We performed a comparison between IBM SoftLayer and Microsoft Azure File Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), 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."
"It is a scalable product since it is a cloud solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"My client had zero data loss while using the solution for backups and file security."
"The interface is very good."
"First of all, the solution is very secure. Secondly, the solution is very fast. It is reliable and available all the time."
"The tool offers a secure way to access storage. You can also easily share the files securely across Azure."
"The profile management option is another valuable feature that allows us to manage the profiles and secure them."
"Integration with the entire Azure platform."
"Very user-friendly and intuitive."
"The interface is hard to use for us. It should be simplified."
"For us, the versioning was an issue."
"There is room for improvement in helping customers understand and integrate Azure File Storage into their operations."
"Lacks integration with other platforms."
"The provider needs to collect more information about the products."
"A lot of things could be better, especially when it comes to accessing File Storage for monitoring. Azure Copy is fine, but there could be additional integration and security features for those who want more privacy and control over access to Azure."
"Firewall rules should be introduced to secure the access date from any virus attacks. Anti-virus should be introduced in the work filtering and document filtering."
"They can improve the ability to assign permissions to different groups or users."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"Microsoft Azure File Storage needs more integrations. In the future, I also want to see GRC added to the portal. If you enroll or sign up for Azure services, your country may not have GRC available in the portal, so you may have to choose a strange country, for example, Kenya, to activate credit."
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IBM SoftLayer is ranked 22nd in Public Cloud Storage Services while Microsoft Azure File Storage is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 40 reviews. IBM SoftLayer is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure File Storage is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM SoftLayer writes "Stable with excellent speed and agility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure File Storage writes "Various storage options available, high availability, and quick deployment". IBM SoftLayer is most compared with Amazon AWS, whereas Microsoft Azure File Storage is most compared with Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Azure NetApp Files, Wasabi, Amazon S3 and Amazon S3 Glacier.
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