IBM Cloud File Storage Alternatives (January 2026)

IBM Cloud Block Storage is a high-performance cloud data storage service on IBM Cloud.

IBM Cloud Object Storage is a scalable and resilient managed data service on IBM Cloud, offering an alternative to block and file storage.

IBM Storage Suite for IBM Cloud Paks delivers secure persistent storage resources for your Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift container environments.

Easily move and store files within the cloud and automatically scale growth up to 8 Exabytes, eliminating the need to provision capacity in advance.

Get market-leading performance, efficiency and cyber resilience while streamlining complexity across all environments with the IBM Storage FlashSystem platform family.

Persistent Disk is Google’s local durable storage service, fully integrated with Google Cloud products, Compute Engine and Google Kubernetes Engine.

Store application data on durable, high-performance block volumes where data stored is persistent meaning volumes can be connected, detached and moved as needed, even beyond the lifespan of the current compute instance.

Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance ZS9-2 simplifies IT environments and lowers customer costs with high-performance unified storage capabilities and Oracle Database optimizations.

Try Azure File Storage for managed file shares that use standard SMB 3.0 protocol. Share data with on-premises and cloud servers, integrate with apps, and more.