We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage Nearline 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."Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand."
"The solution easily connects with the cloud, hardware, or other services to move data."
"I've also used Azure's tool, and S3 is far more stable I haven't seen the same issues on AWS that I'm having on Azure. Amazon CloudFront is way faster. The websites are loading way faster than when you do it on Azure CDN."
"The solution's peak-up time is good."
"Amazon S3 is easily accessible, fast and effective. Its performance is good."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are compatibility and reliability."
"The most valuable feature is the automated replication of the data."
"The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use."
"The capacity and space on offer are excellent."
"Google is always introducing new features and tends to have a new release every month."
"The data structure and the types of data that are supported are very good."
"It can isolate files and stop them from corrupting other files."
"I find the flexibility in storing documents or data and the ease of retrieval valuable with this solution."
"Nearline is highly stable."
"The most valuable feature of Nearline is the access. It's helpful to move data that is generated once a month, such as salary information, to Nearline."
"It provides the necessary support and flexibility to manage data storage effectively, especially during times of variable data flow."
"I didn't find the user interface very friendly."
"If a certain resource is left unchecked, you can easily use a lot of it and drive up costs."
"I would like to see the API for beginners improved because it is hard to understand."
"The solution's data transfer speed could be improved."
"We would like some improvement in the cost of storage via this solution, as it currently has a very high price point."
"The tool needs to improve its flexibility in support."
"The cost of the solution should be reduced."
"We have used the support from Amazon S3. The support is expensive and could be reduced."
"Nearline security could be better. The solution could integrate better with SEIM tools."
"The solution needs to offer better System Information and Event Management (SEIM). I'd like to discover how we could implement something like that within Google's cloud."
"They should provide more options or flexibility in terms of pricing."
"The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved."
"The UI could be a little bit more effective."
"They need a better, more visual, user interface for folders and files."
"The pricing is quite high."
"The suggestion for improvement primarily revolves around cost efficiency."
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Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews while Google Cloud Storage Nearline is ranked 12th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 8 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Google Cloud Storage Nearline is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage Nearline writes "Provides APIs for everything and has good protection through encryption". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Microsoft Azure Object Storage, whereas Google Cloud Storage Nearline is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier and Wasabi. See our Amazon S3 vs. Google Cloud Storage Nearline report.
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