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'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."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"The solution is scalable."
"We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"EFS is flexible."
"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."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The solution is good and includes all the features we expect."
"The multi-zone replication is great."
"The versioning of this solution for accidental deletion has been most valuable."
"Feature-wise, Amazon S3 is the cheapest and it's reliable."
"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 easily connects with the cloud, hardware, or other services to move data."
"S3 is well suited for both big and little data repositories of objects ranging from backup to archive to active video images and much more."
"The most valuable features are VNet, virtual machines, and Elastic Kubernetes Service."
"Specifically, when it comes to the file system for the learning system, we encountered performance issues with both Azure and AWS."
"It should be simplified. There are people who don't have cloud experience. It should be storage that we are able to just connect to."
"When we faced some issues, the support team took a lot of time to resolve them."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"The product's stability has some shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Its deployment process could be faster while installing the Python package directly into the environment."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"The console could be improved - it's not very user friendly for non-technical guys."
"The installation could be more straightforward for inexperienced users."
"The search option must be enabled in the UI to filter and retrieve files."
"I would like to see an easier setup that doesn't require as much training."
"They should improve in the area of metadata curation."
"Amazon S3 could improve by having more frequent updates."
"Maybe they need to expand their range of physical locations."
"I would like to see the API for beginners improved because it is hard to understand."
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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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