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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Object Storage

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Object Storage is an IBM Cloud product in the endpoint backup and IaaS categories. It is commonly used for data archiving and backup, for web and mobile applications, and as scalable, persistent storage for analytics.

    $0

    per month

    OneDrive

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AOneDrive from Microsoft is a cloud storage and file syncing service.

    $5

    per month

    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Object StorageOneDrive
    Editions & Modules
    One-Rate Plan
    As low as USD $12/TB a month
    per month
    Standard Plan
    Free up to 5GB—no minimum fee, pay only for what you use
    per month
    OneDrive for Business Plan 1
    $5.00
    Per Month (Annual Commitment)
    Microsoft 365 Business Basic
    $5.00
    Per Month (Annual Commitment)
    OneDrive for Business Plan 2
    $10.00
    Per Month (Annual Commitment)
    Microsoft 365 Business Standard
    $12.50
    Per Month (Annual Commitment)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Object StorageOneDrive
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe One-Rate and Standard service plans for Cloud Object Storage include resiliency options, flexible data classes and built-in security. Pricing is based on the choice of location, storage class and resiliency choice.OneDrive can be purchased as a standalone tool, or as part of a Microsoft 365's business suite.
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud Object StorageOneDrive
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    IBM is [on] another level against these products. I think IBM is more for the bigger companies with bigger projects. If you are smaller and already use MS Office or Google then check those products first, they also have more advanced options (sometimes paid) to enhance your …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    IBM is allowing dynamic access of the data and there are open-source platforms on Fedora Scientific that gain connections to resources from some applications that are developed for Arduino microcontrollers and runs machines and devices to intelligently manipulate scientific …
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    62 Answers
    87%
    Would buy again
    47 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    61 Answers
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    62 Answers
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    47 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    47 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    33 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    51 Answers
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    36 Answers
    Features
    IBM Cloud Object StorageOneDrive
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of IBM Cloud Object Storage and OneDrive
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    8.5
    156 Ratings
    3% above category average
    OneDrive
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    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime6.9144 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.9144 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.0141 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.4145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.4150 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of IBM Cloud Object Storage and OneDrive
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    -
    Ratings
    OneDrive
    7.3
    119 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings7.795 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings6.7106 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings6.7100 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.6113 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings6.8114 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings7.0119 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings7.8117 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of IBM Cloud Object Storage and OneDrive
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    -
    Ratings
    OneDrive
    7.4
    113 Ratings
    15% below category average
    User and role management00 Ratings7.2101 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings7.9113 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings7.296 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of IBM Cloud Object Storage and OneDrive
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    -
    Ratings
    OneDrive
    8.4
    116 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Performance00 Ratings8.9115 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings8.6116 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings7.689 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Apple iCloud
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Object StorageOneDrive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (159 ratings)
    6.3
    (119 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    6.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    6.7
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (36 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Object StorageOneDrive
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    In my experience, IBM Cloud Object Storage is well suited for projects like the one I am working on. This includes the use of natural language classification and the uploading of data to train a machine learning model for tag suggestions based on a body of text. Using IBM Cloud Object Storage has helped with this greatly. IBM Cloud Object Storage has also been great for Big Data Analytics thanks to its scalablilty and ease of use for large datasets. Alongside IBM Watson and our team's internal big data tools we've managed to process and analyze data more efficiently, leading to key insights that have driven business value for our clients.
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    Microsoft
    I can speak from my own experience: in cases where workstations are switched every year or so, one drive makes it very simple to keep things synced, even for very large files. This is even true for large files (such as video or CAD files) that are enormous.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • IBM Cloud Object Storage is an excellent choice for disaster recovery and backup solutions. Its high durability and geographic redundancy ensure that our backup data is safe and can be quickly restored in case of a disaster. This capability is crucial for maintaining our business continuity and minimizing downtime. We have deployed our loads in an IKS cluster distributed in 3 different AZs with stateful data allocated in COS.
    • We have a video streaming application and need to store and deliver a vast library of video content to millions of users worldwide, so we store our data in COS, which is cheap and reliable.
    • We have a bunch of data that must be analyzed and stored in datasets for fraud detection, risk management, and customer insights. In these cases, this data is moved from Onprem to IBM Cloud so we can use cheap storage like COS.
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    Microsoft
    • Allows for easy organization of documents
    • Secures files separate from general documentation
    • Allows for documents to be collaborated on in live real time with multiple editors accessing the same copy
    • Provides online access across the globe to resources for teams development and project needs
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Searching and retrieving—full-text search or metadata search—is one of the significant areas of improvement. It isn't easy to search for data with this.
    • Integration with other IBM cloud services is trickier. For example, integrating this with API Connect to access the data from API will be difficult for users.
    • Support - I think you should have more support community.
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    Microsoft
    • Some functions and apps are not available to all countries/regions
    • The one drive app takes too much space in mobile devices
    • The apps for mobile devices lack some tools, like the option to search templates
    • It could allow to manually plan when to sync, specially photos, which take long times to sync
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    because it is a robust, safe and flexible product
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    Microsoft
    I like Box better. If you sign into Microsoft using a personal account, be EXTREMELY careful. All of your downloads could suddenly be available to your entire company, and that is incredibly embarrassing. Did that happen to me? Not going to say, but just always check which MS account you sign into.
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    Usability
    IBM
    For my use cases, it has been a very smooth experience. Even my new colleagues have been able to get on top of things very quickly. This shows how easy it is to work with
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    Microsoft
    Using OneDrive is very intuitive and has been improved over the years. It's just like using native file management on either your Mac or PC. It's drag and drop functionality is easy and it clearly shows when files are uploaded to the cloud or if there are errors
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    We rarely face downtime or access issues with IBM Cloud Object Storage. It’s mostly available when we need it, even during peak hours or heavy data loads.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    IBM
    I would give it a 9 because it works smooth with our AI and analytics tools, no major slowdown. Pages and dashboards load fine most of the time, and reports finish in decent time even when data is heavy.
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    Microsoft
    It has a good performance, the pages load normally, access to the files, management, reports, everything is working well. With regard to integration with other systems, we have not done so yet.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    I have been working in IT sector for more than 15 years. I have worked with various vendors. IBM's sales team, support team have been really helpful. After we start to use their product, their UX design team also contacted us to get feedback from us. They are really interested about our experience.
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    Microsoft
    It's a Microsoft product so there is a wealth of information online both from Microsoft directly and from millions of users but as a corporate user we also have access to direct Microsoft support through a variety of avenues (phone, email, etc.). This makes finding answers to issues more accessible, however, it does also mean that any new feature requests will get buried.
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    Online Training
    IBM
    I just researching and applying the tools on their platforms to ensure a good learning path, based on my needs. Reading the documentation related with resources, tools. Is too big, but I am trying to know more about it every day. It is a good way to know more about their resources. A new way to attract new customers. At the end of the day, we are all involved in improvement and automation of our tasks and resources for customers and end-users.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    Yes Our organization used IBM professional services to implement IBM object storage because of its data consistency and multiple way to upload and download data and its encryption security features. Also that its brand matter for the any organization to secure the layer and storage. It sis also verify that application and system are compatibale for this product
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    Microsoft
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Amazon S3 is a great service to safely back up your data where redundancy is guaranteed, and the cost is fair. In the past I have used Amazon S3 for data that we backup and hope we never need to access, but in the case of a catastrophic or even small slip of the finger with the delete command, we know our data and our client's data is safely backed up by Amazon S3. Amazon S3 service is a good option, but based on the features it provides compared with IBM Cloud Object Storage, it is less suitable. IBM Cloud Object Storage is also integrated with more services, like IBM Cloud SQL and IBM Aspera, which AWS does not provide to transfer files at maximum speed in the world.
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    Microsoft
    Box is another file-sharing application that is very similar to OneDrive. Box falls short of OneDrive in its syncing capabilities. OneDrive is very quick with syncing so you never have to be concerned that you are not using the most up-to-date materials. Box was always a bit delayed and did not always accurately sync across systems. OneDrive benefits from being backed by Microsoft, so you expect the connection across applications that it allows. OneDrive also provides consistency for use and intuitive understanding because of that Microsoft consistency. I'd prefer OneDrive over Box.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    Scaling up the number of users can lead to significant increases in licensing costs, which, while not a technical limitation, can be a practical constraint for some organizations
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • This allows us to recommend a platform to our clients that will quickly help them create new, efficient business processes with very little development.
    • This saves clients hours and days of manual analysis of images, allowing the system to do the work when attaching Object Storage to models.
    • There is a learning curve in utilizing the storage and the modeling, but once up and running, it works well during deployment.
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    Microsoft
    • OneDrive allows us to save much time on creating and archiving backup copies of our data. Microsoft gives a guarantee on the possibility of recovery of files or folders even from 30 days ago. It provides a great comfort of work.
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    ScreenShots

    IBM Cloud Object Storage Screenshots

    Screenshot of Cloud Object Storage set upScreenshot of storage bucket creationScreenshot of the Access Management interfaceScreenshot of the interface to create, add and management of Storage BucketsScreenshot of data uploadingScreenshot of usage details