Azure StorSimple vs. Storj

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

Storj

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
Storj	N/A	N/A	Storj offers what they present as secure, private, affordable decentralized cloud object storage for developers. Storj automatically encrypts all files before being uploaded. Then encrypted data is split into pieces that can't be distinguished from any other object’s pieces, and pieces are individually distributed to uncorrelated nodes around the world. For access, 29 of an object’s pieces are needed to reconstitute that data for download.	N/A

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

Storj

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

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Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	Storj
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Best Alternatives
	Azure StorSimple	Storj
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User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	Storj
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

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