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Azure Blob Storage alternatives

Object storage · 8 alternatives · Azure Blob Storage iScore 64 (#9/9)

Every object storage provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Azure Blob Storage's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Azure Blob Storage's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. Backblaze B2Free tier: Yes vs No · Kind of free offer: Free tier vs Free credit69#1/9
  2. Amazon S3Free tier: Yes vs No · Kind of free offer: Introductory free tier vs Free credit67#2/9
  3. Cloudflare R2Free tier: Yes vs No · Kind of free offer: Free tier vs Free credit67#3/9
  4. StorjKind of free offer: Free trial vs Free credit66#4/9
  5. IDrive e2What the free plan includes: No free storage allowance is published. Egress is free up to three times stored volume an…66#5/9
  6. WasabiKind of free offer: Free trial vs Free credit65#6/9
  7. TigrisFree tier: Yes vs No · Kind of free offer: Free tier vs Free credit65#7/9
  8. Bunny StorageKind of free offer: Free trial vs Free credit · When the free offer ends: 14 days. vs 30 days.65#8/9

Where Azure Blob Storage stands against these 8

Azure Blob Storage's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
No. 4 of the 5 alternatives that document it have one: Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Tigris.
When the free offer ends
30 daysJoint 2nd highest of the 5 that document it. Highest: Amazon S3 — 6 months after account creation; Free Tier credits expire 12 months after that date.
Egress over allowance
First 100 GB a month free, then $0.087 per GB over Microsoft's global egress meter, falling to $0.083 above…4th cheapest of the 5 that document it. Cheapest: Cloudflare R2 — Free.
Storage price
$0.0208 per GB-month for Hot LRS in East US, falling to $0.019968 above 50 TB and $0.019136 above 500 TB6th cheapest of the 7 that document it. Cheapest: IDrive e2 — $0.006 per GB per month, or $6 per TB, tierless — the cheapest published rate here.
Minimum storage duration
None on HotJoint 2nd highest of the 7 that document it. Highest: Wasabi — 90 days on pay-as-you-go.

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