We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure File Storage based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users of Amazon S3 mention that the solution is missing the mapping to Windows feature like Azure File Storage has. It also received mixed reviews on service and support. For these reasons, Azure File Storage is the more valued solution.
"It's good for starting up because you only pay for what you use."
"The integration with Cloudfront helps in fetching the static phase and default phases in case our actual service is down."
"The versioning of this solution for accidental deletion has been most valuable."
"The product helps to define storage type based on the requirement."
"The initial setup is not difficult or overly complex. It's very straightforward and easy to implement."
"The most valuable feature is the storage."
"You don't have to specify your clone, availability clone, or your locations. Everything's over there. They have a receipt for the instance where we have to select the exact location of what we are clicking. The S3 storage capacity is high, and the price is reasonable."
"Amazon S3 is easy to use and it is beneficial to use the CLI to make the backups. Since I use the CLI I do not have to do it on a web portal which is a big advantage because everything can be automatized. Automation can be done very well in Amazon S3."
"It was easy to set up."
"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."
"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."
"The solution can scale to fit any requirement."
"The interface is very good."
"It is a scalable product since it is a cloud solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Integration with the entire Azure platform."
"It's a scalable solution."
"The solution's cost should be improved."
"The major challenge is the inability to create more than ten policies."
"Could include some additional security features."
"The tool helps us with data backup storage of payment files and helps us avoid issues with clients when we miss the data. For instance, in the payment file of my Google client, you can find details of one-to-one transactions like the payment information on the file header, payment ID, payment client ID, group headers, etc. We get these details into the file format of ISO which is the accepted format at JP Morgan & Chase. Once we get the file format, we process it through S3."
"The console could be improved - it's not very user friendly for non-technical guys."
"We would like to see improvement in the ability to moves files within this solution. At present the process is not straightforward, and requires us to download files to our micro service service before then uploading into the solution. In addition, the transfer bit rate for the process is very slow."
"Amazon S3 could improve by being more secure."
"The upload speed for data and documents is sometimes slow."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"The storage account key could be a security issue."
"It would be helpful if we could remove data that we don't frequently access to reduce the cost of the storage."
"Firewall rules should be introduced to secure the access date from any virus attacks. Anti-virus should be introduced in the work filtering and document filtering."
"The security could always be modernized."
"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."
"I have had issues migrating my data to another subscription."
"The initial setup is complex. Unless you have done it a few times it, it is going to be hard."
Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews while Microsoft Azure File Storage is ranked 3rd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 43 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure File Storage is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure File Storage writes "Various storage options available, high availability, and quick deployment". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Google Cloud Storage and Wasabi, whereas Microsoft Azure File Storage is most compared with Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Azure NetApp Files, Wasabi, Amazon S3 Glacier and Google Cloud Storage. See our Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure File Storage report.
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