We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure File Storage based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users of Amazon S3 mention that the solution is missing the mapping to Windows feature like Azure File Storage has. It also received mixed reviews on service and support. For these reasons, Azure File Storage is the more valued solution.
"It's very well secured. We have S3 policies that allow you to write custom policies."
"Technical support is excellent."
"We have cold storage here, and I think that's useful. When it comes to commercialization, it's cheaper to put data that you won't be using into the data storage. You only use a little bit of the data needed each day for your transition, so you pay less."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are compatibility and reliability."
"The versioning of this solution for accidental deletion has been most valuable."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the accuracy and the life cycle policies, which help when moving from Amazon S3 to Amazon Glacier."
"The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use."
"It is easy to manage and easy to understand."
"It is a good service for file storage."
"Implementations with other products are easy."
"This solution supports all file formats."
"The initial setup is fairly easy."
"The most valuable aspect of Azure File Storage is that all the features are available in one place."
"The product is a reliable cloud solution."
"First of all, the solution is very secure. Secondly, the solution is very fast. It is reliable and available all the time."
"The profile management option is another valuable feature that allows us to manage the profiles and secure them."
"We have used the support from Amazon S3. The support is expensive and could be reduced."
"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."
"Amazon S3 could improve the limitation on how much data can be stored."
"The UI should be more user-friendly."
"The tool needs to improve its flexibility in support."
"You need to fully understand the solution's best practices to get the most out of its security features."
"Maybe it could be a bit cheaper."
"Could include some additional security features."
"The upload speed has room for improvement."
"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."
"There is room for improvement in helping customers understand and integrate Azure File Storage into their operations."
"Firewall rules should be introduced to secure the access date from any virus attacks. Anti-virus should be introduced in the work filtering and document filtering."
"Microsoft Azure File Storage is not that scalable. Once you reach the boundaries, you need to migrate to another solution."
"In our use cases, we see the weakness in mobile internet connectivity."
"They should make the solution more user-friendly."
"It’s a challenge to find the right support person."
Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews while Microsoft Azure File Storage is ranked 3rd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 44 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure File Storage is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure File Storage writes "Various storage options available, high availability, and quick deployment". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Google Cloud Storage and Wasabi, whereas Microsoft Azure File Storage is most compared with Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Azure NetApp Files, Wasabi, Amazon S3 Glacier and Google Cloud Storage. See our Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure File Storage report.
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