We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier and Microsoft Azure Object Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Public Cloud Storage Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The tool is simple to use and not very expensive."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The main advantage of Glacier is its low cost. It is incredibly cheaper than other storage options, especially for objects you don't access frequently. Glacier would add value if you have a staging area for objects you only need to access occasionally. Since we have data in terabytes between S3 buckets, we can significantly reduce our storage and cost footprint by using Glacier."
"Amazon S3 Glacier can integrate seamlessly with other AWS services."
"I like the price. If you compare Glacier to others, the prices in terms of what you store beyond retention are much lower."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly stable solution."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly scalable and available solution."
"We like that the price is cheaper."
"The most important thing for me is reliability."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage offers hassle-free usage. It is easy to configure."
"We can easily create a storage layer in any system."
"The metadata that the solution provides is quite valuable for us. If we need to analyze the latest data from a particular department or particular user, we can simply query through the metadata we store in Azure Object Storage and simply fetch those records which are maybe one day or one month old. this metadata storage is really handy for us."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Object Storage is that it is on the cloud."
"You can peer into different levels of the archive."
"The key feature for us is the possibility to have a copy of our data and machines outside of our premises just in case of a disaster."
"The most valuable feature is the API because it is very flexible."
"They should increase the data limit for the free version or reduce the price."
"The product needs to improve cloud security."
"The product’s pricing must be improved."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a cheaper tool if you're running it on-prem, but it is expensive if deployed on the cloud."
"They can improve data discovery."
"Their pricing structure is always a big topic. It's so difficult to understand."
"The tool could be made cheaper."
"Amazon S3 Glacier could be more secure."
"The solution's stability should be improved."
"Improvements should be made as per customer requirements."
"The tool should be a little bit cheaper."
"The product is expensive."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage needs to increase its response time from 25,000 per second to 40,000 or 50,000."
"Object re-use should be improved in order to get better performance and reduce the cost."
"They could improve AI and ML-based modules. They should add more modules based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Pricing is a little bit tricky with Microsoft Azure. They do provide the estimates, but it is not easy to guess the exact amount that we will be billed after a month or two because it is based on usage. This is a little confusing."
"The password retrieval process was very difficult."
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Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 10th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 45 reviews. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Object Storage writes "Can be used to safely store big datasets in the cloud at a reasonable price". Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Wasabi and Amazon S3, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi and Amazon S3. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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