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Azure StorSimple vs. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage vs. MSP360 Backup

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure StorSimple

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AStorSimple 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

    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ABackblaze, headquartered in San Mateo, provides cloud storage and online backup, boasting trust with over an exabyte of data from customers in 175 countries. A backup service specialist, Backblaze describes their B2 cloud object storage service as S3 compatible and purpose built to provide simplicity, reliability, and affordability. B2 Cloud Storage is available at $0.005/GB/Month, with single-tier pricing.

    $6

    per month per TB

    MSP360 Backup

    Score7 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    MSP360 Managed Backup is a backup solution with centralized management, monitoring, and reporting. The platform is natively integrated with AWS, Wasabi, Backblaze B2, and Microsoft Azure to enable data protection for Windows, Linux, macOS, VMware, Hyper-V, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure StorSimpleBackblaze B2 Cloud StorageMSP360 Backup
    Editions & Modules
    Virtual Appliance
    $4.11
    Per Day
    Cloud Array
    $4.11
    Per Day
    Physical Appliance
    $43.84
    Per Day
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure StorSimpleBackblaze B2 Cloud StorageMSP360 Backup
    Free Trial
    NoNoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Two pricing models are available: consumption-based pay-as-you-go, and capacity-based storage bundles. Pay-as-you-go consumption-based cloud storage costs $6/TB per month, with your first 10GB free. Egress is free up to 3x of average monthly data stored, and unlimited to many leading content delivery network (CDN) and compute partners. Capacity-based storage, called B2 Reserve, is designed for companies looking for all-inclusive pricing on a single invoice. Storage bundles start at 20TB and can be purchased for one, two, or three years. Egress is always free.—
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Azure StorSimpleBackblaze B2 Cloud StorageMSP360 Backup
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Azure StorSimple and Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and MSP360 Backup
    Feature
    Azure StorSimple
    -
    Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    7.7
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    MSP360 Backup
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings7.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Azure StorSimple and Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and MSP360 Backup
    Feature
    Azure StorSimple
    -
    Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    9% below category average
    MSP360 Backup
    -
    Ratings
    User and role management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Azure StorSimple and Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and MSP360 Backup
    Feature
    Azure StorSimple
    -
    Ratings
    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage
    9.2
    5 Ratings
    6% above category average
    MSP360 Backup
    -
    Ratings
    Performance00 Ratings8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings9.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Azure StorSimpleBackblaze B2 Cloud StorageMSP360 Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    7.1
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    8.4
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure StorSimpleBackblaze B2 Cloud StorageMSP360 Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure.
    Incentivized
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    Backblaze
    Providing the option of purchasing a much longer archive if desired or limiting the length of time in maintaining what's been saved is brilliant. It makes all the sense in the world. At the very least, unless the retention period is clearly mandated somehow, it causes a decision maker (especially a small business owner) to think strategically about what the storage needs truly are.
    Incentivized
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    MSP360
    For any Managed Service Provider (MSP) that offers backups services to its clients, Cloudberry MBS is a winning solution. It is fast, powerful, flexible and priced to provide room for decent profit margins for the MSP. MSP's that handle clients so large that they need Appliance-based backups and recovery will need more sophisticated (read pricier) solutions, but for the vast majority of customers that have 1-10 servers, CloudberryLab MBS is an excellent solution.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Performance via the SSD drives.
    • Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure.
    • Easy to Admin via Web client interface.
    Incentivized
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    Backblaze
    • Tight integration with OEM backup application
    • Among the lowest price per TB cloud backup provider
    • AWS S3 service integration
    • Optional services for initial seeding of large backup data sets
    • Optional services for physical backup retrieval to speed up recovery
    Incentivized
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    MSP360
    • Great management panel from the web. You can add and configure existing backup plans without access to the endpoint server.
    • You can limit cloud usage for customers and servers.
    • You can transfer entire servers or virtual machines to cloud.
    • You can backup files, disks, or virtual machines to local and cloud locations.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • Additional fail-over functionality
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    Backblaze
    • Deleting the data is not simpler and requires manual intervention
    • Integration with third party tools needs much improvement as there are very less tools that can be integrated.
    • Fewer data centres presently that restrict options to meet specific geographic redundancy or data sovereignty requirements.
    Incentivized
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    MSP360
    • Message errors are hard to understand
    • Should add a general interface to manage all accounts, not a specific interface for every account.
    • The new backup formats enhancements should be available for all cloud storage companies. More focus with Wasabi would be great because of their focus on storage and low prices.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for.
    Incentivized
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    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    MSP360
    I love Cloudberry. I am using it at three different sites to backup their mission critical file servers and it works great. It is a very cost effective backup solution that is easy to setup and use and the support is also very good. I would recommend it to anyone that needs a good backup solution for their business.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Backblaze
    Since Backblaze added S3 compatibility a few years ago, it's become the most perfect online backup solution.
    I also like their transparency in describing their platform and the reports of hard drive reliability are very interesting.
    The free egress is priceless, too.
    Incentivized
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    MSP360
    The screens are very easy to understand and very detailed. I have not had any issues finding what I was looking for or understanding what options to use to create my backups. Cloudberry has a simple easy to use interface that is well designed and the documentation is excellent compared to some other backup software I have used in the past.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    MSP360
    I have not had to reach out to their support. However, when we were elvaluating options and looking at MSP360, their reps did a great job. They were able to answer our questions quickly, andf had a real understanding of their product and all the ways that it could be deployed.
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Backblaze
    No answers on this topic
    MSP360
    Easy and successful implementation and the results have been very good with no issues since the install and go live. I highly recommend Cloudberry Backup software to anyone needing an easy to install, setup and manage backup solution. Excellent product with great features and reliability at a very good price point.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment
    Incentivized
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    Backblaze
    Backblaze is definitely the cheapest and most cost effective out of the 6 other services I've used in the past. For personal use, they are by and away the best service available. For business use, I believe they are a very strong contender to be the #3 guys behind AWS and Linode.
    Incentivized
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    MSP360
    We have looked into other backup providers, but it has all come down to value for the dollar. While some providers are more polished or have better name brand recognition, MSP360 has all the core components and is just as strong of a platform for considerably fewer investment costs. MSP360 is also much more MSP centric in that they allow MSPs to operate with reselling the platform without breaking the bank and being much more competitive to prospective clients than the other larger backup providers.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team
    • Great value on year 2
    Incentivized
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    Backblaze
    • Difficult to quantify the peace of mind Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage services provides.
    • Based on the reported experiences of other Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage clients, recovery has been smooth. We have not yet had the need to use that function.
    • Because Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage's service has been seamless, I feel much more confident in their ability to deliver what they promise when we have the need to expand or enhance what we are purchasing from them.
    Incentivized
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    MSP360
    • Since switching from Mozy Pro to Cloudberrylab four years ago, our ROI has been extremely positive. The reliability of the product has improved significantly such that we do not need to dedicate much staff time to monitor/manage the backups on a daily basis.
    • By designating a backup specialist within our organization tasked with keeping up with the latest features, testing restores, and fixing any issues that arise with client backups, we have a high level of efficiency and can respond to restore requests in a very short timeframe.
    • We have been able to lower the per GB price to our customers and still maintain our overall profitability for our backup service
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Screenshots

    Screenshot of Files are stored in BucketsScreenshot of B2 Cloud Storage Dashboard

    MSP360 Backup Screenshots

    Screenshot of the web panelScreenshot of image-based backup wizardScreenshot of the file backup wizardScreenshot of cloud storages