We performed a comparison between AWS Storage Gateway and Panzura based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage Gateways solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Generally, I use AWS Storage Gateway to reduce the cost of the S3 and caching."
"It's a cloud storage solution, which makes it quite flexible. If you have one terabyte today and need ten tomorrow, it's not a problem."
"AWS Storage Gateway's best feature is its secure storage."
"AWS Storage Gateway has durability."
"The most valuable feature is that it requires less utilization of space, compared to storing directly to the database of the system. It offers a unique way of doing things."
"We like the flexibility and easy-to-use storage. I'm happy about the response time."
"AWS Storage Gateway is used when there's a high requirement for storage and the company has their goal to move to the cloud and they are not comfortable having it in the data centers. They want the data to move to the cloud. We propose storage services that give them flexibility. They don't have to manage their data centers by themselves because it is being managed by Amazon or Microsoft. They do not have to worry about security and vulnerability issues. That is a strategy that companies can find value in and choose a cloud service."
"The solution has low latency."
"Its most valuable features are the collaboration, the file snapshots, and the data protection the solution provides."
"The main thing in Panzura is that there are three key components: PanFS, NAS, and collaboration. These are strong features, and a big benefit is that you can access everything from anywhere."
"A data pipeline tool would be more beneficial for data authentication and DataOps."
"We've had issues with bandwidth in the past, and we don't know where the bottlenecks are. We're not sure if it's on the AWS side or with the clients or the configuration in between. There's no visibility."
"Initial setup could be simplified and that would make the user experience better."
"Its interface could be easier to use."
"AWS Storage Gateway could improve by having different kinds of storage. For example, allowing all kinds of data, whether it's images or structure, not structure data. This would be great."
"The solution's setup is not easy and takes time to complete."
"I cannot say it's perfect."
"The security could improve in the solution."
"Master Snapshot feature is the only exceptional feature, but the rest of the features are similar to other storage solutions."
"It should be easy for people not on the network to connect and access their files."
AWS Storage Gateway is ranked 3rd in Cloud Storage Gateways with 12 reviews while Panzura is ranked 2nd in Cloud Storage Gateways with 2 reviews. AWS Storage Gateway is rated 8.0, while Panzura is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of AWS Storage Gateway writes "Beneficial flexibility, secure, and little maintenance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Panzura writes "Offers features like Master Snapshot which are useful for recovering files and easy to use if you are familiar with familiar with NAS things and networking protocols". AWS Storage Gateway is most compared with Nasuni, NetApp Cloud Backup, Tiger Bridge and Avere, whereas Panzura is most compared with Nasuni, CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform, Dell PowerScale (Isilon), Azure NetApp Files and Amazon FSx. See our AWS Storage Gateway vs. Panzura report.
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