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Azure Blob Storage vs. IBM Cloud Object Storage

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Azure Blob Storage

83 Reviews and Ratings

IBM Cloud Object Storage

550 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Blob Storage

    Score9.8 out of 10
    		N/AMicrosoft's Blob Storage system on Azure is designed to make unstructured data available to customers anywhere through REST-based object storage.

    $0.01

    per GB/per month

    IBM Cloud Object Storage

    Score7.1 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

    Pricing
    Azure Blob StorageIBM Cloud Object Storage
    Editions & Modules
    Block Blobs
    $0.0081
    per GB/per month
    Azure Data Lake Storage
    $0.0081
    per GB/per month
    Files
    $0.058
    per GB/per month
    Managed Discs
    $1.54
    per month
    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
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Blob StorageIBM Cloud Object Storage
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—The 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.
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Blob StorageIBM Cloud Object Storage
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    IBM
    Md Masudul Hassan
    Lecturer in Professional Services at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (Education Management, 501-1000 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Along with IBM Watson for AI and machine learning, IBM Aspera for fast data transport, and IBM Cloud SQL Query for data analysis, IBM Cloud Object Storage works seamlessly with other IBM Cloud services. For research initiatives that call for a variety of tools and services, …
    Incentivized
    Luciano Ghilarducci
    Arquiteto de Soluções in Sales at Ingram Micro Brasil (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Cost and convenience.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Better price consistency, performance and flexibility.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    I chose IBM Cloud Object Storage for my personal account because it's free and also doesn't need credit card to register. I also found that IBM Cloud Object Storage is easy to understand. I signed up for IBM data science courses on Coursera which has a lot of helpful resource …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Mostly cost because most of them deliver a similar product and the decision for a hyperscaler (when you do not plan to use Multi Cloud) was not solely based on the object storage offering. Moreover, other components as K8s/postgres and the overall picture inclunding consulting …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure Blob StorageIBM Cloud Object Storage
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Azure Blob Storage and IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Feature
    Azure Blob Storage
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    7.9
    145 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.1133 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings7.5135 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.3132 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings7.3135 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.1140 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Azure Blob StorageIBM Cloud Object Storage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.2
    (149 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.8
    (4 ratings)