Azure Storage compared to Google Cloud Storage

Azure Storage
Versus
Google Cloud Storage

Features

Storage Features of Azure Storage compared to Google Cloud Storage
Azure StorageFeaturesGoogle Cloud Storage
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, CLI, REST apiManagement interfacesPortal, CLI, REST api
Event hooks/pubsubYes, but only in combination with Google Firebase
Best effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue creditsSLACredits below 99.95%. That is 21 minutes of monthly downtime allowed without ability to claim credits
~4.75 TBMaximum object filesize5 TB

A 0 byte file has at least 4 bytes of chargeable overhead for metadata.

Formula: 4 bytes + Len (PartitionKey + RowKey) * 2 bytes + For-Each Property(8 bytes + Len(Property Name) * 2 bytes + Sizeof(.Net Property Type))

Minimum object filesize
Unlimited, as long as you stay under 5PB across your accountRecommended max file count per bucket
Max filesize for a bucket5 TB
unlimitedMaximum amount of bucketsunlimited
Logs
Shared access signature allows authenticated access to objectsAuthentication / ACL
Azure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directlyCDN integrationYes, google’s storage solution ties into multiple CDNs and it’s covered by google’s own caching layer
Azure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects publishedPeering & interconnectLeveraging Google’s Peering connections for fast delivery of content
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions


Azure Storage


Microsoft Azure Cloud Storage Microsoft’s answer to their cloud competitor Amazon is finally here. Microsoft has a wide range of storage solutions, providing SaaS (software as a service), PaaS (platform as a service ) and IaaS (infrastructure as a service). Azure supports a great variety of programming languages, tools, and frameworks, ranging from Microsoft-specific to Linux, or other third-party software and systems.

In the table below we’ll look at the Hot Access Tier, as this is the most commonly used storage tier for online usage.


Google Cloud Storage


Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has proven itself time over time. They host anything, from very small startups to large enterprise clients, like Nintendo’s Pokemon GO, or basically any NFT marketplace.

Google Cloud Storage was first to introduce Interconnect.

Google Cloud Storage Interconnect facilitates cheap egress costs, from the storage to your CDN supplier. Which means that, when you put a CDN in front of your google cloud object storage, the egress traffic (from google to the CDN) will either be cheap or even free. Essentially, since you’re paying for the bandwidth on the CDN side as well, saving you money on needless costs.