# Managed Disks Reviews **Vendor:** Microsoft **Category:** [Block Storage Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/block-storage) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 8 ## About Managed Disks Persistent, secured disk storage for Azure Virtual Machines ## Managed Disks Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users appreciate the **comprehensive support and tools** for managing data with Azure Services, enhancing their experience. (1 reviews) - Users value the **robust data management** tools provided by Managed Disks, enhancing their configuration capabilities efficiently. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **robust configuration tools** for managing Azure resources effectively across different platforms. (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users face **access issues** if not properly configured, risking security and increasing costs compared to other options. (1 reviews) - Users find Managed Disks **expensive** compared to other storage options, necessitating careful consideration of usage and configuration. (1 reviews) ## Managed Disks Reviews ### 1. Azure Storage, you better know what you need, and configure it right. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 01, 2023 **What do you like best about Managed Disks?** The support for SMB and the data management and configuration tools, such as Azure PowerShell, Azure CLI, Azure portal, Azure Storage Explorer, and Synapse Analytics. **What do you dislike about Managed Disks?** you have to configure it properly or there will be security risks, should use best practices for access control and encryption. It can cost more than other storage options must consider your usage and configuration. **What problems is Managed Disks solving and how is that benefiting you?** it provides storage for the virtual machines hosted on Azure, I can create thousands of disks in a single subscription. The VM creation process is very simple, especially by using Marketplace image. ### 2. Best Software for Data Analytics **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** CMA Rishabh K. | Process Executive, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2022 **What do you like best about Managed Disks?** It is best for big data analytics, which not only provides text search but also provides a link between cloud storage and on-premise data storage units. It provides the capabilities of scalable data storage. **What do you dislike about Managed Disks?** Overall there is nothing to dislike about them. I think the company should ensure on providing more and more features to ensure it remains competitive in changing business environment. **What problems is Managed Disks solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has increased productivity in the organization by providing high-level data analysis and scaling it without limits. It also supports a variety of programming languages which makes it very flexible. ### 3. A secured and easy to manage cloud storage **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sanay L. | Team Lead - Projects and Operations, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2022 **What do you like best about Managed Disks?** Managed Disks offers awesome security features and is very user friendly, which is a plus point. It's encryption feature is totally worth. **What do you dislike about Managed Disks?** To be honest, I didn't find any con till now in Managed Disks. **What problems is Managed Disks solving and how is that benefiting you?** The way it transfers data and files on the cloud servers is pretty good, and very reliable. ### 4. Its the future of storage. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ritwij a. | Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 23, 2021 **What do you like best about Managed Disks?** A persistent, high-performance, and reliable way to store data **What do you dislike about Managed Disks?** You cannot choose a custom size. You have to select the existing one. **What problems is Managed Disks solving and how is that benefiting you?** We move local VHD to managed disks. ### 5. Wonders of Managed Disks **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Capital Markets | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 19, 2021 **What do you like best about Managed Disks?** Honestly....we got the best, optimal, secured, and highly efficient performance from Managed Disks. I cannot think of anything else as a replacement. Highly satisfied **What do you dislike about Managed Disks?** Except pricing, nothing else i can think **Recommendations to others considering Managed Disks:** If budget is not a constrain, you will love it. **What problems is Managed Disks solving and how is that benefiting you?** Backup, snapshots ### 6. Ease of Use Is Managed Disks Middle Name **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Entertainment | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 03, 2019 **What do you like best about Managed Disks?** Have never ran into something as easy to use as Managed Disks! You have to try this out! When we first implemented this it only took a few minutes to really see how awesome and easy Managed Disk is to use. **What do you dislike about Managed Disks?** The only thing I disliked about it was the price **Recommendations to others considering Managed Disks:** After the amount of time it took us to find this I have to say everyone needs to use this! We tried so many other similar products and nothing can compare to the ease of use that Managed Disks has. **What problems is Managed Disks solving and how is that benefiting you?** We put everything in the cloud (data and backups) ### 7. Saved My Company **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rocky G. | IT Tech, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 04, 2019 **What do you like best about Managed Disks?** We had a terrible storm which knocked out our power. If not for managed disks saving our data in the cloud we probably would have lost everything **What do you dislike about Managed Disks?** Costly but worth every penny if you lose your data **What problems is Managed Disks solving and how is that benefiting you?** Backs up our company data ### 8. Best and most secured disk storage for our Azure VMs! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tony D. | IT Technician, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2018 **What do you like best about Managed Disks?** This new software allowes use to easily migrate within minutes, offering more secuirtry with granular access control then the next best software!. It also allowes backups for our manged disk, with poin in time snapshots **What do you dislike about Managed Disks?** Currenlty there is nothing we dislike about 'Managed Disks'. The software is next to perfect level! Very good indeed. **Recommendations to others considering Managed Disks:** It is free to try on the Microsoft Azure site! Try before you buy! **What problems is Managed Disks solving and how is that benefiting you?** More secure disks for our VMs! ## Managed Disks Discussions - [Which disk option provides the best performance?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-disk-option-provides-the-best-performance) - [What are valid managed disk storage types on Azure?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/managed-disks-what-are-valid-managed-disk-storage-types-on-azure) - [What are valid managed disk storage types on Azure?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-valid-managed-disk-storage-types-on-azure) - [Which of these are Azure managed disk types?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/managed-disks-which-of-these-are-azure-managed-disk-types) - [Which of these are Azure managed disk types?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-of-these-are-azure-managed-disk-types) - [View Managed Disks pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/managed-disks/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-06+07%3A42%3A09+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=43eb34df-b936-448f-97b8-ba9962174c73&secure%5Btoken%5D=aaadde0d5eced36b847ab5ff284b5af249dfd6ec12072531e4902209c2d51b5a&format=llm_user) ## Top Managed Disks Alternatives - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (738 reviews) - [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (387 reviews) - [Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-block-store-ebs/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (77 reviews)