We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Amazon S3 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution is scalable."
"The solution's technical support is good."
"Its elasticity and flexible pricing are the most valuable. For Amazon EFS, you are charged based on the storage. It is also very fast and stable with a very simple and intuitive interface."
"We are not that big of a cloud user. We just use it for the storage of our bytes. The most valuable aspect is the storage."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy, as per the configurations."
"We appreciate that this solution is relatively easy to use, straightforward, and reliable."
"The product helps to define storage type based on the requirement."
"Amazon S3 is a stable solution."
"The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is its flexibility as a solution to suit many different use cases."
"Amazon S3 is a storage bucket service with good stability."
"It's very well secured. We have S3 policies that allow you to write custom policies."
"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."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"The product's stability has some shortcomings where improvements are required."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"Around 80 percent of the features of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) are available on Linux and not in Windows, making it a major drawback of the product."
"The query size in Amazon S3 has room for improvement because it's limited. Querying on Amazon S3 is also expensive with Amazon Athena, so that's another area for improvement in the solution."
"We need the mapping to Windows. That feature is needed in S3. That feature is in the Azure cloud where we can map it like a drive. We can map the cloud storage to the effort driving our Windows PC. But Amazon is not providing that feature for the S3 solution."
"Amazon S3 could improve by providing some type of storage notification."
"We would like some improvement in the cost of storage via this solution, as it currently has a very high price point."
"It is expensive for storing."
"The installation could be more straightforward for inexperienced users."
"The search option must be enabled in the UI to filter and retrieve files."
"Amazon S3 should have more frequent updates."
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Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 5th in Cloud Storage with 10 reviews while Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 8.6, while Amazon S3 is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "Offers integration capabilities that improve areas like storage and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Oracle Cloud Object Storage, whereas Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Google Cloud Storage Nearline. See our Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Amazon S3 report.
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