IBM Cloud File Storage Alternatives (September 2025)

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.

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.

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

Object Storage Service (OBS) provides secure, stable, and virtually infinite scalable object storage. You can store massive amounts of data on OBS.

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

Amazon S3 is cloud object storage with industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. S3 is ideal for data lakes, mobile applications, backup and restore, archival, IoT devices, ML, AI, and analytics.

S3-compatible object storage by Gcore. Get the opportunity to store and retrieve any amount of data at any time.

Cloud Volumes ONTAP enables you to optimize your cloud storage costs and performance while enhancing data protection, security, and compliance.

Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) provides industry-leading scalability.Fully managed object storage service to store and access any amount of data from anywhere.

Wasabi is making cloud data storage simple, affordable, fast and secure. It’s all we do, and we do it better than anyone.

pCloud is the most secure encrypted cloud storage, where you can store your personal files or backup your PC or share your business documents with your team!

Secure cloud storage with SFTP/FTPS/S3/HTTP file access designed for smooth and easy data transfer.

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

IBM Storage Archive software in the IBM Storage portfolio provides a graphical interface to manage data on tape using the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) format.

SFTPCloud is a scalable and highly-available service for creating secure, managed SFTP and FTP servers powered by the cloud storage of your choice.

IBM Cloud for VMware Solutions is hosting for VMware workloads. Configurations range from self-managed to fully IBM-managed on single- or multi-tenant IBM Cloud servers.

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.

Accelerate and consolidate all your workloads with hyper-efficient, high- performance unified storage that supports block, file, object, and AI data infrastructure.

IBM PowerVM software is a virtualization environment that can run AIX, IBM i and Linux virtual machines on IBM Power servers.

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers are configurable single- or multi-tenant virtual machines, available with Intel, IBM zSystems, and IBM LinuxONE architectures.

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers are 100% dedicated, secure, bare metal servers. Servers are available with Intel, Z, or LinuxONE architectures in a shared or VPC environment.

Unified storage solutions from NetApp deliver reliable data storage strategies that brings file and block storage into a single, scalable data management platform. Truly unified for any data type, workload, or application.

IBM Cloudant is a fully managed JSON document database that offers independent serverless scaling of provisioned throughput capacity and storage. Cloudant is compatible with Apache CouchDB and accessible through a simple to use HTTPS API for web, mobile, and IoT applications.

Access, store and share files in the cloud or behind your firewall. Designed for users, engineered for IT. Proven to scale to 40,000+ users. Tailored to your stack.

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) provides a simple, scalable fully managed elastic NFS file system for AWS compute instances.

Cloudian provides exabyte-scale storage for your capacity-intensive workloads: S3-compatible storage for on-prem, hybrid cloud, and multi-cloud.

Object Storage reliably and securely stores any type of data in its native format. It is ideal for building modern applications that require scale and flexibility, and is often used for data consolidation, analytic data lakes, backup, and archive.

With vBoxxCloud you can easily sync, share and edit your files from anywhere. Our secure cloud storage is encrypted and GDPR ready! Start a free trial!

NetApp E-Series Hybrid Flash. Built for dedicated, high-bandwidth applications like data analytics and disk-based backup that need simple, fast, reliable SAN storage.

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

Securely store any type of data with Oracle Archive Storage. Archive storage provides long-term data storage for digital assets, online backup, records compliance and other data retention needs.

IBM Cloud Internet Services offers security, reliability and performance capabilities designed to protect public-facing web content and applications.

IBM FileNet Content Manager provides low-code tools and capabilities to help create meaningful business applications on any cloud.

IBM Cloud Pak for Data is a modular set of integrated software components for data analysis, organization and management.

Portworx is persistent storage for containers and databases. Operate data services for containers including persistent storage, HA, snapshots, backup, encryption and disaster recovery. Try today!

Pure Cloud Block Store™ helps reduce your cloud storage costs with superior data reduction and enterprise-grade data services.

FileCloud is an enterprise file sharing, sync and backup solution that offers private, public and hybrid cloud content services.

An open, massively scalable, software-defined storage system that efficiently manages petabytes of data.

IBM Container Registry enables you to store and distribute Docker images in a managed, private registry.

Scale AI workloads, for all your data, anywhere, with watsonx.data.

Learn about high-performance block storage for Azure Virtual Machines. Explore cost-effective options with cloud Ultra, SSD, and HDD disks.

Store, manage, and simplify all your unstructured data and hybrid workflows in one platform, anywhere - at the edge, in the core, or in any cloud.

Azure Archive Storage provides a low cost means of delivering durable, highly available, secure cloud storage and data management for rarely accessed data.

Cloud Storage lets you store data with multiple redundancy options, virtually anywhere.

Secure your data with Zoolz's cloud storage for business. Enjoy top-notch security, scalability, and efficiency. Get started with Zoolz

Hybrid Cloud Storage Array (HCSA) is an enterprise-level storage array that integrates with the Alibaba Cloud storage gateway, allows you to manage cloud storage resources just as local storage.

S3-compatible object storage with a built-in CDN that makes scaling easy, reliable, and affordable. $5/mo.

"StorPool is the most efficient, reliable & scalable data storage software for Cloud Builders, Hosters & MSPs. Starts from 1 million IOPS and 0.1 ms of latency."

See how a managed cloud services approach helps mitigate potential tension between traditional IT management and DevOps culture.

Backblaze B2 provides unlimited data storage in the cloud at 1/5th the cost of Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

Stream live, and manage recorded video content. Cloud streaming platform for video hosting, transcoding, multi-platform playout, and analytics.

Long-term, secure, durable Amazon S3 object storage classes for data archiving, starting at $1 per terabyte per month.

IBM Netezza Performance Server is a data warehouse for demanding hybrid-cloud environments available as SaaS and for self-hosting through IBM Cloud Pak for Data System.

Make the switch to Storj and get better global performance, unparalleled security, and save 80% on your cloud costs while cutting your carbon footprint.

PowerScale is a flexible and secure scale-out NAS (network attached storage) solution. Select from all-flash, hybrid, archive, and multicloud solutions for unstructured data.

Get more out of the cloud with cloud services for IT and data management from NetApp®. Unlock the potential of the cloud while improving speed and efficiency.

Container storage for OpenShift

Consolidate, scale, and protect your data with Nasuni’s hybrid cloud solutions. The Nasuni File Data Platform is the leading hybrid cloud infrastructure.

Run complex, performance-intensive and latency-sensitive applications in the cloud—without any code change.

Optimize your storage infrastructure using this cloud-based storage management and support platform with predictive analytics.

IBM Power servers accelerate big data insights and hybrid cloud deployment with an open server ecosystem.

Encrypted private vault is the easiest way to protect your files and keep them accessible. Secure all your files in a click with NordLocker.

Turn a world of disruption into opportunity with intelligent data infrastructure from NetApp. Realize seamless flexibility—any data, any workload, any environment—with the only enterprise-grade storage service embedded in the world’s biggest clouds.

MinIO's High Performance Object Storage is Open Source, Amazon S3 compatible, Kubernetes Native and is designed for cloud native workloads like AI.

Learn about 3PAR StoreServ, AI-powered to deliver enterprise class, Tier-1 all-flash array data storage solutions that provide unmatched agility and efficiency.

The NetApp® StorageGRID® software-defined object storage suite supports a wide range of use cases across public, private, and hybrid multicloud environments. StorageGRID stores, secures, protects, and preserves unstructured data cost effectively over long periods.

Get your business integrated with software driven storage solutions from Dell Technologies. Find future ready data solutions for your enterprise needs.

Optimize your hybrid cloud strategy with Hitachi Content Platform (HCP). Span on-premises and cloud storage for intelligent data management, unlocking insights across environments.

Merge new levels of simplicity and flexibility with NetApp® ONTAP® unified storage operating system. Eliminate data silos, power your data and simplify your hybrid multicloud. Test-drive ONTAP Unified Storage OS today.

IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS drives operational efficiencies while increasing service agility, with a service delivery platform for cloud computing.

Disk Shelves and Storage Media for NetApp AFF, ASA and FAS systems support your business and provide enterprise-grade infrastructure. Check out our models and specifications to choose what's best for your business.

ECS, an enterprise object storage solution enables scalability, manageability, and resilience to meet the demands of modern business.

IBM Edge Computing, combined with 5G, is helping create new business opportunities across industries by acting on insights closer to where data is created.

Deliver microsecond-response to your most demanding enterprise apps—like databases and data analytics—with EF-Series Flash Storage Arrays.

Secure file transfers in the cloud with a leading managed file transfer service. Automate file transfers and safely share files and data.

IT teams need on premise secure data storage solutions that balances cost, reliability and scalability. Meet the Nexsan line of enterprise-class storage.

Elevate your storage experience with all HPE Nimble storage flash array storage that’s radically simple, built for cloud and guaranteed to deliver 99.9999% availability.

Vultr Global Cloud Hosting - Brilliantly Fast SSD VPS Cloud Servers. 100% KVM Virtualization

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) is an easy to use, high-performance cloud Storage Area Network (SAN).

Secure file storage and collaboration that helps you stay safe, secure and connected in the cloud.

IBM Storage Protect is a data backup and recovery software for software defined storage. See Storage Protect for Cloud for SaaS backup and recovery.

InfoScale 8.0.2   Veritas InfoScale is a software-defined infrastructure solution that is integrated directly with applications to provide high availability and disaster recovery for critical business services, including databases, customer applications and multitiered business services. It delivers a common availability platform that supports physical, virtual, and all major public cloud environments, providing the flexibility to optimize availability for any platform based on business requirements.   To learn more about InfoScale and what it can do for you, please visit our InfoScale product page: https://www.veritas.com/availability/infoscale   What’s new in InfoScale 8.0.2   With this release, InfoScale expands on Veritas’ decades-long position as the leader in this space. InfoScale 8.0.2 introduces significant security and usability improvements while simultaneously expanding our platform support to include the latest and most widely adopted hyper-converged and multi-cloud environments.    Expanded cloud support – Oracle Cloud, AWS VMC, Google Cloud GCVE, AWS MultAttach, Azure Shared Disk, Azure Managed Identity, better support for VVR stretch clusters Enhanced security – Secure Boot support (Linux), Windows Volume Encryption, SecureFS ransomware protection, support for the latest updates to OS, database and virtualization platforms Improved ease of use – simplified deployment using Ansible templates and native CPI installers, VIOM improvements for ransomware protection and VVR, Windows wizards for shared-storage configuration in cloud Core functionality enhancements – Support S3 target, OpenStack Manila and Cinder support, improved DMP performance (FPIN), NVMe fencing (AFA), FSS resync improvements   See Release Notes for details

IBM Z mainframe servers and software deliver secure, reliable, and fast IT infrastructure for digital transformation.

Connect apps, services and data with the IBM Cloud Pak for Integration platform, the most comprehensive integration software solution.

IBM LinuxONE is an enterprise-grade Linux server that brings together IBM’s experience is building Z mainframe systems with the openness of the Linux operating system.

Fully managed Windows file system for business applications.

Virtual Private Cloud helps you build an isolated network environment based on Alibaba Cloud including customizing the IP address range, network segment, route table, and gateway.

IBM Watson Discovery is an API to search and answer questions about business documents using custom NLP and Large Language Models from IBM Research. It is available as SaaS or for self-hosting within IBM Cloud Pak for Data.

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Fully-managed enterprise edge cloud services - compute, networking, storage and more - designed for service providers and the modern enterprise.

Powerful, simple, and cost-effective object storage service built for Google scale. You can use our client SDKs to store images, audio, video, or other user-generated content.

Onehub helps businesses securely share and control files in the cloud. Share files, data, and information with confidence in our cloud storage system today.

Google Cloud VPC is global, scalable, and flexible. It provides networking for Compute Engine VM, GKE containers, and the App Engine environment.

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a service that lets you launch AWS resources in a logically isolated virtual network that you define.

Free open source enterprise distributed VPN server. Virtualize your private networks across datacenters and provide simple remote access in minutes.

SmartOS is a purpose-built, container-native hypervisor and lightweight container host OS for secure, performant, and convenient container hosting in public and private clouds

Azure Blob storage provides scalable, cost-efficient object storage in the cloud. Store and access unstructured data for your most demanding workloads.