Alternatives to Azure Storage Explorer
A free desktop app from Microsoft for managing Azure storage accounts and transferring files to them. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Azure Storage Explorer
A free desktop app from Microsoft for managing Azure storage accounts and transferring files to them.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Azure Storage Explorer.
AzCopy
Microsoft's command-line utility for copying and syncing data to and from Azure Storage.
AzCopy is Microsoft's open-source command-line tool for Azure Storage, suited to scripted bulk transfers but without any graphical interface for browsing accounts.
MSP360 Explorer
A file manager for moving and managing files between local storage and cloud storage services.
MSP360 Explorer handles Azure together with S3 and Backblaze B2 in one window, but it runs only on Windows and reserves encryption and multithreading for PRO.
Cyberduck
A server and cloud storage browser for Mac and Windows that speaks FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, SMB and every major object store.
Cyberduck is open source and connects to Azure plus FTP, SFTP, S3 and cloud drives, though it has no graphical Linux app, only a CLI there.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
CS Browser
A Windows client for Amazon S3 and S3-compatible storage, formerly called S3 Browser.
AWS CLI
Amazon's open-source command-line tool for managing and scripting AWS services, including S3 file transfers.
s5cmd
A fast command-line tool that runs parallel copy and sync operations on S3 and local files.
Mountain Duck
Mounts remote and cloud storage as a local drive.
