Azure Blob Storage vs. Tencent Cloud File Storage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Blob Storage
Score 8.9 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
Tencent Cloud File Storage
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Cloud File Storage (CFS) is a secure and scalable file sharing and storage solution. It can be used in conjunction with Tencent Cloud's servers, container service, and batch computing service. CFS provides multiple computing nodes with high-performance shared storage featuring scalable capacity and performance.N/A
Pricing
Azure Blob StorageTencent Cloud File Storage
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 StorageTencent Cloud File Storage
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 StorageTencent Cloud File Storage
Considered Both Products
Azure Blob Storage
Chose Azure Blob Storage
Azure Premium Blob offers better latency than competitors. It works best with the Azure ecosystem, and competitors lack it. Azure Blob even stands out in storage durability, providing up to 16 nines. It can have various use cases that can suit all the organisation's needs. The …
Chose Azure Blob Storage
In our case, Blob storage was not the deciding factor in switching to the provider. It could have been a knockout criterion if Azure had no or an incompatible object storage (key attributes: reliable, cost-efficient, and reasonably fast), because Azure's internal alternatives …
Chose Azure Blob Storage
Blob storage lets us control the file source/hosting and retain everything within our Microsoft ecosystem. Blob is less feature-rich than some of the other products. Still, we consider it as a value-added product included within our environment, and alternative products are not …
Chose Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage was used only because we were already using it for other projects, and it has a good reputation for being a reliable cloud provider. It also has widespread regional availability and allows for data replication. It can also be easily accessed via the API or by …
Chose Azure Blob Storage
We didn't actually evaluate anything but Azure Blob Storage since it worked so well for backups and Audit logs and the price point was good enough for us.
Chose Azure Blob Storage
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 …
Chose Azure Blob Storage
S3 seemed to be just as functional as blob storage in our analysis. The only real difference is we already were on the Microsoft platform with 365, and it was an easy system to continue to learn. That was the only real deciding factor between the two that made any difference …
Chose Azure Blob Storage
Ease of use and availability to actual usage makes it my first choice. I feel like IBM Cloud is where azure was 5 years ago in terms of implementation and ease of use. AWS has some great functionality but it almost feels like you need to learn how to work under the hood of a …
Chose Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob is the only major cloud object storage platform that we use today.
Tencent Cloud File Storage
Chose Tencent Cloud File Storage
I have a great experience with this storage device and since I started working with it always delivers reliable positive results. The cost of purchasing this platform and maintaining is relatively low as compared to similar tools. Our teams across our company find it easy to …
Features
Azure Blob StorageTencent Cloud File Storage
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Azure Blob Storage
-
Ratings
Tencent Cloud File Storage
9.4
Ratings
12% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
File search00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Azure Blob Storage
-
Ratings
Tencent Cloud File Storage
9.3
Ratings
7% above category average
User and role management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
File organization00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Device management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Azure Blob Storage
-
Ratings
Tencent Cloud File Storage
9.7
Ratings
11% above category average
Performance00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reliability00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Storage Reports00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Azure Blob StorageTencent Cloud File Storage
Small Businesses
Amazon S3 Glacier
Amazon S3 Glacier
Score 9.0 out of 10
SugarSync
SugarSync
Score 3.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Everpure FlashBlade
Everpure FlashBlade
Score 9.9 out of 10
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises
Everpure FlashBlade
Everpure FlashBlade
Score 9.9 out of 10
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure Blob StorageTencent Cloud File Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Blob StorageTencent Cloud File Storage
Likelihood to Recommend
Blob storage is well suited to hosting/sharing zipped files rather than several smaller files, as folder enumeration/listing is not supported. Files uploaded are case-sensitive, so users need to be educated on the correct naming convention format if they are delegating the file-sharing process outside of IT.
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Tencent Storage is highly recommendable to any company that requires a total solution to any challenges with data storage. It is flexible to deploy and work with this platform with high-performance services that cater to all our file storage needs. Our teams find it easy to customize this platform to offer various workload disks that can be secured separately with passwords.
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Pros
  • 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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Cons
  • Sometimes the behavior is nondeterministic (e.g. compare config via UI vs. terraform).
  • While it does some things better than S3, the interoperability in a migration scenario seems cumbersome.
  • The number of features/config options is overwhelming; we found the docs, etc., a bit hard to read.
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Usability
Blob storage is fairly simple, with several different options/settings that can be configured. The file explorer has enhanced its usability. Some areas could be improved, such as providing more details or stats on how many times a file has been accessed. It is an obvious choice if you're already using Azure/Entra.
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Support Rating
Microsoft has improved its customer service standpoint over the years. The ability to chat with an issue, get a callback, schedule a call or work with an architecture team(for free) is a huge plus. I can get mentorship and guidance on where to go with my environment without pushy sales tactics. This is very refreshing. Typically support can get me to where I need to be on the first contact, which is also nice.
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Alternatives Considered
In our case, Blob storage was not the deciding factor in switching to the provider. It could have been a knockout criterion if Azure had no or an incompatible object storage (key attributes: reliable, cost-efficient, and reasonably fast), because Azure's internal alternatives do not work. As these were fulfilled or even overfulfilled (configuration options), the effort required to migrate was well justified, given the S3-based object storage.
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I have a great experience with this storage device and since I started working with it always delivers reliable positive results. The cost of purchasing this platform and maintaining is relatively low as compared to similar tools. Our teams across our company find it easy to share files with our partners and this has saved us a lot of time. Document and file storage gives us peace of mind since we are sure that our data is under a safe system.
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Return on Investment
  • Azure Blob has reduced our overall infrastructure cost.
  • With Azure Blob Storage, we don't need dedicated personnel to maintain storage and its related infrastructure.
  • Azure Blob Storage provides a one-stop storage solution for most of our business needs, allowing us to focus solely on the business.
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