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 auto-scales so it is easily scalable."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the accuracy and the life cycle policies, which help when moving from Amazon S3 to Amazon Glacier."
"I don't have any problems with the solution. It's issue-free."
"The most valuable feature of the product is storage classes."
"The most useful features of Amazon S3 are the intelligent multipart upload."
"It's very well secured. We have S3 policies that allow you to write custom policies."
"The most valuable feature is the automated replication of the data."
"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 solution offers good documentation."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage is flexible and has all the features we need."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage provides a platform for uploading or downloading big datasets."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage offers hassle-free usage. It is easy to configure."
"The most valuable feature is the API because it is very flexible."
"The key feature for us is the possibility to have a copy of our data and machines outside of our premises just in case of a disaster."
"It's easy to use."
"Object Storage's best feature is that it's easy to deploy."
"Amazon S3 can improve by decreasing the overall costs."
"The pricing and licensing are pretty complex."
"The only pain point is migrating the life cycle policy because if someone is a newbie, they cannot easily create the life cycle policy."
"Amazon S3 could improve by providing some type of storage notification."
"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."
"Amazon S3 could improve by having more frequent updates."
"The solution's pricing should be modified to automatically expand storage based on prior usage."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage needs to increase its response time from 25,000 per second to 40,000 or 50,000."
"I have no complaints about Microsoft Azure Object Storage, but maybe its market size could be more extensive, and its backup speed enhanced."
"Its user interface could be better."
"The setup process could always be a bit easier."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
"The tool should be a little bit cheaper."
"Object Storage's integration with other backup software could be improved."
"The stability of the product is an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
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Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 10th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 45 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 "Can be used to safely store big datasets in the cloud at a reasonable price". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Nutanix Unified Storage, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage and Wasabi. See our Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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