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Azure Blob Storage

Composite Score

7.9 /10

CX Score

8.1 /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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Awards & Recognition

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

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Latest Award, 2025

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2025

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.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+87 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?

11% Negative

4% Neutral

85% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Acts with Integrity
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 81

External Storage Connectivity

Multiple Format Support

Data Encryption

Storage Optimization

Data Format Native Generic

Restore to Current Format

Platform Support

Granularity

Long Term Data Retention

Data Compression

Ediscovery Audit Trail

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Azure Blob Storage Reviews

Hamza A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

One of the best cloud services available

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Azure Blob Storage from other similar products?

The service integrates with multiple other services in Azure. But I have personally felt that it integrates with third party services rather well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Security and Encryption

What do you dislike most about this product?

Perhaps more regional support

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great storage option to opt for if you are getting started with cloud or migrating a brown field workload.

Pros

Trustworthy
Effective Service
Caring
Fair

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

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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

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Awards & Recognition

Azure Blob Storage Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+87 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Azure Blob Storage?

Pros

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Azure Blob Storage Reviews

Hamza A.

One of the best cloud services available

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tarun B.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Gaurav K.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

External Storage Connectivity

Multiple Format Support

Data Encryption

Storage Optimization

Data Format Native Generic

Restore to Current Format

Platform Support

Granularity

Long Term Data Retention

Data Compression

Ediscovery Audit Trail

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement