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."We use the solution for migration."
"The reliability of storage is the main benefit."
"I find Amazon S3 Glacier valuable for storing various documents like purchase orders, standard documents, and drawings."
"AWS does support the ability for user controlled movement of data between regions for business continuance (BC), high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR)."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly scalable and available solution."
"The data archive feature is valuable."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is an easy-to-use solution."
"We save money with the product."
"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is the backups."
"We can store our videos on hot storage, allowing immediate access to them."
"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is its cost."
"Wasabi is an easy-to-use solution."
"The tool is very user-friendly."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"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."
"Although Amazon S3 Glacier is cheap, its data retrieval cost is very high compared to other solutions."
"Amazon S3 Glacier could be more secure."
"Technical support needs improvement. Previously, even though we had premium and enterprise support, the response time would be quicker if we ran into issues, but now it is slowed down. The analytical dashboard feature, like the CloudOps dashboard, should be included in the next release of the Amazon S3 Glacier."
"I would like to see the retrieval time reduced."
"A couple of times, we faced outage issues that caused us problems."
"Billing issues can be a nightmare. It's tough reaching the right person to get them sorted out."
"The solution's dashboard is a bit complicated and could be improved."
"The solution’s deployment process is complex and could be improved."
"The solution’s user reporting could be improved."
"I don't have enough experience to understand the nuances of where they might improve."
"Setting up users on the appliance should be improved."
"Having the ability to upload and download data using third-party apps such as Mega which can sync to the desktop would be excellent."
"The scalability could be improved."
"The scalability could improve."
"The solution must allow the extension of the retention period."
Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews while Wasabi is ranked 8th 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, Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Object Storage and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Wasabi report.
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