We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Microsoft Azure Block Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup was straightforward."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"Its elasticity and flexible pricing are the most valuable. For Amazon EFS, you are charged based on the storage. It is also very fast and stable with a very simple and intuitive interface."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy, as per the configurations."
"EFS is flexible."
"The most beneficial feature of the product for data storage stems from the fact that it serves as a shared file storage."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"We use the solution to develop SaaS platforms on Azure. We utilize various Microsoft components like block storage and databases for this purpose."
"The tier feature in V2 is the most valuable feature of this solution. It enables you to move your storage from hot tier to cold tier into archive tier."
"One can easily scale with this program."
"The most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage are flexibility and the possibility to trigger actions."
"You can easily access your data whenever you need it."
"It is easy to integrate with applications."
"Storing and then retrieving data are the most valuable features of Microsoft Azure Block Storage."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Block Storage is the security and the management of user access from on-premise to the cloud."
"The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"The product's stability has some shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Around 80 percent of the features of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) are available on Linux and not in Windows, making it a major drawback of the product."
"It should be simplified. There are people who don't have cloud experience. It should be storage that we are able to just connect to."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"Specifically, when it comes to the file system for the learning system, we encountered performance issues with both Azure and AWS."
"The user interface is very difficult."
"Technical support needs improvement."
"I would like for the next release to replace the CDN being used for content delivery, there is currently a rather long delay."
"The performance could be improved, but all the services in the cloud are improved every week."
"We cannot properly check the daily cost in the Azure portal."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
"Microsoft Azure Block Storage could improve by having integration with Amazon AWS. The file transfer could be easier."
"It has been a couple of years since I contacted support. However, at that time, it was difficult to get someone on the call even though it was an issue of high severity."
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Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 6th in Cloud Storage with 10 reviews while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 56 reviews. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Block Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "Offers integration capabilities that improve areas like storage and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Block Storage writes "A stable and widely accepted solution". Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Azure NetApp Files, whereas Microsoft Azure Block Storage is most compared with Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store), Rackspace Cloud Block Storage, Amazon S3 Glacier, Wasabi and Azure NetApp Files. See our Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Microsoft Azure Block Storage report.
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