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 most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is storage, which provides a personal capacity."
"Amazon S3 is a storage bucket service with good stability."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is the data transfer acceleration because it can enable fast, easy, and secure data transfer."
"The most valuable features are unlimited storage, scalability, and performance."
"This solution is good at storing historical data and we were using it for other purposes."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that I mostly used the tool's free tier version, so I like the fact that its cost is very low."
"Amazon S3 is a stable solution."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the cost value, which is very important for long term retention."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Object Storage is that it is on the cloud."
"We can do data queries easily."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Object Storage is its ease of use."
"The product's initial setup phase is straightforward."
"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."
"AzCopy is probably the best feature. It's a scripting app or a scripting function. Whether it's a Linux batch or a PowerShell script, you can essentially just send a file via a line of code with a specific key."
"The file retention and object retention have been most valuable."
"The stability of the solution has room for improvement."
"It is expensive for storing."
"The read drive speed is not as fast as it should be."
"It is difficult to retrieve files in an emergency because the public cloud has data limits for immediate downloads."
"The only pain point is migrating the life cycle policy because if someone is a newbie, they cannot easily create the life cycle policy."
"A feature that should be included is to find and provide a HIPPA compliant solution for the Presigned URL."
"The solution could improve by having a simpler way to have the detail size of a file in the CLI to be read or understood easier. Today, it's a little raw in the way the details are presented. You have to make some scripts and some modifications to be able to see the information properly of the size of a given bucket or the size of a file."
"The security model can be improved as it is a bit confusing."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward. It would be best if you had a little bit of training or an understanding of the concepts. It's important because if you don't do that, then you might end up not following the best practices. Then you will learn it the hard way by making mistakes and then know that you shouldn't have done this or that. It's better to attend workshops and take a hands-on approach."
"A more comprehensive training option is needed."
"The password retrieval process was very difficult."
"We have experienced a data copy bottleneck with the AZ copy using Microsoft Azure Object Storage, this should improve. It has high CPU consumption. There are a couple of ways to copy files fast, we have tried a few ways. Other than AZ copy, we can use Azure Fluent Storage, which also takes a lot of time to copy files. The AZ copy is faster but it takes a lot of time and CPU operations."
"One of the things that are currently important is consistency. To achieve this, another database called Cosmos DB is available. We want to have a similar consistency to the one in Cosmos DB but at a cheaper price."
"Currently, the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer is just a Windows app. I don't know if it's available on mobile, such as iOS or Android. I don't know if the app is mobile-friendly. It should be mobile-friendly."
"Technical support should be a little bit faster."
"They could provide multiple tools to provide you with cost calculations, giving you a better picture or providing better details of the cost calculations over the years."
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Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 10th 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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