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Microsoft Azure Object Storage vs Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 1, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Object Storage
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS)
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
6th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (8th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (5th), File and Object Storage (4th), NVMe All-Flash Storage Arrays (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure Object Storage is 2.0%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Nutanix Unified Storage (NUS) is 1.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

DanBryant - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 9, 2024
Good SLAs and better suited for large files like videos and anything in the multi-gigabyte range
Support's not great, but Microsoft products are much more industrial strength and enterprise ready than any other services out there. That's why we use them and learn how to use them, even when they change things without much advanced notice. We proactively educate ourselves on how to use it once it's changed. I don't pay for premium support. But at a basic level, Microsoft products can be pretty aggravating to work with. I prefer not to rate it. I don't think a number would accurately describe the experience. We still use it, and it's still valuable. But the experience with Microsoft products, from storage to Teams and everything else, can be quite aggravating.
Tejas Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 17, 2024
It's easy for users to access and saves us a significant amount of money
We use Nutanix Unified Storage for file storage and SMB sharing. My company has around 2,000 to 3,000 users on the platform We have massive storage needs and currently have 20 terabytes of storage Nutanix. We are storing around 10 or 11 terabytes of data on NUS. The cost would be huge if we…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The layout of Microsoft is professional."
"The tool's maintenance is not complex."
"What I like most about Microsoft Azure Object Storage is that you have many ways to access it."
"We use the product for storage, documentation, and reporting."
"The solution integrates well with Microsoft Office 365 and includes important features such as SIEM, storage, SQL, and Cosmos DB."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Object Storage for us is its simplicity and reliability as a storage solution."
"With Microsoft Azure Object Storage, they are an open market."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage is flexible and has all the features we need."
"Nutanix Unified Storage is easy for end users to access. They can use it like any other drive on their systems. We have mapped it in the user system so they can scan files and store them. They can use it just like an Android drive."
"The management interface is great and you have handy access to several details about your file shares."
"The best Nutanix Unified Storage features are its recovery and data speeds. It has resolved the issue of accessing information quickly."
"What I found most valuable in Nutanix Files Storage is its high availability and ability to scale out with many VMs."
"It is a highly scalable solution."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix Unified Storage is redundancy."
"The reliability and availability are the most valuable features. Reliability is important because it can run my workloads. I need to be able to take advantage of the VMs that are executing on the storage. It has to be reliable. It's also important to have the storage available for scaling VMs on demand."
"From an analytics perspective, the best aspect of Unified Storage is its locality. When you read data, you want to know that you're only reading data from the particular local storage node. It's also critical to access the data as quickly as possible from that. From a business perspective, the most important thing is ease of use. Having a combination of compute and storage makes it much easier to manage."
 

Cons

"We experienced an outage issue recently, which affected its overall stability and reliability."
"Technical support should be a little bit faster."
"There is room for improvement in customer service and support."
"The deployment process needs improvement, and it requires a lot of expertise to use and to utilize it."
"Object re-use should be improved in order to get better performance and reduce the cost."
"In future releases, I would add something like a better lifecycle management system, and for integration purposes, I would add some stuff related to newer concepts like data products and databases. I would like to have a seamless flow between those things."
"The tool should be a little bit cheaper."
"Its user interface could be better."
"Historically, it has been a hyper-converged infrastructure, so when you are looking to grow the solution, you need to scale the compute and storage. Having the ability to scale the storage independently would be a good improvement."
"What's missing in Nutanix Files Storage is the support for multiple intranets or VLANs on the same file from different networks and network devices."
"The graphical user interface could provide more detail. It would be nice if we could click on the service and get some expanded definitions of them. When hiring new people, it's difficult to teach them how everything works, but if they can access everything, they can teach themselves."
"The dashboard can have more details and be more useful."
"The solution is very expensive."
"Pricing can always be better."
"The solution needs to be more open to integration with other vendors. Sometimes, we struggle with the support process. Our skilled engineers must explain our problems to everyone, even though we've already done preliminary investigations. The support team follows standard procedures, which can be painful. We're not a small customer, especially in the life sciences sector, so we'd appreciate more specialized support. I've heard Nutanix Unified Storage has teams dedicated to life sciences and healthcare; we should be part of that."
"We have issues with software updates occasionally."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Microsoft Azure Object Storage is not expensive."
"I think we pay per bit as per usage. There is a billing pattern for the subscription, and we get a monthly bill. I've seen that happen over there. I haven't seen any fixed costs. It always depends on what we're using and how much the servers are running. The breakdown appears on the bill."
"The tool has a pay-per-use pricing model...There is no need to pay extra money for the licensing costs since the price is based on the storage you consume."
"Encryption feature is an add-on."
"I'm not aware of the licensing cost, as my customer handles it. In Taiwan, it's reasonably priced."
"It has a pay-as-you-go model. So, you are only paying for what you store. It's an attractive model. You don't pay for a set; you pay for what you actually use."
"The cost is based on the amount of traffic and we paid approximately 18 lakh Rupees ($25,000 USD) last year."
"I would rate the pricing a four out of ten because there is a lot of competition out there."
"The price of the license is expensive when comparing it to traditional storage."
"While the price may not be the most affordable, I believe it offers good value for the benefits it provides."
"Nutanix offers different pricing options, including Ultimate and Ultimate Pro."
"In my opinion, the product is fairly priced."
"The pricing is a bit too high."
"I find Nutanix Files Storage competitively priced, even its feature set. Its price is seven out of ten."
"I hope that it will stay the way it is. We have seen the changes in VMware and what happened to them. I have heard that Nutanix will raise the prices, but I hope that they will not do that."
"Its pricing is good to okay. It is not super inexpensive, but it is still competitive. Everything could always be lower."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Retailer
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
30%
Educational Organization
28%
Manufacturing Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Object Storage?
The price will be more competitive when we increase the time spent using the tool. For our company's size range, I think the price is okay.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Object Storage?
Microsoft Azure Object Storage is like other cloud providers. It is just a simple object storage and the first kind of cloud product in the market. Amazon started off with S3, but our company didn'...
What do you like most about Nutanix Unified Storage?
Nutanix has excellent product documentation available on their portals, written in simple, easy-to-understand language.
 

Also Known As

Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, Azure Object Storage, MS Azure Object Storage
Nutanix Files Storage, Nutanix Volumes Block Storage, Nutanix Objects Storage
 

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Sample Customers

Umbraco, Xbox, Radioshack, 343 Industries, McKesson
JetBlue, International Speedway Corporation, Volkswagen SAIC, Brighton and Hove City Council, Foresters Financial, Janus International Group, Cloud Comrade, Serco
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