We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Google Cloud 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 integration with Cloudfront helps in fetching the static phase and default phases in case our actual service is down."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is storage, which provides a personal capacity."
"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."
"Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand."
"It is easy to manage and easy to understand."
"The most valuable feature is the automated replication of the data."
"The multi-zone replication is great."
"Feature-wise, Amazon S3 is the cheapest and it's reliable."
"The most valuable feature is the cryptographic technology."
"It is stable and scalable."
"Using this solution has improved the security of our data."
"The combination of Firebase features, including storage, the Firebase database, and authentication, has been the most valuable. Firebase offers Google authentication, which is convenient for our needs. Additionally, Firebase provides email authentication and Gmail authentication, which are easy to set up and integrate into our applications."
"There's no implementation process."
"Google Cloud Storage's most valuable features are that it's easy to use and navigate, and it's not expensive."
"It's easy to use."
"Its performance and security features are valuable."
"If a certain resource is left unchecked, you can easily use a lot of it and drive up costs."
"Amazon S3 could improve by having more frequent updates."
"You do need to get training on the setup process."
"The solution's cost should be improved."
"The only pain point is migrating the life cycle policy because if someone is a newbie, they cannot easily create the life cycle policy."
"We would like to see improvement in the ability to moves files within this solution. At present the process is not straightforward, and requires us to download files to our micro service service before then uploading into the solution. In addition, the transfer bit rate for the process is very slow."
"The pricing for Amazon S3 needs improvement. Another area for improvement is the file size change because it has some limitations that require more time for rendering, especially if you're not merely uploading a file, but reviewing that file, too."
"We would like Amazon to reduce the price of storage."
"It is stable, but it can always be more stable."
"Additional cost for more storage"
"The user interface could be more intuitive."
"It was not easy to reach the storage because there were different network zones."
"I would also like to be able to use my own tools and packages within this solution and also have a tool to visualize the data with graphics."
"A lower cost, lower-end solution for a shared file system is missing."
"Could be improved from a storage perspective and a cost perspective."
"It could be made even more secure and allow for more storage."
Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews while Google Cloud Storage is ranked 4th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 66 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Google Cloud Storage is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage writes "Flexible, reliable, and beneficial for small sized companies". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Wasabi, whereas Google Cloud Storage is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, AT&T Cloud Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Microsoft Azure File Storage and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. See our Amazon S3 vs. Google Cloud Storage report.
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