--- title: Azure Data Lake Store Reviews meta\_title: 'Azure Data Lake Store Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 40 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Azure Data Lake Store works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 40 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Big Data url: https://www.g2.com/categories/big-data --- # Azure Data Lake Store Reviews & Product Details Azure Data Lake Storage is a cloud-based, enterprise-grade data lake solution designed to store and analyze massive amounts of data in its native format. It enables organizations to eliminate data silos by providing a single storage platform that supports structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. This service is optimized for high-performance analytics workloads, allowing businesses to derive insights from their data efficiently. Key Features and Functionality: - Scalability: Offers virtually unlimited storage capacity, accommodating data of any size and type without the need for upfront capacity planning. - Security: Provides robust security mechanisms, including encryption at rest, advanced threat protection, and integration with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) for role-based access control. - Integration: Seamlessly integrates with various Azure services such as Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure HDInsight, facilitating comprehensive data processing and analytics. - Cost Optimization: Allows independent scaling of storage and compute resources, supports tiered storage options, and offers lifecycle management policies to optimize costs. - Performance: Supports high-throughput and low-latency data access, enabling efficient processing of large-scale analytics queries. Primary Value and Solutions Provided: Azure Data Lake Storage addresses the challenges of managing and analyzing vast amounts of diverse data by offering a scalable, secure, and cost-effective storage solution. It eliminates data silos, enabling organizations to store all their data in a single repository, regardless of format or size. This unified approach facilitates seamless data ingestion, processing, and visualization, empowering businesses to unlock valuable insights and drive informed decision-making. By integrating with popular analytics frameworks and Azure services, it streamlines the development of big data solutions, reducing time-to-insight and enhancing overall productivity. * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [Azure Data Lake Store Community](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-data-lake-store/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-data-lake-store/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Snowflake](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Snowflake") Snowflake 4.6/5(764) ](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) [ ![Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Spark](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Spark") Google Cloud Managed Service for Apache Spark 4.4/5(18) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-managed-service-for-apache-spark/reviews) [ ![Apache Beam](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Apache Beam") Apache Beam 4.1/5(16) ](https://www.g2.com/products/apache-beam/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-data-lake-store/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 40 real user reviews. 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Data Engineer Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/16/2025 "Reliable and Scalable storage for Managing Bigdata" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? Azure Data Lake Store has been solid for handling high-volume data in our pipeline. We use it frequently for storing raw and processed data across different projects, and it scales well as our data grows. Integration with Azure Data Factory and Databricks makes implementation smoother and ease compared to setting things up from scratch. I also appreciate the access control flexibility through RBAC and ACLs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? Setting it up initially took some time, especially figuring out the permission structure and understanding the pricing breakdown. It wasn’t the most intuitive process. Customer support is responsive, but sometimes it takes a few back-and-forths to get to the root of a more technical issue. Also, during high-frequency usage, there have been rare moments of latency, especially when querying large files directly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? Azure Data Lake Store helps us manage and store massive volumes of structured and unstructured data in a centralized, cost-effective way. It solves the problem of scattered data sources and makes it easier to build a unified data platform for analytics and reporting. With its support for big data tools like Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and Databricks, we're able to process large datasets more efficiently. It has also improved our data governance by allowing granular access controls, which is especially useful when different teams need different levels of access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Organic ![Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad") UT Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/27/2026 "A Reliable Data Storage Layer for Delta Tables, Parquet Files, and More" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? It is our data storage layer. Where we store delta tables and parquet files images etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? It's a bit of pain to get it setup unlike lakehousese in Microsoft fabric Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? It is our data integration layer. Where we store the information form ADF synapse and other solutions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Organic ![Martand S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Martand S.") MS Martand S. Senior Data Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/7/2024 "Scalable Solution for Big Data Analytics" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? The hierarchal namespace is a game changer for me. It makes your data retrieval, processing very fast. Another good point is easy integration with other Azure and non-Azure product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? I would not say a dislike but on Azure data lame store you cannot see the size of a folder and cannot download the whole folder which makes is difficult sometimes to download complete folder. Although you can achieve this by using storage explorer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? As a consultant and data architect we are using Azure data lake storage to maintain our data lake and a backend storage for databricks delta lakehouse architecture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RS Ritik s. Cyber Security Analyst Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/1/2024 "Exploring Azure Data Lake Store" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? it is scalable, ease to use and implement,its cost efficient and easy to integrate with multiple soultion, it comes handy for use in case of processng data, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? limited support for certain features, outdated document, some users faces inosistance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? it helps me in resolving scalability challenges , we get high performance for data processsing, it helps in ensure data security meets compliance requirement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Pallav A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pallav A.") PA Pallav A. Software Development Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/27/2023 "Very effective to use azure data lake" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? Azure Data Lake Store integrates well with other Azure services like Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Azure HDInsight. This integration enables you to build end-to-end data analytics solutions using a combination of these services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? Setting up and configuring Azure Data Lake Store can be complex, especially for users who are new to Azure or cloud-based storage services. It requires understanding various concepts like Azure Active Directory, access control, and data partitioning, which may have a steep learning curve for some users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? Scalability Integration with other Azure services Security and access control Schema flexibility It is helping in saving money as well because it is a Cost-effective storage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") CI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/7/2023 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Ultimate solution to store your data on cloud storage." 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? It can store data of any size, type and format in a single location for easy access and analysis. It is optimized for big data analytics workload and supports various framework, such as Hadoop, Spark, Hive etc. It is cost effective and offers pay as you go pricing model. It integrates well with other Azure services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? Even though It is very much helpful service from Azure, It also comes with some issues, which I dislikes. They are below It is little difficult to assign and maintain user permission and access control. It has limited integration with some services and APIs. It can be challenging to ensure data quality and governance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? Due to solving real time busyness issues, We need to store huge amount of data of different type, size, format in a cost effective way. This data can be fetched in no time and easily accessed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Abdul Alim B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Abdul Alim B.") AB Abdul Alim B. Associate consultant for Data Science Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/14/2023 "A Game changer for Efficient Data Management" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? The scalability of Azure Data Lake is impressive. It effortlessly handles large volumes of structured and unstructured data allowing me to store and analyze vast amount of information without any limitation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? Due to its extensive capabilities and features getting familiar with all aspects of Azure Data Lake is taking some time. The platform could host some tutorials for the user's ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? I am using it to process data from my client which is an FMCG company and it has been a seamless experience and makes my work easier. It also makes my performance faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rishabh T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rishabh T.") RT Rishabh T. Senior Data Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/4/2023 "The best and most secured datalake available in the market" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? Azure's Data Lake store is cheap, reliable, and easy to use and maintain. Being backed by Microsoft's infrastructure, I find it safe to store and maintain my business data on Azure Data Lake Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? I don't see any issues with Azure Data Lake. It is designed very well and that is why it is one of the most used Azure Service across the globe. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? Azure Data Lake allows you to store all kinds of objects (files, videos, images etc) at one location. This gives user the ability to centrally administer the data estate. Also, it is very cheap which allows a lot of data to be stored in Azure Data Lake without much cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rishikesh R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rishikesh R.") RR Rishikesh R. Consultant ( Data Engineer ) Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/11/2023 "ADLS" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? Easy to access, and provide analytics support and hirererica namespace Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? As a storage service i dont think there is any things to dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? It is used to store large amount of daya , raw and yransformed data both. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Thank You page ![Rahul C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rahul C.") RC Rahul C. Associate Specilaist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/7/2023 "Cloud-based storage service provided for storing and analyzing data." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Data Lake Store? Scalable storage for big data analytics workloads. It offers unlimited storage capacity, allowing you to store and process large datasets efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Data Lake Store? Cost, complexity, Data management and not Compatible with all analytics tools and frameworks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Data Lake Store solving and how is that benefiting you? It solves storing, managing, and processing large volumes of data. It is designed to handle structured and unstructured data, including text, images, videos, log files, and more. It allows us to store data in its native format, eliminating the need for upfront data transformation or schema enforcement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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