We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier and Microsoft Azure Object 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."AWS does support the ability for user controlled movement of data between regions for business continuance (BC), high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR)."
"It is the most feature-rich platform."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a stable and scalable solution."
"We use the solution for migration."
"The solution’s storage management is good and dynamic. The product is highly stable. The solution is highly scalable. The customer service and support is good. The initial setup is straightforward. I recommend the solution."
"The product is easy to use."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is an easy-to-use solution."
"The file retention and object retention have been most valuable."
"The solution integrates well with Microsoft Office 365 and includes important features such as SIEM, storage, SQL, and Cosmos DB."
"It's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure Object Storage is its ease of use."
"This product is very reliable and all of the security that our client requires is available."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage is flexible and has all the features we need."
"The most valuable feature is the API because it is very flexible."
"The most valuable feature of Azure Object Storage for us is its simplicity and reliability as a storage solution."
"Billing issues can be a nightmare. It's tough reaching the right person to get them sorted out."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The learning curve is very high."
"The solution's cost optimization could be improved."
"The product needs to improve cloud security."
"The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage."
"There is room for improvement in handling GDPR compliance better. GDPR is about personal data protection and retention. It would be great if S3 Glacier could handle compliance items related to this, especially with upcoming legislation like the California law, which restricts data storage time and allows users to request data deletion."
"The pricing is a bit expensive. There is room for improvement in costs."
"The product is expensive."
"If we look at the different versions of that ADLS, it really does not have a hierarchical storage mechanism."
"We're still testing the solution. It's too early to make any suggestions as to what may be missing."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"The tool should be a little bit cheaper."
"We have experienced a data copy bottleneck with the AZ copy using Microsoft Azure Object Storage, this should improve. It has high CPU consumption. There are a couple of ways to copy files fast, we have tried a few ways. Other than AZ copy, we can use Azure Fluent Storage, which also takes a lot of time to copy files. The AZ copy is faster but it takes a lot of time and CPU operations."
"They could improve AI and ML-based modules. They should add more modules based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Pricing is a little bit tricky with Microsoft Azure. They do provide the estimates, but it is not easy to guess the exact amount that we will be billed after a month or two because it is based on usage. This is a little confusing."
"A more comprehensive training option is needed."
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Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 34 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 10th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 42 reviews. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Object Storage writes "Easy to query, offers great security, and integrates well with other Microsoft applications". Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3 and Wasabi, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Wasabi, Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Block Storage and Zadara. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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