Azure Managed Disks vs. Google Cloud Persistent Disk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure Managed Disks
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Microsoft's Managed Disks service on Azure are the company's recommended disk storage offering for use with Azure virtual machines for persistent storage of data.N/A
Google Cloud Persistent Disk
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Google's Persistent Disk service on Google Cloud is designed to present reliable, high-performance block storage for virtual machine instances.N/A
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Considered Both Products
Azure Managed Disks
Chose Azure Managed Disks
Since we are using many Microsoft Products, Azure Managed Disk was a better option. I have used Google Cloud Persistent Disk in a different company and it was equally good.
Chose Azure Managed Disks
We have been using miscrosoft products from the start so it was quite natural to go with Azure Managed Disks as it would be very easy to integrate with other products that we have in use and obviously the knowledge most of our engineeirs have also played a big part it, so we …
Google Cloud Persistent Disk
Chose Google Cloud Persistent Disk
Since we are using many Google products, Google Cloud Persistent Disk was our best option. Besides, it offers more features and is affordable too.
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Small Businesses
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(10 ratings)
9.7
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure Managed DisksGoogle Cloud Persistent Disk
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
When it comes to addressing the durability and sacilibity issues with high security and availibilty Azure managed disks might be one of the best options out there but on the other hand if your project is low budgeted you could explore other options as well, as Azure manged disks can be quite expensive.
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Google
Google Cloud Persistent Disk is a great storage solution for businesses. It is very secure and it as well scalable. In addition, it is a high-performance storage solution and makes data access and management easy and fast.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Improved reliability: Managed Disks come with built-in redundancy and automatic failover capabilities to ensure high availability and data durability.
  • Improved reliability: Managed Disks come with built-in redundancy and automatic failover capabilities to ensure high availability and data durability.
  • Flexible storage options: Managed Disks offer a variety of storage options such as Standard, Premium, and Ultra Disk storage, to cater to different performance and cost requirements.
  • Easy to use: Managed Disks can be easily created, configured, and managed using the Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Azure SDKs.
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Google
  • The software is highly secure.
  • Fast data sharing.
  • Accessing data is easy.
  • Scaling is easy.
  • Integration with other Google services is easy.
  • Easy data storage and acts as a good backup.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Open source is nice but a bit confusing for many without the full technical background.
  • Upgrades come but involve a learning curve which can be slow.
  • Risk management often needs additional oversight which could be better integrated.
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Google
  • No bad experiences with Google Cloud Persistent Disk.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Azure Managed Disks stacked up very well against Amazon Elastic Block Store. In the End it really came down to the fact we are running numerous other Microsoft Azure products and Azure Managed Disks would fit nicely into that ecosystem. We had less ramp up for training and learning issues.
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Google
Besides offering industry-leading features, Google Cloud Persistent Disk is as well affordable and seamlessly integrates with Google services and this makes this storage solution irresistible.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • With Azure Managed Disks, it is easy and fast to transfer data.
  • The software offer amazing security features and we no longer worry about data security.
  • The software is great for data backup.
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Google
  • Helped our return to operation with faster restores.
  • Helped the business scale and increase our data storage capacity with [ease].
  • Helped us alleviate the need to store in our local infrastructure, saving on admin costs.
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