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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure AI Search

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAzure AI Search (formerly Azure Cognitive Search) is enterprise search as a service, from Microsoft.

    $0.10

    Per Hour

    OneDrive

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AOneDrive from Microsoft is a cloud storage and file syncing service.

    $5

    per month

    Pricing
    Azure AI SearchOneDrive
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $0.101
    Per Hour
    Standard S1
    $0.336
    Per Hour
    Standard S2
    $1.344
    Per Hour
    Standard S3
    $2.688
    Per Hour
    OneDrive for Business Plan 1
    $5.00
    Per Month (Annual Commitment)
    Microsoft 365 Business Basic
    $5.00
    Per Month (Annual Commitment)
    OneDrive for Business Plan 2
    $10.00
    Per Month (Annual Commitment)
    Microsoft 365 Business Standard
    $12.50
    Per Month (Annual Commitment)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure AI SearchOneDrive
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—OneDrive can be purchased as a standalone tool, or as part of a Microsoft 365's business suite.
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    Community Pulse
    Azure AI SearchOneDrive
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    Azure AI SearchOneDrive
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Azure AI Search and OneDrive
    Feature
    Azure AI Search
    -
    Ratings
    OneDrive
    7.2
    119 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings7.795 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings6.6106 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings6.5100 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.5113 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings6.7114 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings7.0119 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings7.7117 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Azure AI Search and OneDrive
    Feature
    Azure AI Search
    -
    Ratings
    OneDrive
    7.4
    113 Ratings
    15% below category average
    User and role management00 Ratings7.1101 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings7.8113 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings7.196 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Azure AI Search and OneDrive
    Feature
    Azure AI Search
    -
    Ratings
    OneDrive
    8.3
    116 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Performance00 Ratings8.8115 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings8.5116 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings7.589 Ratings
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    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Amazon CloudSearch
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure AI SearchOneDrive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    6.2
    (119 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    6.6
    (18 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (36 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure AI SearchOneDrive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    It's very useful when used with large file systems, once the models index the files good enough, the suggestions are very impressive and produce grounded answers. Since it can natively work with blob storage the requirement for pre-processing the data is eliminated i.e. the data can be searched in its raw form, this makes Azure AI Search a very powerful tool when used with Azure Stack.
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    Microsoft
    I can speak from my own experience: in cases where workstations are switched every year or so, one drive makes it very simple to keep things synced, even for very large files. This is even true for large files (such as video or CAD files) that are enormous.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Incredibly robust back-end infrastructure.
    • Streamlined integration into Microsoft's Azure Cloud.
    • From a user standpoint, it lets the customer easily access their data and provide useful search tips.
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    Microsoft
    • Allows for easy organization of documents
    • Secures files separate from general documentation
    • Allows for documents to be collaborated on in live real time with multiple editors accessing the same copy
    • Provides online access across the globe to resources for teams development and project needs
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Like virtually all Azure services, it has first-class treatment for .Net as the developer platform of choice, but largely ignores other options. While there is a first-party Python SDK, there are only community packages for other languages like Ruby and Node. Might be a game of roulette for those to be kept up-to-date. This might make it a non-starter for some teams that don't want to do the work to integrate with the REST API directly.
    • In my opinion, partitions inside of Azure Search don't count as data segregation for customers in a multi-tenant app, so any application where you have many customers with high-security concerns, Azure Search is probably a non-starter.
    • To elaborate on the multi-tenant issue: Azure Search's approach to pricing is pretty steep. While there is a free tier for small applications (50MB of content or less) the first paid tier is about 14x more expensive than the first SQL Database tier that supports full-text search. For many applications, it makes a lot more economic sense to just run some LIKE or CONTAINS queries on columns in a table rather than going with Azure Search.
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    Microsoft
    • Some functions and apps are not available to all countries/regions
    • The one drive app takes too much space in mobile devices
    • The apps for mobile devices lack some tools, like the option to search templates
    • It could allow to manually plan when to sync, specially photos, which take long times to sync
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    I like Box better. If you sign into Microsoft using a personal account, be EXTREMELY careful. All of your downloads could suddenly be available to your entire company, and that is incredibly embarrassing. Did that happen to me? Not going to say, but just always check which MS account you sign into.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    I give 10 rating because by using this endpoint and api key only we able to build that chatbot product in a timeline given by our client and also creating the endpoint and keys from the portal is also very easy for Azure AI Search and it doesn't take much time and also scalability is good.
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    Microsoft
    Using OneDrive is very intuitive and has been improved over the years. It's just like using native file management on either your Mac or PC. It's drag and drop functionality is easy and it clearly shows when files are uploaded to the cloud or if there are errors
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It has a good performance, the pages load normally, access to the files, management, reports, everything is working well. With regard to integration with other systems, we have not done so yet.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    It's a Microsoft product so there is a wealth of information online both from Microsoft directly and from millions of users but as a corporate user we also have access to direct Microsoft support through a variety of avenues (phone, email, etc.). This makes finding answers to issues more accessible, however, it does also mean that any new feature requests will get buried.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    It is good for me, and I want to rate this product 9/10. I hope they continue to improve and also offer a free plan with more benefits to learn Azure AI Search.
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    Microsoft
    Box is another file-sharing application that is very similar to OneDrive. Box falls short of OneDrive in its syncing capabilities. OneDrive is very quick with syncing so you never have to be concerned that you are not using the most up-to-date materials. Box was always a bit delayed and did not always accurately sync across systems. OneDrive benefits from being backed by Microsoft, so you expect the connection across applications that it allows. OneDrive also provides consistency for use and intuitive understanding because of that Microsoft consistency. I'd prefer OneDrive over Box.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • When integrated with our existing file system the Azure AI Search helped users tremendously by reducing search times and improve efficacy of intended result.
    • Since Azure AI Search is a PaaS solution, we had very short ideation to go-live timespan, which ended up reflecting in our product performance.
    • A rare but not negligible occurrence was correctness of search being questionable when new data was added to the system. The search returns false positive results.
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    Microsoft
    • OneDrive allows us to save much time on creating and archiving backup copies of our data. Microsoft gives a guarantee on the possibility of recovery of files or folders even from 30 days ago. It provides a great comfort of work.
    Incentivized
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