# Azure Data Box Family

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-data-box-family
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-data-box-family.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-data-box-family/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://microsoft.com
- **Slug:** azure-data-box-family
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, enterprise-servers-storage

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Integration with the broader Azure ecosystem and identity management (Entra ID) compared to isolated third-party migration tools.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Azure Data Box Family is a suite of physical appliances provided by Microsoft to facilitate the secure, offline migration of large datasets to Azure storage. The family includes various hardware options designed to address different data volumes, from TB-scale disks to PB-scale heavy-duty appliances.
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Data Box Disk
  - Data Box
  - Data Box Heavy
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Usage-based (Service fee per device + shipping + standard storage costs)
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Enterprise IT, Government, Scientific Research, Media & Entertainment
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - AWS Snow Family (Snowball, Snowcone, Snowmobile)
  - Google Cloud Transfer Appliance
  - IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration
  - Signiant / Aspera (IBM)
Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.