We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier and Microsoft Azure File 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."The product automatically replicates objects from a S3 bucket in one region to another bucket in a different region."
"The solution is easy to use."
"I like the price. If you compare Glacier to others, the prices in terms of what you store beyond retention are much lower."
"The main advantage of Glacier is its low cost. It is incredibly cheaper than other storage options, especially for objects you don't access frequently. Glacier would add value if you have a staging area for objects you only need to access occasionally. Since we have data in terabytes between S3 buckets, we can significantly reduce our storage and cost footprint by using Glacier."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution is secure."
"The solution is great for storing data you don't usually need access to. It's also well-integrated with Amazon S3."
"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 very easy to use SSTP and some traditional code to move the data into a database because we can easily use the permissions and we don't have any integration or conversion issues."
"The initial setup is straightforward and takes approximately twenty minutes."
"Implementing Microsoft Azure has meant that we are using the same solution as our customers who use Azure Public Cloud. This allows us to integrate our application, as well as provide the solution to them."
"I like that we can copy and download data using Azure. It's not just for file storage; we can also use it for large data sets or to host static web applications."
"It's a scalable solution."
"The solution can scale to fit any requirement."
"Integration with the entire Azure platform."
"The functionality is easy."
"The learning curve is very high."
"The product’s pricing must be improved."
"A couple of times, we faced outage issues that caused us problems."
"The product takes more time to secure data when the bandwidth is low."
"I believe the usage reporting could be simplified, particularly for billing purposes. Overall, I find Amazon S3 Glacier's reporting system somewhat confusing compared to other hyperscalers in the market."
"The product needs to improve cloud security."
"The solution’s deployment process is complex and could be improved."
"They should increase the data limit for the free version or reduce the price."
"The integration of the site storage with SQL was not completely seamless."
"They should make the solution more user-friendly."
"The pricing could be improved. They need to make the costs more transparent so users know what they will be charged and why ahead of time."
"Licensing costs are expensive."
"Importing and exporting data needs to have a bit more documentation."
"The upload speed has room for improvement."
"It’s a challenge to find the right support person."
"Maybe Microsoft can make it more economical because it is a costly affair."
Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews while Microsoft Azure File Storage is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 40 reviews. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure File Storage is rated 8.2. 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 File Storage writes "Various storage options available, high availability, and quick deployment". Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi, Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), whereas Microsoft Azure File Storage is most compared with Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Azure NetApp Files, Wasabi, Amazon S3 and Google Cloud Storage. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Microsoft Azure File Storage report.
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