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Amazon S3

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98% willing to recommend
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IBM SoftLayer

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154 views|104 comparisons
100% willing to recommend
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Tata Communications InstaCompute

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An always available infrastructure that is easy for users with minimal technical knowledge
The solution and all AWS products have improved our productivity because the infrastructure is always available. You just pull a service and start... Read more →
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Stable with excellent speed and agility
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  • "With S3 Standard, there is not a charge for deletion of objects."
  • "This solution has reasonable pricing and a low cost."
  • "The licensing is pay as you go, and I'm happy with the pricing."
  • "The cost of storage is cheap. However, the cost to have a better interface can get expensive. We are using Athena for this purpose and if we did some heavy queries the cost will start adding up. When the Athena query is running, it will scan the bucket and they charge for how many GBs we are going to scan. The function of scanning has a lot of costs attached to it, this is a negative point."
  • "The price of the Amazon S3 is low. The license model is based on what you use."
  • "The price of Amazon S3 depends on various variables. However, the price overall is fair."
  • "The price of Amazon S3 could be less expensive."
  • "The license of Amazon S3 is based on volume, capacity, and time. The overall price of the solution could improve. The support has to be added if you want it at an additional cost."

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    What do you like most about Amazon S3?
    Top Answer:Amazon S3 is very flexible and provides high storage.
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    Top Answer:The solution is cost-effective because it is based on a pay-as-you-go model, where I can purchase and use it according… more »
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    What needs improvement with Amazon S3?
    Top Answer:No direct connector is available to connect Amazon S3 with other tools like MicroStrategy. So, I have to use a third… more »
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    Ranking
    2nd
    out of 30 in Public Cloud Storage Services
    Views
    9,623
    Comparisons
    5,861
    Reviews
    50
    Average Words per Review
    377
    Rating
    8.8
    22nd
    out of 30 in Public Cloud Storage Services
    Views
    154
    Comparisons
    104
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
    Rating
    N/A
    23rd
    out of 67 in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
    Views
    278
    Comparisons
    219
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
    Rating
    N/A
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    Also Known As
    S3, Simple Storage Service
    CloudLayer
    InstaCompute
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    Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    IBM
    Tata
    Overview

    Amazon Simple Storage Service is storage for the Internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

    Amazon S3 has a simple web services interface that you can use to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, fast, inexpensive data storage infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to developers.

    SoftLayer provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. Our customers range from Web startups to global enterprises.

    Products and services include bare metal and virtual servers, networking, turnkey big data solutions, private cloud solutions, and more. Our unique advantages include the industry's first Network-Within-a-Network topology for true out-of-band access, and an easy-to-use customer portal and robust API for full remote-access of all product and service management options.

    InstaCompute is a flexible, cost-effective cloud computing solution that lets you instantly provision virtual machine servers, storage and network infrastructure on a pay-as-you-go basis. It is like paying for computing resources the way you pay for electricity by the amount of time you use the service. InstaCompute offers flexible payment options, security, guaranteed service levels and free 24/7 technical support.
    Sample Customers
    Netflix, Airbnb, Thomson Reuters, Zillow, Alert Logic
    Whogohost Ltd., Skypicker, Infinity Computers and Communications Company, Grace Co. Ltd., Keyword, Uvionics Tech, Tennis Australia, immixGroup, Salesbox, Cxense ASA, Avnet Inc., Komsomolskaya Pravda, Seekr
    Magma Studios, Blue Ocean Systems, Whyze Solutions, Kit Digital, Obtech Global, SQL Star
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company35%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Real Estate/Law Firm12%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization67%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Financial Services Firm4%
    Manufacturing Company3%
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    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise48%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business8%
    Midsize Enterprise71%
    Large Enterprise21%
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