Azure StorSimple vs. StoneFly Smart Cloud Gateway

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

StoneFly Smart Cloud Gateway

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
StoneFly Smart Cloud Gateway	N/A	N/A	StoneFly Cloud gateway is a cloud management tool. Users can choose their cloud and datacenter and transfer from Terabytes to Petabytes of data. StoneFly Cloud gateway aims to meet users' unique data transfer needs and get data on the cloud quickly and securely. Organizations can configure storage, backup, disaster recovery and archive in the cloud of their choice by integrating StoneFly Smart Cloud Gateway with their existing infrastructure. It is purpose-built to support enterprise…	$20 Per TB

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

StoneFly Smart Cloud Gateway

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

Month-to-Month Subscription Plan: $20.00
Per TB
Annual Subscription Plan: $240.00
Per TB
3-Year Subscription Plan: $720.00
Per TB

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

No setup fee

No setup fee

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

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	StoneFly Smart Cloud Gateway
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	StoneFly 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	StoneFly Inc No answers on this topic
Cons	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	StoneFly 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	StoneFly 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	StoneFly 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	StoneFly Inc No answers on this topic
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