Azure StorSimple vs. Pinata Cloud

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

Pinata Cloud

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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
Pinata Cloud	N/A	N/A	Pinata is a web3 media and development platform boasting users among over 300,000 developers and creatives, that secures and moves data with IPFS for blockchain and crypto applications.	$20 per month

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

Pinata Cloud

Virtual Appliance: $4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array: $4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance: $43.84
Per Day

Picnic: $20
per month
Fiesta: $100
per month
Palooza: $500
per month
Carnival: $1000
per month

Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	Pinata Cloud
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Best Alternatives
	Azure StorSimple	Pinata Cloud
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Medium-sized Companies	Apple iCloud Score8.5 out of 10	Apple iCloud Score8.5 out of 10
Enterprises	ownCloud Score9.2 out of 10	ownCloud Score9.2 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	Pinata Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	Pinata Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Pinata Technologies, Inc. No answers on this topic
Pros	Microsoft Performance via the SSD drives. Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure. Easy to Admin via Web client interface. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Pinata Technologies, Inc. No answers on this topic
Cons	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Pinata Technologies, Inc. No answers on this topic
Likelihood to Renew	Microsoft If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Pinata Technologies, Inc. No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Pinata Technologies, Inc. No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Microsoft Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team Great value on year 2 Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	Pinata Technologies, Inc. No answers on this topic
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