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Google Cloud Storage compared to Azure Storage

Google Cloud Storage
Versus
Azure Storage

Features

Storage Features of Google Cloud Storage compared to Azure Storage
Google Cloud StorageFeaturesAzure 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
Yes, but only in combination with Google FirebaseEvent hooks/pubsub
Credits below 99.95%. That is 21 minutes of monthly downtime allowed without ability to claim creditsSLABest effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue credits
5 TBMaximum object filesize~4.75 TB
Minimum object filesize

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))

Recommended max file count per bucketUnlimited, as long as you stay under 5PB across your account
5 TBMax filesize for a bucket
unlimitedMaximum amount of bucketsunlimited
Logs
Authentication / ACLShared access signature allows authenticated access to objects
Yes, google’s storage solution ties into multiple CDNs and it’s covered by google’s own caching layerCDN integrationAzure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directly
Leveraging Google’s Peering connections for fast delivery of contentPeering & interconnectAzure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects published
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

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.

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.

Comparisons