We performed a comparison between IBM SoftLayer and Microsoft Azure Block Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Amazon, Google and others in Public Cloud Storage Services."The ELT versus ETL extract, transform and load versus extract, load, and then transform, the ELT method is what really sells SoftLayer."
"The stability is the solution's most valuable aspect for our organization."
"The ease of setup is the primary reason we use Azure Block Storage. The setup takes one or two days, and we had help from Microsoft. We had five people on our team."
"RBAC, access control, soft delete, hard delete, and cool and hot storage tiers are some of the features I have found valuable in Azure Block storage."
"I like the product’s versioning and file share features. The file share feature is most useful when we are connecting on-premises services. Azure file share helps to migrate small data amounts from on-premises to the cloud."
"It is easy to integrate with applications."
"The tier feature in V2 is the most valuable feature of this solution. It enables you to move your storage from hot tier to cold tier into archive tier."
"The initial setup for the production areas was on premise, which is very simple."
"This is a very stable solution."
"We use Microsoft Azure Block Storage to store, upload and download data. We can also use it as a backup."
"The interface is hard to use for us. It should be simplified."
"For us, the versioning was an issue."
"The user interface is very difficult."
"The solution could have better archival policies and localization of data."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage can improve the configuration to be more user-friendly."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"If the documentation could be improved then it would be very good. Right now, if you face a question, you have to guess how it works or you have to test your hypothesis."
"They could create more readability of files."
"There should be a discount on Block Storage for people who use it more often."
"The security is poor, and the sharing model is confusing, conceptually. I'd prefer not to use it. I'd like a user-friendly web interface and a better security model."
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IBM SoftLayer is ranked 22nd in Public Cloud Storage Services while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is ranked 8th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 51 reviews. IBM SoftLayer is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM SoftLayer writes "Stable with excellent speed and agility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Block Storage writes "Straightforward to set up and reliable with good features on offer". IBM SoftLayer is most compared with Amazon AWS, whereas Microsoft Azure Block Storage is most compared with Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Rackspace Cloud Block Storage, Amazon S3 Glacier, Wasabi and Microsoft Azure Object Storage.
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