Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage vs. Quantum ActiveScale

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.

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Enterprise grade organizations with B2B clientele would be served well by using this product. It alleviates the need for an on-premise storage solution by offering a cloud-based alternative. Smaller organizations with less data capacity needs would be better served with an in-house solution, unless they come out with more reasonable pricing down the road.

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• File management
• Pricing
• Customer Service

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• Flexible data management options
• Powerful data housing system storing trillions of bits of data seamlessly
• Conveniently built in the cloud
• Safe option for storing sensitive data

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• costs just went up some
• might be nice to get confirmation that it's working occasionally
• nothing else

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• Lack of customization, though not much is needed with the out of the box solution
• Better options for B2C customers
• More flexible pricing plans

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It has been a fantastic solution, and now it is so highly integrated into our business, it would be difficult to imagine continuing to without it. It is part of our customer contracts as well, and it saves us from having to invest in the on-premise alternative to provide the required storage capacity.

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Support has been wonderful. Representatives are generally empathetic and knowledgeable, and they’re quick to provide status and resolution.

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Because they continuously had times they required updating the account and there were hiccups when that happened, over time, I became skeptical of their ability to keep my files secure. They were the first cloud backup storage company I had ever used and I stayed with them for almost two decades. Then it happened that we did have to do a recovery two different times because of hardware failures. It was anything but a smooth or complete recovery, and their price kept rising as their service declined. Hundreds of files were totally lost in the process. I guessed that among their strategies, it might well have been a re-focus on their part to build up their enterprise accounts and didn't seem to care about small business. I finally had enough and left them as a client.

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What sets Amplidata apart is the cloud-based storage capability. We’ve realized cost savings due to the fact that we are no longer housing the data on premise, and clients rest assured that they have greater visibility into their data.

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• We haven't had any data loss situations yet, however I'm sure our ROI will be fairly high if we have to recover any data. Backblaze is in the insurance industry, not storage.

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• Amplidata has enabled us to replace our on-premise data storage for many of our larger clients, thus reducing the cost to deploy and house this ourselves
• Clients feel confident in storing their sensitive data with us knowing that they have full management and visibility at their fingertips
• The ability to quickly scale allows us to meet the needs of clients of all sizes

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