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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 196 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/azure-blob-storage/alternatives/

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

- Backblaze B2: 68
- Cloudflare R2: 34
- Wasabi Object Storage: 27
- Amazon S3: 12
- DigitalOcean Spaces: 3
- Google Cloud Storage: 3

## Object storage

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Azure Blob Storage (Azure Blob Storage is #9 of 9 at 0%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 41 of those 77
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 20 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 2 of those 77
- Backblaze Cloud Storage: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Azure Blob Storage (Azure Blob Storage is #5 of 9 at 6%).

- Backblaze B2: first choice in 26 of those 65
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 11 of those 65
- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 5 of those 65
- Amazon S3: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Cloudian HyperStore: first choice in 1 of those 65
- DigitalOcean Spaces: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 1 of those 65
- IDrive e2: first choice in 1 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Azure Blob Storage (Azure Blob Storage is #4 of 12 at 6%).

- Wasabi Object Storage: first choice in 10 of those 54
- Amazon S3: first choice in 8 of those 54
- Cloudflare R2: first choice in 3 of those 54
- Internxt S3: first choice in 2 of those 54
- Backblaze B2: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Cloudian HyperStore: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Google Cloud Storage: first choice in 1 of those 54
- IBM Cloud Object Storage One-Rate: first choice in 1 of those 54

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