon Drive automatically detects photos and videos in specific folders (that you choose). It will add them to Drive without any action from me. There is a desktop app where you can access all of your files (in addition to web-based access). Incentivized KC Kristin Cole Owner Read full review	Microsoft Performance via the SSD drives. Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure. Easy to Admin via Web client interface. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Cons	Amazon AWS Less storage than Google Drive, Google offers 15GB of free space - vs. Amazon's 5GB. Also, unlike with Google Drive, you can't back up your work with Amazon Drive ( I also use Google Drive, since I have a Gmail account). A lot more expensive than Google Drive, which is 1.99/month...but they are more in line with Dropbox pricing. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Amazon AWS No answers on this topic	Microsoft If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Usability	Amazon AWS The system is very easy to use and it's use of apps for almost all devices and hardware makes it even easier to manage and store photos and documents. I highly recommend this as an easy to use solution for novices! Incentivized James Murphy Senior Web Developer Read full review	Microsoft No answers on this topic
Performance	Amazon AWS It is safe but has little added value. Incentivized Arlex Guzman VICEPRESIDENT Read full review	Microsoft No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Amazon AWS Overall great software to use for file share, storage, and collaboration. Its security is great and the user management is spot on. The only thing that makes me dock it a point is that the device management as a subset of user management is kind of clunky. It hasn't been an issue yet, but it could compromise security in the future. Overall, would recommend Incentivized Blake Baron Ecommerce & Consumer Products Manager Read full review	Microsoft No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Amazon AWS Amazon Drive Cloud has the advantage of being backed by one of the companies that has had the highest growth in recent years: Amazon. That gives us security and has been the main reason for us to trust this product. We believe that the security systems of this company are good enough to be quiet while our files are stored on their servers Incentivized Miguel Brito Director de Marketing en Festejos Car-Yan. C.A. Read full review	Microsoft Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Return on Investment	Amazon AWS It slowed us down at first since we went from purely agile to document based then agile. It is easy to use so even non-developers can access code snippets which they wouldn't know how to access on github. It has a lot of features we don't have a use for in our business. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team Great value on year 2 Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
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