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Microsoft Azure Object Storage vs Zadara comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 1, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
Microsoft Azure Object Storage support is praised for premium plans but criticized for slow response times with basic plans.
No sentiment score available
Zadara's customer service is praised for 24/7 responsiveness, proactive monitoring, technical expertise, and cost-effective quality assistance, ensuring high satisfaction.
We lack adequate response times and a 24/7 service level agreement.
 

Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
4.3
Microsoft Azure Object Storage needs performance, stability, cost efficiency improvements, better integration, and enhanced support and UI for users.
Sentiment score
5.9
Zadara needs proactive updates, better OS integration, improved analytics, lower costs, and added AI capabilities for enhanced service.
Adding AI capabilities could enhance the offering as well.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Microsoft Azure Object Storage is praised for its scalability, efficiently supporting substantial workloads and growing user demands.
Sentiment score
8.5
Zadara provides scalable, flexible storage with usage-based payments, supporting diverse workloads and aligning with evolving customer needs for growth.
Zadara is a fully-fledged platform, and our customers are happy with its use.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
8.3
Microsoft Azure Object Storage offers variable pricing, higher costs for intensive use, with flexible options often seen as expensive.
Sentiment score
7.0
Zadara offers a cost-effective pay-per-use model with transparent pricing, flexibility, and multi-year discounts, though regional variance exists.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Microsoft Azure Object Storage is stable, though occasional outages and external factors can impact stability, with varied customer ratings.
Sentiment score
5.8
Zadara provides high availability with effective failover, real-time monitoring, and global support, though stability could further improve.
 

Valuable Features

Sentiment score
7.7
Microsoft Azure Object Storage offers scalability, flexibility, security, ease of use, and performance, with seamless integration and compliance certifications.
Sentiment score
7.5
Zadara provides cost-effective, scalable, and reliable cloud integration with low latency, high performance, and versatile storage solutions.
The most valuable feature is its storage management capability.
 

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
Zadara
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
16th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (32nd), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (16th), Compute Service (11th), File and Object Storage (20th)
 

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 Zadara is 1.7%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Public Cloud Storage Services
 

Featured Reviews

DanBryant - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
Kirubel Behailu - PeerSpot reviewer
Enhancing storage management efficiency with user-friendly experience
Our customers are using Zadara for their research and development environments. We provide infrastructure for government projects, but we are often not fully aware of their specific usage.  I typically use it for our infrastructure and offer both Zadara and Microsoft Azure to our customers Zadara…
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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
21%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Government
6%
 

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 pricing is higher than CNC. On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the pricing as six to seven.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Object Storage?
The deployment process needs improvement, and it requires a lot of expertise to use and to utilize it.
What needs improvement with Zadara?
Every time they do a firmware upgrade, it should be nondestructive. Currently, when we do firmware upgrades, it sometimes causes issues and is not as nondisruptive as desired. It would be beneficia...
What is your primary use case for Zadara?
We are using Zadara for our non-critical storage needs. We use both their block storage and also their NAS capabilities.
What advice do you have for others considering Zadara?
Within certain constraints, users should use it only for their nonproduction workloads. Alternatively, for production, it should only be for noncritical workloads. I'd rate the solution seven out o...
 

Also Known As

Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, Azure Object Storage, MS Azure Object Storage
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Sample Customers

Umbraco, Xbox, Radioshack, 343 Industries, McKesson
Time, Inc. A&E Network, The Washington Post, News UK, McGraw Hill, Gilt, Toshiba, Deloitte, VMware
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft Azure Object Storage vs. Zadara and other solutions. Updated: October 2024.
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