# Azure Blob Storage alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 193 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure Blob Storage holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-blob-storage/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Backblaze B2: 62
- Cloudflare R2: 32
- Wasabi Object Storage: 22
- Amazon S3: 17
- Cloudian HyperStore: 3
- DigitalOcean Spaces: 3

## Object storage

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Azure Blob Storage (Azure Blob Storage is #8 of 8 at 0%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 35 of those 77
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 21 of those 77
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 12 of those 77
- Amazon S3: first choice in 3 of those 77
- DigitalOcean Spaces: first choice in 3 of those 77
- IDrive e2: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 61 of 84 answers did not name Azure Blob Storage (Azure Blob Storage is #6 of 8 at 0%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 24 of those 61
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 7 of those 61
- Amazon S3: first choice in 3 of those 61
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 1 of those 61
- IDrive e2: first choice in 1 of those 61

**Enterprise**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Azure Blob Storage (Azure Blob Storage is #5 of 11 at 6%).

- Amazon S3: first choice in 11 of those 55
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 8 of those 55
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 4 of those 55
- Backblaze B2: first choice in 3 of those 55
- Cloudian HyperStore: first choice in 3 of those 55
- MinIO AIStor: first choice in 2 of those 55
- AWS S3 with Savings Plans: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Azure Blob Storage with Reserved Instances: first choice in 1 of those 55

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