| Scaleway Object Storage | Features | Azure Storage |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud based | ||
| GDPR Compliant | ||
| On premise | ||
| Open source | ||
| Versioned files | ||
| Cross Region Replication | ||
| API | ||
| S3 Compatible API | ||
| Portal, REST api and multiple command line utilities | Management interfaces | Portal, CLI, REST api |
| Event hooks/pubsub | ||
| 99.99% | SLA | Best effort. Credits below 99.9%. That is 43 minutes of downtime allowed per month without having to issue credits |
| unlimited | Maximum 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)) | |
| unlimited | Recommended max file count per bucket | Unlimited, as long as you stay under 5PB across your account |
| unlimited | Max filesize for a bucket | |
| unlimited | Maximum amount of buckets | unlimited |
| Logs | ||
| Authentication / ACL | Shared access signature allows authenticated access to objects | |
| The standard Storage Class claims to be sufficient to serve as CDN for your (streaming)content | CDN integration | Azure Storage integrates with Azure’s as well as any other CDN directly |
| Scaleway has a large number of peering interfaces in Amsterdam, and is otherwise connected very well in Warsaw and Paris | Peering & interconnect | Azure Storage doesn’t have special interconnects published |
| Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown | ||
Scaleway, mostly known for its performance cloud computing brand, launched their Object Storage product some time in 2020. Although quite late, in comparison to other Cloud Compute platforms, they used their to time to release a quality product. Another cool feature is that Scaleway has full GDPR compatibility with their DCs in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw.
Their list of customers includes Adobe, Dailymotion, and Malwarebytes.
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.
