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Azure Blob Storage vs Wasabi comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Azure Blob Storage
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
16th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Wasabi
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Pramod-Talekar - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Service Engineer at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Cloud storage has simplified team data access and provides reliable, globally available redundancy
The first thing I find really useful about Azure Blob Storage is that it is a cloud service running on the cloud. Using cloud storage, all the things are actually running on the cloud and they are managed by the cloud vendor. Microsoft is managing the backend things. I am just monitoring and managing the things, and I do not need to think about the physical things, upgrades, and all those things. That is managed by the OEM, which is a good thing. Additionally, it is globally available anywhere, so there are advantages in communications with the clients and all those things from that side. The main benefit that Azure Blob Storage provides for me is redundancy. They have multiple types of redundancy from the storage perspective, such as local redundant storage and zone redundant storage. Data will be available anytime, and that kind of assurance they are giving us is actually the main reason I can say for the Azure perspective. Access is one area where Azure Blob Storage can improve, as they have multiple types of storage. In Blob Storage, they also have file shares and queue storage. I have not seen any issues with Azure Blob Storage right now, and the access features allow us to grant the minimum level of access to the users, so users can only read the data. I can say those are also good features from an Azure Blob Storage perspective, and I have not seen anything negative there.
GI
Chief Executive Officer at Quickening Group
Cost-effectiveness and seamless integration boost long-term data management while file retrieval needs improvement
Wasabi is cost-effective, has no ingress and egress fees, and is reliable. Wasabi helps us in maintaining our enterprise-grade safety requirements because it's highly functional, allowing us to maintain redundancies required for some of our solutions. Wasabi is highly integratable because many systems successfully use it. It is extremely useful in facilitating seamless adoption into our current operational procedures. Many of the solutions that are on Kubernetes use Wasabi integration for their S3, and increasingly, virtually all of them now use Wasabi for their integrations. Wasabi's features of eliminating egress and API requests fees have ensured that we can run our social media sites without charging users for data, which increases the adoption of our platform. Wasabi's simplified pricing model is phenomenal in helping our organization predict and manage cloud costs.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Azure Blob Storage is globally available anywhere, allowing for good communication with clients and taking advantage from that side."
"The main benefit that Azure Blob Storage provides for me is redundancy."
"Overall, I would rate Wasabi a ten out of ten."
"I've used Amazon Web Services S3, and Wasabi is considerably less expensive; you save a lot of money for the same capabilities, and it's also easier to set up than Amazon Web Services, so this is my go-to solution for cloud storage."
"The tool is very user-friendly."
"Wasabi's simplified pricing model is phenomenal in helping our organization predict and manage cloud costs."
"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is its cost."
"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is the backups."
"The cost is low, it is foolproof, and it has redundancy."
"We can store our videos on hot storage, allowing immediate access to them."
 

Cons

"The initial setup for Azure Blob Storage is right now simple, but they could improve the implementation in the future, particularly around configuration, access-related management, and related things."
"A proper monitoring dashboard would help, allowing us to see the usage and IO utilization."
"The solution must allow the extension of the retention period."
"I don't have enough experience to understand the nuances of where they might improve."
"The scalability could be improved."
"Setting up users on the appliance should be improved."
"The solution’s user reporting could be improved."
"I don't have enough experience to understand the nuances of where they might improve."
"The most important improvement we would like to see in Wasabi is the ability to find files and folders easily on the platform, as it is not very easy at all right now."
"Having the ability to upload and download data using third-party apps such as Mega which can sync to the desktop would be excellent."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of the solution is inexpensive."
"Wasabi is a cheap solution, and users have to pay for a monthly license."
"I can only tell you that Wasabi costs about half what Amazon Web Services is charging. Now, the cost per month is a more difficult question. That varies depending on the capacity, the services you're employing, and that type of thing."
"Wasabi has better pricing than Nutanix."
"The price is reasonable."
"The tool’s price is very reasonable."
"Wasabi is a cost-effective solution for data storage, priced at just under six dollars per terabyte."
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Top Industries

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Aerospace/Defense Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Legal Firm
6%
 

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Small Business10
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Azure Blob Storage?
A proper monitoring dashboard would help, allowing us to see the usage and IO utilization. If there is any monitoring application, it could help us get more information about how many users are con...
What is your primary use case for Azure Blob Storage?
We have moved multiple things not only from the physical perspective but also to the cloud, and I can say that we have moved to Azure. Currently, I have started working on Azure cloud, and I am usi...
What advice do you have for others considering Azure Blob Storage?
Azure VMware Solution, which is abbreviated as AVS, is a VMware solution that I am using. I am not using any other Azure solutions beyond Azure Blob Storage, and most of the storage is Azure Blob S...
What needs improvement with Wasabi?
The most important improvement we would like to see in Wasabi is the ability to find files and folders easily on the platform, as it is not very easy at all right now.
What is your primary use case for Wasabi?
It's been used as a storage system for our social media site. When you run a social media site, the limitless scalability of Wasabi is critical for our mission-critical systems since it ensures tha...
What advice do you have for others considering Wasabi?
If any features are enhanced, that will be a very big deal. Wasabi is very easy to implement and didn't take any time at all to implement. We decided to switch to Wasabi primarily due to cost, foll...
 

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Sample Customers

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FileShadow, Ivy League Schools, Russell Sage Colleges, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, MayStreet
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