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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89 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+89 Net Emotional Footprint
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How much do users love Azure Blob Storage?
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- Acts with Integrity
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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Feature Ratings
Archive Storage Connectivity
Long Term Data Retention
Data Encryption
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Data Format Native Generic
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Ediscovery & Compliance
Data Deletion Control and Space Gain
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Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Azure Blob Storage Reviews
Hitesh G.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2025
Azure blob: best in cloud storage
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Azure Blob Storage from other similar products?
Globally available, highly secure and Metadata indexing.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
1. Microsoft Tech giant support. 2. Seamless integration with azure. 3. Globally available vast space.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sometimes costing affects a bit.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Should give a try as it is one if the best for storage options available in the market based on cloud space scenario. Also try integrating with other softwares to better explore it's functionality.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Yogesh T.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Nov 2024
Reasonable pricing, robust storage
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Azure Blob Storage from other similar products?
Integration with office 365 eco system, we also use azure as main cloud provider for all our needs, it integrates effortlessly
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Cost is reasonable and integration with other Microsoft Azure ecosystem
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing in particular, but it’s integration with third party apps can be improved
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
You can go for this. This is very robust archiving system with Microsoft’s trust
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Efficient Service
Priya S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2024
Versatile and Reliable
Likeliness to Recommend
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
