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Azure Blob Storage

Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10
Category
Azure Blob Storage
7.8 /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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Awards & Recognition

Azure Blob Storage won the following awards in the Data Archiving category

Azure Blob Storage Ratings

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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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

Down 3
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Down 4
Since last award


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:
92%
Negotiation and Contract:
77%
Conflict Resolution:
92%
Strategy & Innovation:
89%
Service Experience:
81%

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.

+86 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?

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12% Negative
5% Neutral
83% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 81

External Storage Connectivity

83

Restore to Current Format

82

Multiple Format Support

82

Platform Support

82

Storage Optimization

81

Data Encryption

81

Granularity

80

Data Format Native Generic

79

Long Term Data Retention

78

Data Compression

78

Ediscovery Audit Trail

77

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Data Integration

84

Vendor Support

84

Ease of Implementation

82

Breadth of Features

81

Business Value Created

81

Ease of Customization

80

Ease of IT Administration

78

Availability and Quality of Training

78

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

77

Quality of Features

77

Usability and Intuitiveness

75

Azure Blob Storage Reviews

Tarun B.

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

Submitted Oct 2023

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Azure Blob Storage from other similar products?

Hosting static websites through Storage is really awesome Long term data retention and defining lifecycle policies for data retention Data encryption and Compression at its best

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Data encryption and Compression at its best

What do you dislike most about this product?

Its not difficult to manage , so nothing to consider

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Its very simple, read doc how to create a Blob , how to create a doc , update , delete from blob to getting started

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Inspires Innovation
  • Acts with Integrity

Gaurav K.

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

Submitted Oct 2023

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Azure Blob Storage from other similar products?

No Cost for Lifecycle transition requests LRS and GRS comatibility in product Direct integration with Azure AD to enable RBAC at organisation groups.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

AI and Machine learning pre built models.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No Support for big data analytics as its there in competitors ,can be more expensive

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I guess every organisation is using BLOB ins some of the projects , Its highly useful product to automate the processes

Pros

  • Security Protects
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable

Ndianaobong B.

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

Submitted Jun 2025

“Scalable and Secure Storage Facility

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Azure Blob Storage from other similar products?

Azure Blob Storage stands out from similar object storage solutions thanks to its deep integration with Microsoft services, flexible storage tiers, and enterprise-grade management tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The seamless integration within the Microsoft ecosystem—allowing effortless use alongside tools like Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Functions, and Power Automate—makes it exceptionally easy to build unified, end-to-end data solutions.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The limited and unintuitive user interface—especially in Azure Storage Explorer—makes navigating, managing access, and searching within blob containers cumbersome and inefficient for non-expert users, often requiring custom tools or workarounds.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Leverage Microsoft Entra ID and role-based access control to manage access securely and avoid using potentially insecure shared keys

Pros

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

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