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Azure Blob Storage vs. Azure StorSimple

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Blob Storage
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft's Blob Storage system on Azure is designed to make unstructured data available to customers anywhere through REST-based object storage.
$0.01
per GB/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
Azure Blob StorageAzure StorSimple
Editions & Modules
Block Blobs
$0.0081
per GB/per month
Azure Data Lake Storage
$0.0081
per GB/per month
Files
$0.058
per GB/per month
Managed Discs
$1.54
per month
Virtual Appliance
$4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array
$4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance
$43.84
Per Day
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Blob StorageAzure StorSimple
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Azure Blob StorageAzure StorSimple
Top Pros
Top Cons

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User Ratings
Azure Blob StorageAzure StorSimple
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(8 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Blob StorageAzure StorSimple
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Azure Blob Storage is well suited for cases where you are working with different data formats and looking for cost-effective storage solutions based on access frequency. Another area of strength is the encryption of data at rest, and encryption can be managed on your own. However, it may not be appropriate for transferring large data very fast.
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Microsoft
Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure.
Scott Lerner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Scott Lerner
Director of IT
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Ease of use both through Azure Portal as well as API.
  • Cost-effective solution for storing a large amount of data compared to other storage solutions.
  • Scalability, Security, and Performance are the other key aspects of Azure Blob Storage that are easily manageable through Admin Console.
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Microsoft
  • Performance via the SSD drives.
  • Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure.
  • Easy to Admin via Web client interface.
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Director of IT
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Unstructured data makes it harder to conceptualize what we have but with partners like Panzura that has been a non-issue for us.
  • Not always easy to understand the different models or tiers you can pick from when purchasing.
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Microsoft
  • Additional fail-over functionality
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Director of IT
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Microsoft
If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for.
Scott Lerner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Scott Lerner
Director of IT
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Support Rating
Microsoft
Documentation sometimes appears to be out of date or not fully documented properly with new releases. It is like documentation comes out for a specific version and is quickly out of date. Another issue is documentation is scarce on new releases and only seems to get properly updated (and sometimes is still wrong) once enough people hit the forums to complain.
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Microsoft
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Azure Blob Storage is the best choice to store files when the app runs in Azure. It also has some advantages over S3, like Shared Access Signatures, that make it easy to control access to files directly via a URL. Azure Blob Storage is very fast and we have not had any major issues with it after using it for several years.
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Microsoft
Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment
Scott Lerner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Scott Lerner
Director of IT
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Azure has increased the flexibility of where we place data within our organization.
  • It has proven to be very reliable and always accessible.
MW
Michael Ward
Sr Systems Administrator
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Microsoft
  • Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team
  • Great value on year 2
Scott Lerner | TrustRadius Reviewer
Scott Lerner
Director of IT
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