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Azure Blob Storage

Composite Score

7.8 /10

CX Score

8.0 /10

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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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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

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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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?

12% Negative

5% Neutral

83% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Acts with Integrity
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 81

External Storage Connectivity

Restore to Current Format

Multiple Format Support

Platform Support

Storage Optimization

Data Encryption

Granularity

Data Format Native Generic

Long Term Data Retention

Data Compression

Ediscovery Audit Trail

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Azure Blob Storage Reviews

Tarun B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

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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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Azure Blob Storage Ratings

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

Emotional Footprint Overview

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+86 Net Emotional Footprint

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Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

External Storage Connectivity Data archiving usually stores data on external, removable media that is optimized for long-term storage, at an offsite location.

Restore to Current Format Ability to restore to whichever “current” format the organization has in place at the time of archive data restoration

Multiple Format Support Ability to support multiple media formats, including tape, WORM drives, optical media, etc. Also, proliferation of cloud and support cloud storage.

Platform Support Does the data archive system provide the hardware platform support that the organization needs.

Storage Optimization 'Storage optimization, unlike std. backup & restore, is for long term data storage, organizing it to find & restore information easily

Data Encryption Protects your data from those who have physical access to storage media (including secure storage provider), and ensures data has only authorized access

Granularity 'The granular storage of data, such that it can be searched and recovered in an expedient manner.

Data Format Native Generic Offers multiple options from native proprietary format to industry-standard generic format to restore or import onto any target system

Long Term Data Retention The software should have fault tolerant abilities in order to recover from minor data corruptions. Depends largely on the media (such as tapes)

Data Compression Allows for more data to be stored on media. Data compression can potentially slow down access times to the data

Ediscovery Audit Trail The extent to which files and file histories are tracked & ability to manage files en masse for the purposes of legal proceedings

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Azure Blob Storage Reviews

Tarun B.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Gaurav K.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ndianaobong B.

“Scalable and Secure Storage Facility

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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External Storage Connectivity

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Multiple Format Support

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Data Encryption

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Long Term Data Retention

Data Compression

Ediscovery Audit Trail

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