We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 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."The solution is easy to use for anyone with minimal technical knowledge."
"The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is the data transfer acceleration because it can enable fast, easy, and secure data transfer."
"The multi-zone replication is great."
"Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand."
"The most valuable feature is the storage."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is its flexibility as a solution to suit many different use cases."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is storage, which provides a personal capacity."
"The solution offers good documentation."
"The most valuable feature is the API because it is very flexible."
"AzCopy is probably the best feature. It's a scripting app or a scripting function. Whether it's a Linux batch or a PowerShell script, you can essentially just send a file via a line of code with a specific key."
"We can easily create a storage layer in any system."
"With Microsoft Azure Object Storage, they are an open market."
"This product is very reliable and all of the security that our client requires is available."
"Object Storage's best features are the soft delete option and the retention period."
"The features of Microsoft Azure Object Storage that are most valuable are the ones providing encryption. Access is more controlled using private endpoints and SaaS token keys. Many access control features exist."
"The solution's pricing should be modified to automatically expand storage based on prior usage."
"It is expensive for storing."
"The pricing for Amazon S3 needs improvement. Another area for improvement is the file size change because it has some limitations that require more time for rendering, especially if you're not merely uploading a file, but reviewing that file, too."
"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."
"We would like Amazon to reduce the price of storage."
"We have cold storage here, and I think that's useful. When it comes to commercialization, it's cheaper to put data that you won't be using into the data storage. You only use a little bit of the data needed each day for your transition, so you pay less."
"It is difficult to retrieve files in an emergency because the public cloud has data limits for immediate downloads."
"They could always increase object storage ability."
"The product is expensive."
"The solution can be quite slow."
"One of the things that are currently important is consistency. To achieve this, another database called Cosmos DB is available. We want to have a similar consistency to the one in Cosmos DB but at a cheaper price."
"The administration of the solution is not as easy as we would like it to be."
"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."
"Currently, the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer is just a Windows app. I don't know if it's available on mobile, such as iOS or Android. I don't know if the app is mobile-friendly. It should be mobile-friendly."
"The initial setup could be more straightforward. It would be best if you had a little bit of training or an understanding of the concepts. It's important because if you don't do that, then you might end up not following the best practices. Then you will learn it the hard way by making mistakes and then know that you shouldn't have done this or that. It's better to attend workshops and take a hands-on approach."
"The efficiency depends on various operations, and therefore, it should involve multiple vendor support."
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Amazon S3 is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 65 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 10th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 43 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". 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 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Oracle Cloud Archive Storage, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi and Nutanix Unified Storage. See our Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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