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Microsoft Azure Data Box vs Palantir Foundry comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 11, 2024

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Azure Data Box
Ranking in Data Migration Appliances
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Palantir Foundry
Ranking in Data Migration Appliances
3rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
Data Integration (12th), IT Operations Analytics (10th), Supply Chain Analytics (1st), Cloud Data Integration (11th), Data Management Platforms (DMP) (1st), Data and Analytics Service Providers (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Data Migration Appliances category, the mindshare of Microsoft Azure Data Box is 17.6%, down from 29.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Palantir Foundry is 5.8%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Data Migration Appliances Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Microsoft Azure Data Box17.6%
Palantir Foundry5.8%
Other76.6%
Data Migration Appliances
 

Featured Reviews

AP
IT Manager at NTT DATA
Faced challenges with configuration and support but have successfully managed migration and backups
I had a negative experience with Microsoft support. Microsoft Azure Data Box helped with streamlining my migration processes, but I was very disappointed in the initial phase because the support team was weak. They should focus and learn end-to-end because when I reach out to Microsoft, that means it is the end, and post that, nobody is there to support me. It is also quite difficult for me to get in line with the product owner, which is one big challenge I faced. Although I mentioned many good things about the product, there is an area for improvement in Microsoft Azure Data Box. They should mention the quick steps for how we are supposed to do it. Once we receive Microsoft Azure Data Box, there should be some support person who reaches out to us with guidance. If they guide us, then I will get to know whether I am in the right direction or wrong direction, rather than searching for support everywhere. It is just unnecessary wastage of time. Post that, they give at least one to two months free of cost. However, post that, if I am unable to migrate my data, then there will be charges.
BA
Associate Vice President at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Unified data workflows have empowered collaborative analytics and streamlined AI development
Regarding points for improvement for Palantir Foundry, I see that they are improving day by day. In the last one to two years, I have seen many improvements compared to the two years that I have worked on Palantir Foundry. There are many things that come up, but a few things are not intuitive enough. Now that we are in this AI phase, Palantir Foundry has created some wrappers around the models, allowing us to create using a no-code application, chatbots, and LLM functions. The problem is that interaction with outside applications can be difficult with the current setup that Palantir Foundry has. There are ways to do that, but it is not that intuitive, which is what I feel.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The solution has allowed the organization to safely transfer and store into the cloud easily and quickly large amounts of data that can then be readily accessed."
"The availability and quick scalability of Microsoft Azure Data Box are highly valuable."
"It provides secure transfer of large amounts of data."
"We use the solution for integration purposes."
"It is a good fit with ease of integration there."
"The Azure Data Box saves us a great deal of time when migrating data to Azure."
"The primary use case for Microsoft Azure Data Box involves transferring huge amounts of data from the customer's on-premise environment, ensuring it's shipped correctly with all tags and encryptions."
"We're looking at this solution because it's part of an overall tool suite, so the integration piece is what's striking our interest in it."
"It's scalable."
"Great features available in one tool."
"The predictive analytics capability within Palantir Foundry impacts financial forecasting strategies through its AIP functionality, which includes numerous pre-built models, LLMs, and data science application libraries."
"The virtualization tool is useful."
"Based on my huge experience with Palantir Foundry, I find that starting from the data connection to the end user application, there is a tool for everyone."
"I like the data onboarding to Palantir Foundry and ETL creation."
"The solution offers very good end-to-end capabilities."
"The interface is really user-friendly."
 

Cons

"I am not confident in this device's ability to perform a network backup in our data center."
"Currently, I do not see any areas for improvement."
"Deployment can be a major challenge. It's important to understand the organization's policies, the data store where the data will be going, the necessary permissions, and the specific type of Data Box being used. We also need to consider the encryption keys that need to be utilized."
"I was very disappointed in the initial phase because the support team was weak. They should focus and learn end-to-end because when I reach out to Microsoft, that means it is the end, and post that, nobody is there to support me."
"The solution is straightforward with simple application migration, but plug-and-play AI is not involved simultaneously."
"Based on my observation, the technical support from Microsoft has drastically gone down in quality compared to the past, which is disappointing as it now takes too long to resolve issues that used to be handled quickly."
"It's a single node solution. If it can be spread out across more of the enterprise and have more segregation in its virtual environment, that would be good."
"When it comes to old applications, they may not be the most suitable environment for Microsoft's current focus on Azure and the latest technologies. It would be helpful if Microsoft could provide some guidelines or recommendations for transitioning from old to new."
"It would be helpful to build applications based on Azure functions or web apps in Palantir Foundry."
"It requires a lot of manual work and is very time-consuming to get to a functional point."
"They do not have a data center in Europe, and we have lots of personally identifiable information in our dataset that needs to be hosted by a third-party data center like Amazon or Microsoft Azure."
"The workflow could be improved."
"There is not a wide user base for the solution's online documentation so it is sometimes difficult to find answers."
"The problem is that interaction with outside applications can be difficult with the current setup that Palantir Foundry has."
"The major hindrance with Palantir Foundry is that being a very closed product, the cost optimization and costing are not exposed to the end users."
"The startup pricing is high, causing concern despite being cost-effective in terms of total cost of ownership."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is based on the size of the appliance needed to store the data."
"The product’s pricing is normal for enterprises but higher for SMBs."
"On a scale of one to five, with one being not good and five being competitive, I would rate this solution as a four."
"This is a pay-as-you-go solution, where you pay for the amount of storage space that you are using."
"Palantir Foundry is an expensive solution."
"The solution’s pricing is high."
"Palantir Foundry has different pricing models that can be negotiated."
"It's expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
8%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise9
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Microsoft Azure Data Box or AWS Snowball?
Microsoft Azure Databox is a 45-pound, super rugged, tamper-resistant, human-managed hardware appliance that can transfer up to 100TB of data capacity to copy, store, then send to the Azure cloud. ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Data Box?
I would rate the price for Microsoft Azure Data Box as medium; it's neither low nor high.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Data Box?
I suggest Azure improve Microsoft Azure Data Box for better and faster transportation capabilities.
What needs improvement with Palantir Foundry?
Apart from the pricing and offline availability issues, improvements are needed in Palantir Foundry's costing factor. Cost-wise, it is not open for everybody, and they are not exposing anything out...
What is your primary use case for Palantir Foundry?
One of the leading European manufacturing plants uses Palantir Foundry for manufacturing interior parts of various car brands such as Honda, Hyundai, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW. This involves hig...
What advice do you have for others considering Palantir Foundry?
Palantir Foundry is an excellent product for data engineering. On a scale of one to 10, I would rate Palantir Foundry a 9.
 

Also Known As

Azure Data Box, MS Azure Data Box
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Sample Customers

Oceaneering
Merck KGaA, Airbus, Ferrari,United States Intelligence Community, United States Department of Defense
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