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Azure Blob Storage

Azure Blob Storage

Overview

What is Azure Blob Storage?

Microsoft's Blob Storage system on Azure is designed to make unstructured data available to customers anywhere through REST-based object storage.

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Recent Reviews

Cloud storage solution

8 out of 10
January 27, 2023
Incentivized
Azure Blob Storage offers an S3-compatible API for storing files on the cloud. It is easy to use with good APIs and affordable.<br><br>It …
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Gets the job done

9 out of 10
March 26, 2022
Incentivized
Azure Blob Storage is equivalent to Amazon's S3, but better because it supports HTTPS. It lets us host files of any size and automatically …
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Pricing

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Block Blobs

$0.0081

Cloud
per GB/per month

Azure Data Lake Storage

$0.0081

Cloud
per GB/per month

Files

$0.058

Cloud
per GB/per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Azure Blob Storage?

Azure Blob Storage Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft's Blob Storage system on Azure is designed to make unstructured data available to customers anywhere through REST-based object storage.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Azure Blob Storage are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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January 27, 2023

Cloud storage solution

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Government Administration Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Azure Blob Storage offers an S3-compatible API for storing files on the cloud. It is easy to use with good APIs and affordable.<br><br>It works well for storing static files and as a place to store/host attachments uploaded by users in the cloud.<br><br>It also is covered by the Microsoft Defender security product also offered by Azure which provides additional security including scanning for malware.
April 25, 2022

Azure Blob Storage - a cost-effective and sensible option

Verified User
Contributor in Other
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We used Azure Blob Storage as a staging ground for storing spreadsheet files needed for a forecasting model. We were looking for a cost-effective storage solution that could also accommodate different data types. Additionally, files that were not accessed frequently could be stored in archive storage, allowing more flexibility for the user.
April 01, 2022

Azure Blob Storage is cheap and effective for backups and audit logs

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We're using it to store SQL Server backups and audit logs. It's relatively cheap storage and because our data already exists in Azure, there are no ingress or egress fees. It's secure, always available, and very easy to access and use.
March 26, 2022

Robust, Scalable and Secure Storage

Verified User
Consultant in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Azure Blob Storage as a centralized location for storing Customer's documents (attachment) specific to a lead/cases/complaints/customer 360 module implemented using Dynamics 365. We also Azure Blob Storage for storing customers' data, which we then use for generating Power BI Reports. Earlier these were stored either in the respective applications or some on-premise-based solutions.
March 26, 2022

Gets the job done

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Investment Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Azure Blob Storage is equivalent to Amazon's S3, but better because it supports HTTPS. It lets us host files of any size and automatically replicates them across several regions. It offers various tiers of storage so we can choose the price/performance we want based on our business requirements. It has robust access controls to ensure only the correct program/person accesses the files.
February 24, 2020

Azure Blob Storage and Panzura - A win for the civil engineering field

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Civil Engineering Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We currently use Azure Blob Storage to back-end our Panzura implementation. We keep Azure Blob Storage files as our true source of data and Panzura file caching devices at each location that has a subset of our data. It houses all of our critical business files and does it for a substantial decrease in costs vs. our old on-prem storage. This is the primary solution we use for our core business and is used across all departments.
January 17, 2020

Ease of use and efficiency makes Azure Blob a win!

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Azure storage to handle data ingestion and storage for some BI reporting. A lot of the heavy lifting is done via some of the great Powershell commands via Azure. The ease of use and the ability to -flag upload file sizes really are useful. It has also been an excellent way for us to share data with not only internal users but also customers.
November 08, 2019

Azure Blob Storage - It's worth using in your environment

MW
Michael Ward
Sr Systems Administrator
USI (Insurance, 5001-10,000 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Azure Blob storage is currently used in various ways at our company.

First, like cloud storage for various Azure SaaS platforms. Things like managed SQL instances and data lake storage for Azure AI / ML. It is useful in that it is tiered, so you can use hot tier for these use cases.

Secondly, a more common use is to use the cold and archive tiers as a cheap location to store long-term backups and archives. We think of it as a replacement for tape offloading in our DR strategy. One thing to be away from is that the cost to bring those backups/archives back from the cloud can be very high. So this is used more as a place of last resort for disaster recovery currently, but it definitely has its place.

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