Compare Azure Data Lake to Azure Blob Storage

Criteria	Azure Data Lake	Azure Blob Storage
Data type	Good for storing large volumes of text data.	Good for storing unstructured non-text-based data such as photos, videos, backup etc.
Namespace support	Supports hierarchical namespaces.	Supports flat namespaces.
Hadoop compatibility	Hadoop services can use data stored in Data Lake.	Is not Hadoop compatible.
Security	Access Control Lists (ACLs), shared keys, SAS, and RBAC.	Shared keys, SAS, and RBAC.