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    Akamai NetStorage

    N/AN/AAkamai's NetStorage is a secure, cloud-based service designed to meet these storage requirements of maintaining large collections of on-demand digital content – including electronic images, streaming media files, software, documents, and other digital objects. Built on the globally scalable Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform, it offers on-demand capacity, geographical replication, and server mapping and routing technology. NetStorage is designed specifically to meet the demands of high…N/A

    Azure Backup

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's Azure Backup is a cloud backup service.

    $5

    Pricing
    Akamai NetStorageAzure Backup
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Storage in GB/Month
    $0.0224 to $0.0569
    per GB
    Backup Instance <50GB
    $5.00 + storage consumed
    Backup Instance > 50 GB but < or = 500 GB
    $10.00 + storage consumed
    Backup Instance Instance is > 500 GB
    $10 for each 500 GB increment + storage consumed
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Akamai NetStorageAzure Backup
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Akamai NetStorageAzure Backup
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    Microsoft
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    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    11 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    11 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    Akamai NetStorageAzure Backup
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Akamai NetStorage and Azure Backup
    Feature
    Akamai NetStorage
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    Ratings
    Azure Backup
    8.7
    11 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings9.16 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.111 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings7.89 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Akamai NetStorage and Azure Backup
    Feature
    Akamai NetStorage
    -
    Ratings
    Azure Backup
    8.7
    11 Ratings
    0% above category average
    User and role management00 Ratings9.111 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings8.28 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Akamai NetStorage and Azure Backup
    Feature
    Akamai NetStorage
    -
    Ratings
    Azure Backup
    9.0
    11 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Performance00 Ratings9.111 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings9.111 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings8.811 Ratings
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    Egnyte
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure Backup
    Score8.2 out of 10
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
    ownCloud
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    User Ratings
    Akamai NetStorageAzure Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Akamai NetStorageAzure Backup
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Azure Backup is suitable for companies of various sizes, with varying amounts of data. The cost of the investment should be thought out carefully so that there are no bad surprises with unnecessary files going to Azure Backup. The interface is friendly and easy to configure and it does not require your company to have a backup expert. It is highly recommended for companies with smaller number of servers and better if the servers are already running in an Azure environment.
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    Pros
    Akamai
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    Microsoft
    • Azure Backup is fast! Coupled with the fact that Microsoft created Azure and Windows - these two operate phenomenally together!
    • Administering the backups inside of Azure is a breeze. The ability to mount, restore entire backups, or recover files, has been made very easy. You do not have to download any media to recover something, you do this all in the cloud and it gets mounted in Microsoft's systems. Making this process less than a quarter of the time you would have spent with your 'other' backup solutions.
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    Cons
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    • backup schedule calendar would be cool
    • Backup vaults should ask if you want to send notifications when you first set it up, there have been a couple of times when I noticed a month later that, backup job failures were not configured to send email notifications.
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    Usability
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    Azure backup is easy to implement, accessible by using the web portal GUI, and has the ability to restore at the file level or the complete VM. We have experienced zero issues with the backup process or performing file-level restorations. We have not restored an entire VM to date.
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    Support Rating
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    One of the differentials of the solution is the high level of guarantee and support of the Azure Backup solution. Microsoft is a reference in a technology company with a highly trained support team and helps us with any questions or technical problems with the tool. Service is fast and efficient with trained engineers.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Akamai
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    Microsoft
    Azure Backup works on Azure, the most famous of the cloud systems that the whole world has switched to, which is now a very large part of the Microsoft ecosystem that we have been used to using for years. Therefore, it is less tiring to use the additional service of an infrastructure that we already use, even if it is a part of it, which can be easily integrated with existing systems, which is one of the most important issues we IT professionals pay attention to. For this reason, we wanted to swim in familiar waters instead of another brand.
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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Microsoft
    • It allowed us to have our VMs protected very quickly and with simple implementation.
    • It saved us from taking backups from Azure workloads from the on-prem environment, or even deploying a Backup environment on the cloud.
    • It has a low/'controlled' cost as you "pay-as-you-go."
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