We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier and Microsoft Azure File 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 solution’s storage management is good and dynamic. The product is highly stable. The solution is highly scalable. The customer service and support is good. The initial setup is straightforward. I recommend the solution."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly stable solution."
"The reliability of storage is the main benefit."
"It is a very comprehensive tool."
"The product automatically replicates objects from a S3 bucket in one region to another bucket in a different region."
"The solution is stable."
"We like that the price is cheaper."
"I like the price. If you compare Glacier to others, the prices in terms of what you store beyond retention are much lower."
"General user familiarity with Office 365 products make adopting this solution easy to adopt in production."
"Its most valuable features are speed and security."
"Integration with the entire Azure platform."
"The solution is user-friendly and integrates easily with web apps."
"The most significant aspect of Microsoft Azure File Storage is its life cycle functionality, which enables us to transfer files to various storage options, such as hot storage, full storage, and archive. This feature is crucial since we can apply a life cycle method to files that have not been in use for an extended period, and then move them to a cheaper cold storage option to save costs. Since the newest files are stored in the hot storage, it met our specific requirements. Consequently, older files can be transferred to archive and cold storage."
"The product is a reliable cloud solution."
"What I like about Microsoft Azure File Storage is its convenience for customers, cost-effectiveness, and high availability."
"The solution can scale to fit any requirement."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a cheaper tool if you're running it on-prem, but it is expensive if deployed on the cloud."
"I would like to see improved storage capacity and enhanced security features for better protection."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage."
"There is room for improvement in handling GDPR compliance better. GDPR is about personal data protection and retention. It would be great if S3 Glacier could handle compliance items related to this, especially with upcoming legislation like the California law, which restricts data storage time and allows users to request data deletion."
"The pricing is a bit expensive. There is room for improvement in costs."
"Amazon S3 Glacier's data retrieval time is slow compared to other AWS storage services and should be improved."
"I am unsure if the product provides good integration capabilities. From an improvement perspective, I want the tool to provide easier integration features."
"It would be helpful if we could remove data that we don't frequently access to reduce the cost of the storage."
"I have used the file storage explorer in multiple systems, and it seems a bit cumbersome and not very efficient, particularly with authentication. It can be tricky to set it up."
"Azure File Storage's stability is okay, but sometimes we have trouble with the link to the Azure VPN disconnecting."
"They should make the solution more user-friendly."
"The tool needs to add more controls and enhance Power BI. For instance, I'm just suggesting the visualization layer. Power BI can increase visualization as much as possible, and the product can add more controls to the data flows."
"The upload speed has room for improvement."
"Maybe Microsoft can make it more economical because it is a costly affair."
"One thing that Azure File Storage could help us with is some kind of impact assessment. When we talk to some of our larger customers who have between 500 and 1,000 applications, we normally do an assessment of all these applications and then tell them which ones are ready to be lifted and shifted, and which ones need to re-architected. It would really help if Azure File Storage could come up with a better way to give estimations of the total investment required, including all costs incurred during the migration."
Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews while Microsoft Azure File Storage is ranked 3rd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 44 reviews. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure File Storage is rated 8.2. 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 File Storage writes "Various storage options available, high availability, and quick deployment". Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi, Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), whereas Microsoft Azure File Storage is most compared with Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Azure NetApp Files, Wasabi, Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Microsoft Azure File Storage report.
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