Azure Data Lake Storage 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Azure Data Lake Storage

4.4

(5)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Data Lake Storage is a cloud storage software designed to help businesses store and manage big data analytics in a centralized repository. The platform enables managers to configure role-based access permissions for staff members and authenticate data via Azure Active Directory (AD).

Administrators can facilitate network-level control to ingest, process and visualize data on a unified interface. Azure Data Lake Storage lets stakeholders manage policies and conduct large-scale analytics queries to manage encrypted data. Additionally, supervisors can integrate the system with the Azure Blob Storage platform to secure data at rest and manage disaster recovery programs.

Azure Data Lake Storage lets stakeholders utilize Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks and HDInsight to process data on a centralized dashboard. Pricing is available on usage basis and support is extended via phone, email, FAQs, knowledge base and an online contact form.

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Azure Data Lake Storage Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $0.15

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$0.15

No plan information available

Azure Data Lake Storage Features

Popular features found in Cloud Storage
Access Controls/Permissions
Backup and Recovery
Data Storage Management
Encryption
More features of Azure Data Lake Storage
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Authentication
Compliance Management
File Transfer
Real-Time Data
Role-Based Permissions
Secure Data Storage
Secure Login
SSL Security
Two-Factor Authentication
User Management

Azure Data Lake Storage User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

40%

60%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.6

Value for money

4.6

Customer support

4.8

Functionality

4.6

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Shaunak P.

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Affordable cloud managed service for massive storage capabilities offered by Azure!

Azure Data Lake Storage also known as ADLS Gen2 is my primary storage when integrating to a synapse analytics workspace in Azure, it is my daily work now to read and write files using Apache spark notebook to the Gen2 account. It is very speedy and secure.

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Value for money

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Pros:

This product is truly fantastic, below is the list of features that I love:- Individual file-level fine-grained access control via access and permissions control.- Hierarchical namespace enabled storage, easy to run ETL in spark analytics.- Very low cost and maintainability.- We get two endpoint : DFS (dfs.core.windows.net) and BLOB.- One of the very few vendors which actually supports HADOOP.- It also provides Diagnostic logging for running good investigation in support tickets.

Cons:

There are no such cons but will enlist few complexities.- The plan of Blob soft delete container enablement is very complicated.- When container is made private, the purview policy are difficult to organize.But apart from that, no such setbacks for this products.

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Organization data storage at ease and safety

My Overall experience with azure data lake storage is very amazing till now, i am yet to use it to its full extent but it's worth it.

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Pros:

The high availability and scalability is best feature of this service.

Cons:

There is as such nothing has not pleased me the whole service is very useful and progressive.

Amr M.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

Efficient Service for Big Data Analytics

As a learning data analyst, I find Azure Data Lake Storage one of the most efficient solutions for big-data analysis on the Microsoft Azure platform. It allows me to process and query massive datasets regarding students learning records on MOOC platforms. The service empowers me to use advanced data science tools and applications without being a data scientist or spending much time managing the infrastructure. I can run an advanced data analysis workflow by writing a few lines of code and following specific instructions available on the service documentation webpages. Azure Data Lake Storage helps me analyze big educational data using advanced technologies and connect big data to Power Bi with minimum effort and affordable cost.

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Value for money

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Pros:

Azure Data Lake Storage service allows data analysts to clean, transform, and process big data in less time with a few lines of code. It allows users to focus more on the data analysis and less on the infrastructure. The service has seamless integration with many big-data file management systems like Hadoop. And has API connectors to data analytics applications like Power Bi. Azure Data Lake Storage is scalable, cost-effective, and facilitates the entire data analysis workload.

Cons:

Although the Azure Data Lake Storage service is relatively easy-to-use, it requires much time walking through the service documentation and the support forum to learn about the service features.

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

A Must-Have Solution for Large-Scale Data Management

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Azure Data Lake Storage is an exceptional cloud storage solution. What I like the most is the seamless integration with other Azure services, such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Azure HDInsight which makes it easy to manage and analyze large data sets.

Cons:

Overall Azure Data Lake Storage is great but the learning curve for using Azure Data Lake Storage can be steep, especially for those who are new to cloud-based data storage solutions. Also, the cost seems a little high for small-budget projects.

Samuel A.

Verified reviewer

Telecommunications

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2023

The Jack of All Trades in Data Storage!