Azure Blob Storage vs. SUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)

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
SUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
SUSE Enterprise Storage was a software defined storage option from SUSE that has been discontinued. SUSE still provides the capabilities of that product with Longhorn Block Storage, acquired with Rancher Labs by SUSE in July 2020.N/A
Pricing
Azure Blob StorageSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure Blob StorageSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Azure Blob StorageSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Best Alternatives
Azure Blob StorageSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
Score 9.6 out of 10
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN
Score 9.3 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Cloud Object Storage
IBM Cloud Object Storage
Score 8.8 out of 10
StarWind Virtual SAN
StarWind Virtual SAN
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Cloud Object Storage
IBM Cloud Object Storage
Score 8.8 out of 10
IBM Spectrum Scale
IBM Spectrum Scale
Score 8.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure Blob StorageSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(8 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Blob StorageSUSE Enterprise Storage (discontinued)
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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SUSE
This is the most powerful platform that administers all our storage capacity. It has great server that distributes data from various sources to each department. It has secure database that cannot be easily compromised by unauthorised access. Data backup has given us more trust with this product since we can focus on more productive tasks. The customer support is reliable and can easily be reached when there is arising performance challenge.
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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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SUSE
  • Document management.
  • Storage of files and data transfer.
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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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SUSE
  • All the features have been performing effectively.
  • I have not identified any poor performing tool.
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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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SUSE
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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SUSE
My experience with SUSE Enterprise Storage has been great. I have not come across any powerful platform that is more reliable in data storage and backup than this software. It has great servers that monitors data across our enterprise. Data transfer from one department to other is well monitored and the network paths are always secure. Licensing and maintenance of the available plans does not incur added cost that can affect operations in our company.
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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.
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SUSE
  • It has contributed to positive Return on Investment.
  • All storage plans have been achieved.
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