We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier 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."Data retrieval, security, compliance, and storage archiving are the most valuable features of Amazon S3 Glacier."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a very cheap storage, where we store infrequently used data."
"It is a very comprehensive tool."
"AWS does support the ability for user controlled movement of data between regions for business continuance (BC), high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR)."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is scalable, flexible, easy to maintain and handle."
"We save money with the product."
"It is the most feature-rich platform."
"The product is easy to use."
"The index search and block storage are valuable features."
"The file retention and object retention have been most valuable."
"Object Storage's best feature is that it's easy to deploy."
"The features of Microsoft Azure Object Storage that are most valuable are the ones providing encryption. Access is more controlled using private endpoints and SaaS token keys. Many access control features exist."
"The key feature for us is the possibility to have a copy of our data and machines outside of our premises just in case of a disaster."
"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 layout of Microsoft is professional."
"The reason is that I believe they only offer the corporate interface we use, and perhaps they should consider creating a historical customer interface. I haven't created a virtual machine; instead, I've established a personal GED. This allows me to provide customers with the necessary role functions, enabling them to download files without incurring excessive costs."
"Although Amazon S3 Glacier is cheap, its data retrieval cost is very high compared to other solutions."
"The product needs to improve cloud security."
"The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage."
"The solution's pricing is too expensive and could be improved."
"Billing issues can be a nightmare. It's tough reaching the right person to get them sorted out."
"Amazon S3 Glacier's data retrieval time is slow compared to other AWS storage services and should be improved."
"Technical support needs improvement. Previously, even though we had premium and enterprise support, the response time would be quicker if we ran into issues, but now it is slowed down. The analytical dashboard feature, like the CloudOps dashboard, should be included in the next release of the Amazon S3 Glacier."
"The tool could be made cheaper."
"The solution needs to improve the custom domain integration with static web pages. Even though Blog Storage is providing the static content hosting feature, due to the custom domain availability, the integration is not available. In most cases, we withdraw from that service and use our app service to host our static data feeds."
"Azure's technical support could be better - they take a long time to respond, and issues get transferred to multiple engineers, so you have to repeat the whole story every time without getting any proper resolution."
"We're still testing the solution. It's too early to make any suggestions as to what may be missing."
"They could improve AI and ML-based modules. They should add more modules based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Pricing is a little bit tricky with Microsoft Azure. They do provide the estimates, but it is not easy to guess the exact amount that we will be billed after a month or two because it is based on usage. This is a little confusing."
"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."
"The solution can be quite slow."
"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."
"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."
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Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 44 reviews. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". 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 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Wasabi and Amazon S3, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi and Amazon S3. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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