We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Google Cloud Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"The most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."
"When it comes to valuable features, ease of use would be number one."
"One of the most valuable was snapshots. There were scenarios in which the whole EC2 crashed, or we were unable to use it for some time, but the data on the mounted volumes were crucial to us. So, at that time, snapshots were very helpful."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"When I have to change the operating system or delete a host, I can store the data in EBS or assign it to another host."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"The most valuable features of Amazon EBS are the ease of mounting any file system and good for block storage. We can use secondary storage for our difficult instances and it performs well."
"The solution is flexible and very user-friendly."
"The most valuable features are the ease and accessibility of information."
"Google Cloud Storage is easy to use, and it's free. I also enjoy the speed I am able to share with family across the globe. The storage is synced."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is its ease of use. It fits well with our business use."
"The most valuable features of Google Cloud Storage are flexibility and sustainability."
"The most valuable feature is the cryptographic technology."
"What I like most about Google Cloud Storage is that it's very stable, very quick, and very useful."
"It’s very stable."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve."
"The product data encryption feature needs improvement."
"There is room for improvement in terms of file storage. Recently, we had a scenario in which, in a file share, we had increased the IOPS capacity; this was for the production environment."
"The features could be improved."
"In Amazon EBS, it is difficult to reduce the space chosen by the customer. The cost increases the moment the size of the storage increases, and I will have to pay for two TB of the tool instead of one TB."
"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"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."
"I would like more storage available."
"A lower cost, lower-end solution for a shared file system is missing."
"The solution could improve by adding an automatic removal of duplications feature."
"It's actually quite complete and we don't have any issues with the solution."
"Google Cloud Storage could improve the integrations in a way Microsoft Azure is going about it. For Data Lake integrations, Microsoft Azure has a bunch of native pipelines available. All Google needs to do is add the same set or maybe even improve on the sets that they have. All the analytics, including the Data Lake, would then be able to sit in Google Cloud Storage."
"They need more enhancements in the security features."
"The problem I face right now is that my data warehouse is being hosted on Google Cloud, however, integration between Google Cloud to Microsoft Azure is a big problem."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 9th in Cloud Storage with 16 reviews while Google Cloud Storage is ranked 2nd in Cloud Storage with 66 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Google Cloud Storage is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) writes "Easy to setup and afforadable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage writes "Flexible, reliable, and beneficial for small sized companies". Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is most compared with Microsoft Azure Block Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Oracle Cloud Object Storage and Google Cloud Storage Nearline, whereas Google Cloud Storage is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, AT&T Cloud Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Microsoft Azure File Storage. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Google Cloud Storage report.
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