Azure StorSimple vs. Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage vs. MSP360 Backup
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![]() Azure StorSimple | Score7 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 |
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage | Score8.4 out of 10 | N/A | Backblaze, 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 |
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| 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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No answers on this topic | 100% Delivers good value for the price 6 Answers | 100% Delivers good value for the price 11 Answers | |
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No answers on this topic | 100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 6 Answers | 100% Lived up to sales and marketing promises 9 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 Score9.1 out of 10 | IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2 Score9.1 out of 10 | Acronis Cyber Protect Score8.7 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | Apple iCloud Score8.4 out of 10 | Apple iCloud Score8.4 out of 10 | Carbonite by OpenText Score7.1 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | ownCloud Score9.2 out of 10 | ownCloud Score9.2 out of 10 | ![]() Druva Security Cloud Score9.4 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 | 8.6 | 10.0 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 10.0 | - | 10.0 |
| Usability | - | 8.6 | 7.1 |
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| Implementation Rating | - | - | 10.0 |
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