We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier and Wasabi 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 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."
"Data retrieval, security, compliance, and storage archiving are the most valuable features of Amazon S3 Glacier."
"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 secure."
"I like the price. If you compare Glacier to others, the prices in terms of what you store beyond retention are much lower."
"The pricing is low, and it's dedicated to archiving is valuable to us."
"The data archive feature is valuable."
"Wasabi is an easy-to-use solution."
"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is the backups."
"We can store our videos on hot storage, allowing immediate access to them."
"The tool is very user-friendly."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is its cost."
"Basically, I set Wasabi up and forget it. I'll monitor it every once in a while just to make sure that it's working correctly."
"They can improve data discovery."
"Although Amazon S3 Glacier is cheap, its data retrieval cost is very high compared to other solutions."
"The pricing is a bit expensive. There is room for improvement in costs."
"Billing issues can be a nightmare. It's tough reaching the right person to get them sorted out."
"Amazon S3 Glacier's data retrieval time is slow compared to other AWS storage services and should be improved."
"The product takes more time to secure data when the bandwidth is low."
"The solution’s deployment process is complex and could be improved."
"Their pricing structure is always a big topic. It's so difficult to understand."
"The solution’s user reporting could be improved."
"The scalability could improve."
"The solution must allow the extension of the retention period."
"Setting up users on the appliance should be improved."
"The scalability could be improved."
"I don't have enough experience to understand the nuances of where they might improve."
"Having the ability to upload and download data using third-party apps such as Mega which can sync to the desktop would be excellent."
Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews while Wasabi is ranked 11th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 7 reviews. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Wasabi is rated 7.8. 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 Wasabi writes "An easy-to-use solution that can be used to move local backups to the cloud". Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), whereas Wasabi is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure Object Storage and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Wasabi report.
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