IBM Cloud Block Storage vs. Koofr

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Cloud Block Storage
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
IBM offers their Block Storage service via IBM Cloud, allowing users to deploy and customize flash-backed iSCSI block storage from 25 GB to 12,000 GB capacity with up to 48,000 IOPS.N/A
Koofr
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Koofr, from the Slovenian company of the same name, is presented as a safe and simple way to store, backup and share documents, music, photos, and videos, so users can access data anytime and anywhere.
$0.50
per month 10 GB
Pricing
IBM Cloud Block StorageKoofr
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Briefcase - S
0.5 €
per month 10 GB (plus the additional 10 GB free storage)
Briefcase - M
1 €
per month 25 GB (plus the additional 10 GB free storage)
Suitcase - L
2 €
per month 100 GB (plus the additional 10 GB free storage)
Suitcase - XL
4 €
per month 250 GB (plus the additional 10 GB free storage)
Suitcase - XXL
10 €
per month 1 TB (plus the additional 10 GB free storage)
Crate - XXXL
20 €
per month 2.5 TB (plus the additional 10 GB free storage)
Crate - 5XXL
35 €
per month 5 TB (plus the additional 10 GB free storage)
Crate - 10XXL
60 €
per month 10 TB (plus the additional 10 GB free storage)
Crate - 20XXL
120 €
per month 20 TB (plus the additional 10 GB free storage)
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM Cloud Block StorageKoofr
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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IBM Cloud Block StorageKoofr
Features
IBM Cloud Block StorageKoofr
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Block Storage
-
Ratings
Koofr
9.3
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
File search00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Block Storage
-
Ratings
Koofr
10.0
2 Ratings
15% above category average
User and role management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
File organization00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Device management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
IBM Cloud Block Storage
-
Ratings
Koofr
10.0
2 Ratings
15% above category average
Performance00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reliability00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Storage Reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
IBM Cloud Block StorageKoofr
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(14 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Cloud Block StorageKoofr
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
IBM Cloud Block Storage is recommendable to companies that [have a database that] is super sensitive, private, and requires instant access. Further, IBM Cloud Block Storage creates a coordinated system, that [classifies] data, based on the requirements that a company has. The security deployment from IBM Cloud Block Storage is another merit that [businesses] attain.
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Koofr
Koofr works as a kind of system for data filtering, which interconnects the company's clouds through different pages and services, which helps to be used in processes of information collection of any kind, and that is on different platforms so that accessing it is easy. Saving all kinds of information in the cloud of our preference is something simple to achieve if we use Koofr as the main backup software, since the platform allows us to run the largest possible number of backups depending on the plan. So, it is useful for the management of massive backups in several clouds. It adapts very well to the formats of mobile devices, which allows us to access our information stored in the clouds regardless of the site in which we are working, and lets us work in conjunction with file sharing platforms also from cell phones.
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Pros
IBM
  • Proficient scaling and system customization, which allows editing.
  • Wide range of system storage, ranging from 25GB to 12000GB.
  • Finally, IBM Cloud Block Storage deploys the most technical and efficient security measures.
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Koofr
  • File drop landing page
  • Secure vault storage
  • General cloud-based storage
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Cons
IBM
  • The documentation must be clearer and updated, thinking about each distribution that they offer in the cloud
  • Downtime when IOPS are raised can be less
  • The configuration can be more automated from the same control panel and not have to take it so much to the CLI
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Koofr
  • The connection and saving capacity that we will have from Koofr depends directly on the type of plan we choose to work with, and this can make it quite difficult to upload a certain amount of large or heavy formats to several clouds at once.
  • Koofr's platform is not sufficiently adaptable to streaming services generally, and this makes it difficult to work with cloud copies of the streaming presentations we make on platforms like Twitch or YouTube, which limits our ability to view them in the future.
  • If you work with many devices, the Koofr platform usually presents problems to synchronize them all, and displays the information in the cloud depending on the connection speed of each device involved, which causes that some do not have the same accessibility to the information as others.
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Usability
IBM
No answers on this topic
Koofr
Navigation using the UI is very easy and intuitive. I just wish the file-drop landing page was a bit more interactive by giving confirmation each time a file is uploaded. For example, saying "upload of <file name> successful", and giving better customisation options for the landing page so I can make it look more on-point for my brand.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
Unlike the above platforms, IBM Cloud Block Storage enable secure and quick big data migration through its secure environment and the flexibility of its Cloud options is effective. Data analytics through IBM Cloud Block Storage are easily prepared and the data access is very easy and the ability to monitor various Cloud operations is excellent.
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Koofr
Google Drive doesn't have the option to have a landing page to drop files to - you must either make a folder available to everyone, or to an individual. This is the primary use case where I've found Koofr is significantly better.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Scale the storage when needed to get better performance.
  • Taking snapshot so we can do easy recovery if necessary.
  • We can choose different locations so they are closer to our consumers.
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Koofr
  • There have been no drawbacks when calculating the company's overall ROI. Because we have generally expanded our storage capacity with Koofr, we have been able to work better.
  • The gains with Koofr have been varied, as they depend directly on the amount of work to be stored in the cloud, which seasonally turns out to be small.
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