Azure StorSimple vs. DigitalOcean Volumes

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

DigitalOcean Volumes

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Azure StorSimple	Score7 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
DigitalOcean Volumes	N/A	N/A	DigitalOcean's DBaaS services take on database administration, including setting up, backing up, and updating. Services support MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Redis. Users can launch a database cluster with just a few clicks and then access it via a simplified UI or API. The service includes free backup and automated failover, as well as security. Users can resize the database clusters at any time to add more CPUs, RAM, and storage, or add more nodes to increase operations and performance.	N/A

Pricing

Azure StorSimple

DigitalOcean Volumes

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

No answers on this topic

Pricing Offerings
Azure StorSimple	DigitalOcean Volumes
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Best Alternatives
	Azure StorSimple	DigitalOcean Volumes
Small Businesses	Egnyte Score9.7 out of 10	No answers on this topic
Medium-sized Companies	Azure Backup Score8.2 out of 10	IBM Cloud Block Storage Score9 out of 10
Enterprises	ownCloud Score9.2 out of 10	IBM Cloud Block Storage Score9 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Azure StorSimple	DigitalOcean Volumes
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Azure StorSimple	DigitalOcean Volumes
Likelihood to Recommend	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	DigitalOcean No answers on this topic
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	DigitalOcean No answers on this topic
Cons	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	DigitalOcean No answers on this topic
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	DigitalOcean No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Microsoft Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review	DigitalOcean No answers on this topic
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	DigitalOcean No answers on this topic
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