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Microsoft Corporation

Azure Blob Storage

Composite Score
7.7 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10
Category
Azure Blob Storage
7.7 /10

What is Azure Blob Storage?

With exabytes of capacity and massive scalability, Blob Storage stores from hundreds to billions of objects in hot, cool, or archive tiers, depending on how often data access is needed. Store any type of unstructured data—images, videos, audio, documents, and more—easily and cost-effectively.

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Azure Blob Storage Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

82 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Azure Blob Storage?

8% Negative
6% Neutral
86% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 78

External Storage Connectivity

81

Restore to Current Format

80

Multiple Format Support

80

Platform Support

79

Storage Optimization

79

Granularity

77

Long Term Data Retention

77

Data Encryption

77

Data Format Native Generic

76

Ediscovery Audit Trail

75

Data Compression

75

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Vendor Support

82

Breadth of Features

81

Ease of Implementation

80

Business Value Created

80

Ease of Data Integration

79

Availability and Quality of Training

77

Ease of Customization

76

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

75

Quality of Features

75

Usability and Intuitiveness

75

Ease of IT Administration

73

Azure Blob Storage Reviews

Kashish G.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Versatile and Reliable

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Azure Blob Storage from other similar products?

Azure Blob Storage stands out for its seamless integration across Azure ecosystem, Enabling powerful data workflows and analytics with tools like Azure Data Lake, Synapse, and Cognitive Services, It also offers flexible storage tiers(Hot, Cool, Archive) for cost-effective data management, plus strong security features(SAS tokens, RBAC, encryption).

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favourite aspect is the the flexible storage tiers, which make it cost-effective to store both frequently and infrequently accessed data while keeping everything easily accessible when needed.

What do you dislike most about this product?

what I dislike is the complex pricing structure, which can be difficult to predict and optimize, especially for variable workloads and large datasets.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I'd recommend throughly evaluating your data access patterns to choose the right storage tier, as this can significantly impact costs. Additionally, take advantage of Azure Cost Management tools to monitor usage and set busgets to avoid unexpected expenses.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Hamza A.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

One of the best cloud services available

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Azure Blob Storage from other similar products?

The service integrates with multiple other services in Azure. But I have personally felt that it integrates with third party services rather well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Security and Encryption

What do you dislike most about this product?

Perhaps more regional support

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great storage option to opt for if you are getting started with cloud or migrating a brown field workload.

Pros

  • Trustworthy
  • Effective Service
  • Caring
  • Fair

Josefo C.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

CLOUD STORAGING

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Azure Blob Storage from other similar products?

More easy to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Security and how we connect to IT.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Price, that can be more competitive

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Very good solution for cloud storage archiving or store data

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

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