Azure StorSimple vs. Blackberry Workspaces

Azure StorSimple

Blackberry Workspaces

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure StorSimple	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	StorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.	$4.11 Per Day
Blackberry Workspaces	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Blackberry Workspaces (formerly Watchdox, a product acquired by Blackberry in May 2015) is an enterprise grade cloud storage, file sync and share option.	N/A

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

Blackberry Workspaces

Editions & Modules

Virtual Appliance: $4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array: $4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance: $43.84
Per Day

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	Blackberry Workspaces
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Azure StorSimple	Blackberry Workspaces

Features

Azure StorSimple

Blackberry Workspaces

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	Azure StorSimple - Ratings	Blackberry Workspaces 8.9 1 Ratings 6% above category average
Versioning	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Video files	00 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
Audio files	00 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
Document collaboration	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Access control	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
File search	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Device sync	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
	Azure StorSimple - Ratings	Blackberry Workspaces 10.0 1 Ratings 14% above category average
User and role management	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
File organization	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings
Device management	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Cloud Storage Platform

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
	Azure StorSimple - Ratings	Blackberry Workspaces 7.3 1 Ratings 15% below category average
Performance	00 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
Reliability	00 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
Storage Reports	00 Ratings	10.01 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Azure StorSimple	Blackberry Workspaces
Small Businesses	SugarSync Score 5.9 out of 10	SugarSync Score 5.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	Blackberry Workspaces
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	6.0 (1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	3.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	Blackberry Workspaces
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	BlackBerry It's so easy to have running lists that constantly need updating to basically live in a folder on your desktop. Open and save it like a regular document and then it's synced company-wide! However, syncing issues and almost non-existent customer support means that you're basically on your own to figure things out by trial and error. Incentivized Katie Lukasek Support Specialist Read full review
Pros	Microsoft Performance via the SSD drives. Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure. Easy to Admin via Web client interface. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	BlackBerry Simple to download. Easy to navigate. Incentivized Katie Lukasek Support Specialist Read full review
Cons	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	BlackBerry Signs out unnecessarily. Slow syncing (sometimes). Incentivized Katie Lukasek Support Specialist Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Microsoft If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	BlackBerry No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Microsoft No answers on this topic	BlackBerry I've personally never talked to anyone from customer support, but my boss has. It took him almost 2 weeks just to get a response back and it wasn't very helpful. We basically had to figure everything out on our own. Incentivized Katie Lukasek Support Specialist Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	BlackBerry I have never used anything besides Blackberry Workspaces (formerly Watchdox) so I am not sure how it stacks up against them. Incentivized Katie Lukasek Support Specialist Read full review
Return on Investment	Microsoft Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team Great value on year 2 Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	BlackBerry Instead of sending large documents through email, we use this. Incentivized Katie Lukasek Support Specialist Read full review
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