We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Amazon S3 Glacier 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 most valuable feature is the sharing capabilities."
"This solution is good at storing historical data and we were using it for other purposes."
"The most valuable feature is the automated replication of the data."
"Amazon S3 is reliable."
"The solution is easy to use for anyone with minimal technical knowledge."
"The most valuable feature of the product is storage classes."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is its flexibility as a solution to suit many different use cases."
"What I found most valuable in Amazon S3 is its versioning feature. I also like that you can create pre-signed URLs on the solution."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is an easy-to-use solution."
"The pricing is low, and it's dedicated to archiving is valuable to us."
"We use the solution for migration."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a scalable and easy-to-manage solution with good read-write capability."
"We like that the price is cheaper."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a very cheap storage, where we store infrequently used data."
"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."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Amazon S3 needs to simplify the backup features."
"Amazon S3 could improve by being more secure."
"There are some scalability limitations."
"You need to fully understand the solution's best practices to get the most out of its security features."
"Technical support could have a faster response time."
"The solution requires you to buy and use Amazon services."
"No direct connector is available to connect Amazon S3 with other tools like MicroStrategy."
"We would like some improvement in the cost of storage via this solution, as it currently has a very high price point."
"The product takes more time to secure data when the bandwidth is low."
"The product is difficult to use."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a cheaper tool if you're running it on-prem, but it is expensive if deployed on the cloud."
"Their pricing structure is always a big topic. It's so difficult to understand."
"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."
"Billing issues can be a nightmare. It's tough reaching the right person to get them sorted out."
"The stability must be improved."
Amazon S3 is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 65 reviews while Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Google Cloud Storage and Wasabi, whereas Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Wasabi and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System). See our Amazon S3 vs. Amazon S3 Glacier report.
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