We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Google Cloud 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."What I found most valuable in Amazon S3 is its versioning feature. I also like that you can create pre-signed URLs on the solution."
"The solution auto-scales so it is easily scalable."
"The most useful features of Amazon S3 are the intelligent multipart upload."
"Amazon S3 is very flexible and provides high storage."
"Feature-wise, Amazon S3 is the cheapest and it's reliable."
"It's very well secured. We have S3 policies that allow you to write custom policies."
"The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use."
"Amazon S3 is reliable."
"The solution's customer service and support are helpful since they are responsive...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"It's very practical and reliable."
"Google Cloud is handy and easy to use."
"I could store any type of file using the solution."
"The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are flexibility and sustainability."
"It's a stable enough solution."
"The most valuable features are Pub/Sub, Data Explorer, BigQuery, and Data Transfer."
"The most valuable feature is the cryptographic technology."
"No direct connector is available to connect Amazon S3 with other tools like MicroStrategy."
"Technical support could have a faster response time."
"The solution's data transfer speed could be improved."
"When we need to find the queries there is no user interface, it is the only textual format that is bulky. If we need some data we will use Athena for queries and we will get results. When comparing this solution to others, such as DataDog, they provide a wonderful UI, and user-friendly dashboards, and many other features that this solution is lacking."
"The down side is the web app should be aware of all the features that S3 provides in order to leverage its full potential."
"A feature that should be included is to find and provide a HIPPA compliant solution for the Presigned URL."
"Amazon S3 can improve by decreasing the overall costs."
"They should improve in the area of metadata curation."
"There are inefficiencies with cache when the names are sequencing."
"I'm not really comfortable with the user interface because I don't use it very often."
"Additional cost for more storage"
"It's actually quite complete and we don't have any issues with the solution."
"Google Cloud Storage could improve the integrations in a way Microsoft Azure is going about it. For Data Lake integrations, Microsoft Azure has a bunch of native pipelines available. All Google needs to do is add the same set or maybe even improve on the sets that they have. All the analytics, including the Data Lake, would then be able to sit in Google Cloud Storage."
"It could be made even more secure and allow for more storage."
"The solution could improve by adding an automatic removal of duplications feature."
"I would prefer more support for alternative operating systems like DSD. The performance could be better because sometimes there are glitches. The price could be better."
Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews while Google Cloud Storage is ranked 4th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 66 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Google Cloud Storage is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage writes "Flexible, reliable, and beneficial for small sized companies". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Wasabi, whereas Google Cloud Storage is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, AT&T Cloud Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Microsoft Azure File Storage and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. See our Amazon S3 vs. Google Cloud Storage report.
See our list of best Public Cloud Storage Services vendors.
We monitor all Public Cloud Storage Services reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.