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.
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Koofr
Score 9.0 out of 10
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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 Storage
Koofr
Editions & Modules
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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 Storage
Koofr
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
Optional
No setup fee
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IBM Cloud Block Storage
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Features
IBM Cloud Block Storage
Koofr
File Sharing & Management
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IBM Cloud Block Storage
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Ratings
Koofr
9.3
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Versioning
00 Ratings
9.02 Ratings
Video files
00 Ratings
9.02 Ratings
Audio files
00 Ratings
9.02 Ratings
Document collaboration
00 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Access control
00 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
File search
00 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
Device sync
00 Ratings
9.02 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
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IBM Cloud Block Storage
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Ratings
Koofr
10.0
2 Ratings
15% above category average
User and role management
00 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
File organization
00 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
Device management
00 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.