We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 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 product helps to define storage type based on the requirement."
"The solution auto-scales so it is easily scalable."
"Amazon S3 is easy to use and it is beneficial to use the CLI to make the backups. Since I use the CLI I do not have to do it on a web portal which is a big advantage because everything can be automatized. Automation can be done very well in Amazon S3."
"The most valuable feature of the product is storage classes."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the performance and hibernation data options. Additionally, there is a feature that provides faster website access that is helpful."
"I don't have any problems with the solution. It's issue-free."
"An important feature of the Amazon S3's system is that it offers encryption while the files are at rest. This is crucial in ensuring the security of the files being restored and addressing potential security risks. That's what I would emphasize."
"The most useful features of Amazon S3 are the intelligent multipart upload."
"Object Storage's best features are the soft delete option and the retention period."
"It's easy to use."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage is an easy-to-use and stable solution."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage is flexible and has all the features we need."
"Versioning is a valuable feature."
"It is a stable solution and serve our purposes"
"The solution integrates well with Microsoft Office 365 and includes important features such as SIEM, storage, SQL, and Cosmos DB."
"This product is very reliable and all of the security that our client requires is available."
"The solution needs to improve test recognition."
"The major challenge is the inability to create more than ten policies."
"The solution requires you to buy and use Amazon services."
"Amazon S3 could improve by having more frequent updates."
"You need to fully understand the solution's best practices to get the most out of its security features."
"We would like to see improvement in the ability to moves files within this solution. At present the process is not straightforward, and requires us to download files to our micro service service before then uploading into the solution. In addition, the transfer bit rate for the process is very slow."
"The UI should be more user-friendly."
"Amazon S3 could improve by providing some type of storage notification."
"The administration of the solution is not as easy as we would like it to be."
"Improvements should be made as per customer requirements."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage has had a number of failures last week due to the lack of hardware available to support the resources. However, it was only for a short time, approximately two days."
"The initial setup is not easy to understand."
"A more comprehensive training option is needed."
"The cost of support is always expensive."
"The solution can be quite slow."
"The password retrieval process was very difficult."
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Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 45 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". 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 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Nutanix Unified Storage, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage and Wasabi. See our Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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