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MiodragMilojevic - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Archirect at Telenor
Real User
Sep 23, 2022
Reliable and expandable
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand."
  • "Amazon S3's unit of measure for expansion should be smaller."

What is our primary use case?

I use Amazon S3 as storage and a platform for installing various types of software.

What is most valuable?

Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand.

What needs improvement?

Amazon S3's unit of measure for expansion should be smaller.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Amazon S3 for three years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon S3 is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon S3 is scalable.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously I used Microsoft and Oracle.

What other advice do I have?

I'd advise those thinking of implementing Amazon S3 to carefully plan their requirements and not use too many servers. I would recommend Amazon S3 to others and rate it eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Bhaskar N Subramanian - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at Hobbycue.com
Real User
May 9, 2024
Useful for storage of images and documents
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that I mostly used the tool's free tier version, so I like the fact that its cost is very low."
  • "I didn't find the user interface very friendly."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution for the storage of images and documents.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that I mostly used the tool's free tier version, so I like the fact that its cost is very low.

What needs improvement?

Recently, I was trying to clean up the data because I have a lot of old, unused objects and images. I am trying to identify the files with the highest sizes and determine if I need to keep them or delete them. I didn't find the user interface very friendly. Beyond 399 or 999 objects, the tool's user interface was not allowing me to use the sort option. I had to use various keywords to search phrases and shortlist them so that I got less than 399 objects and could use the sort option. The aforementioned area can be considered for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon S3 for around three years. I think two years back, I was in a different organization, which was an AWS partner. I am a customer of the tool.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution.

How are customer service and support?

The solution's technical support is satisfactory. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

In my previous job, I used Sagemaker, but I don't use it currently. I have also used Amazon EC2 and CloudWatch for billing alerts or something that I might have set them up in the company.

How was the initial setup?

The product's deployment phase is quite comfortable with no issues. The tool's maintenance part is fairly easy.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I don't use it that frequently, so I think it's too early to comment on the tool's pricing structure. Six months later, I may have more data related to the tool.

I can't comment on the pricing part of the product since I don't deal with a high workload for now.

I use the tool's free tier. I believe that there is a need to make annual payments towards the licensing charges associated with the product.

What other advice do I have?

Speaking of the process for retrieving data with the help of the tool, I would say that it is used to just display images on a website. When the page is opened, it gets linked to images and I display it on the website using Amazon S3.

I did not face any performance issues with Amazon S3.

I rate the tool a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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IT consultant at mptechconsult
Real User
May 8, 2024
Easy to use and provides good functionality and accessibility
Pros and Cons
  • "The product is easy to use."
  • "The product should enable users to create their own shortcuts."

What is our primary use case?

We are using the solution to host our website and manage the database.

What is most valuable?

We have an online portal, and we are providing services to customers. We need to maintain an elastic database storage, along with security features. The solution’s functionality and accessibility are valuable to us. It's geared towards users. It makes things simple. The product is easy to use.

What needs improvement?

The product should enable users to create their own shortcuts. It should allow more customization. Users should be able to place their shortcuts on the dashboard. It will make things easier.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product’s stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is scalable. We have over 50 users online at any given point. We can increase it as we need.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is straightforward. We have a team of developers. They are very happy with the tool. The deployment did not take much effort. The product is cloud-based. We have six developers and engineers in our technical team.

What was our ROI?

Everything is housed in one place, so it is all easily accessible. The scalability is good. We have an assurance of data integrity. It is critical.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing can be improved.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We are also using Azure.

What other advice do I have?

For disaster recovery, there's a backup going on in AWS. At the same time, we take our own local backup. It is a daily process. People who want to use the solution must explore the tool and look at the training videos. It is quite straightforward.

We have a subscription model with our customers. They pay it yearly. There are no additional costs associated with the product. We had a problem with storage when we were working with on-premise servers. The hard disks were failing because of the volume of the data. They were regularly failing every three to four months. There was a cost associated with it. It impacted our project.

Overall, I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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PradeepKumar12 - PeerSpot reviewer
Team Lead at Mahindra Comviva
Real User
May 7, 2024
An easily accessible, fast and effective solution with good performance
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon S3 is easily accessible, fast and effective. Its performance is good."
  • "The tool needs to improve its flexibility in support."

What is our primary use case?

I use the tool for my product deployment. 

What is most valuable?

Amazon S3 is easily accessible, fast and effective. Its performance is good. 

What needs improvement?

The tool needs to improve its flexibility in support. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the product for a couple of months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon S3 is stable and reliable. Its resource utilization is also good. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the product's scalability an eight point five out of ten. My company has more than 200 users. 

How was the initial setup?

Amazon S3's deployment takes some time. However, once you learn it, it's not complex. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The tool's licensing costs are yearly. I rate it a six to seven out of ten. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate the overall product a seven out of ten. Setting it up takes some time at the beginning, but it's reliable and stable once it's all set up.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Souvik Banerjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Real User
Feb 2, 2023
Helpful for storing data, easy deployment, and useful encryption
Pros and Cons
  • "An important feature of the Amazon S3's system is that it offers encryption while the files are at rest. This is crucial in ensuring the security of the files being restored and addressing potential security risks. That's what I would emphasize."
  • "The cost of the solution should be reduced."

What is our primary use case?

Most people who need to store files usually turn to Amazon S3. The use case for this is not only for me but for anyone building technology who needs to store files.

How has it helped my organization?

Amazon S3 helps to store data, such as Excel, audio, and video.

What is most valuable?

An important feature of the Amazon S3's system is that it offers encryption while the files are at rest. This is crucial in ensuring the security of the files being restored and addressing potential security risks. That's what I would emphasize.

What needs improvement?

The cost of the solution should be reduced.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon S3 for a long time.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the stability of Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the scalability of Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

I rate the support of Amazon S3 a seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The implementation of Amazon S3 was easy.

What about the implementation team?

I did the implementation of the solution myself.

What was our ROI?

I have received a return on investment using Amazon S3.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of Amazon S3 should be reduced.

I rate the price of Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not evaluate other solutions before choosing Amazon S3.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon S3 a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Yannam-C Chiranjeevi - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Product Engineer at Estate One
Real User
Jan 30, 2023
Suitable for different use cases, simple implementation, and cost effective
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is its flexibility as a solution to suit many different use cases."
  • "The support is better than other cloud providers but sometimes it takes a while to have a resolution to our issues."

What is our primary use case?

We have a data warehouse and a data lake using Amazon S3. Additionally, we use it for application streaming.

We have our computer systems that have storage but we do use the cloud storage available from Amazon S3. However, it depends on the type of data we have and whether we use the cloud or not.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is its flexibility as a solution to suit many different use cases.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon S3 for approximately six years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Two third of our company use this solution.

How are customer service and support?

The support is better than other cloud providers but sometimes it takes a while to have a resolution to our issues.

I rate the support from Amazon S3 a seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Amazon S3 was straightforward.

I rate the initial setup of Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

What about the implementation team?

We have a few developers that we use for deployment.

What was our ROI?

The solution is worth the money and we have seen an ROI. However, it is not our primary goal. We are trying to optimize different areas. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Amazon S3 is a cost-effective solution compared to the others.

I rate the price of Amazon S3 a two out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon S3 a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Ekule Mbeng - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at United Vision
Real User
Dec 29, 2022
Object storage service that provides comprehensive security and MFA that prevents accidental deletion of data
Pros and Cons
  • "The versioning of this solution for accidental deletion has been most valuable."
  • "You need to fully understand the solution's best practices to get the most out of its security features."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon s3 to store objects like data in my environment.

How has it helped my organization?

In one of my previous environments, I was brought in to help with the challenges they were facing resulting from a data breach in the S3 bucket. What I noticed in that environment was that every user had full access into their S3 bucket, and accidentally deleted data without a trace.

They did not know how some of their data was missing. One of the first services I suggested was enforcing access control by applying IM best practices, such as granting list privilege permission to our users to avoid overpowering them. I created a single group and then applied specific permissions to that group.

All users added to that group were able to inherit the same permission and privileges. Versioning was enabled which keeps multiple variant of objects in the same bucket and also safeguards against accidental deletions. I also enabled multi-factor authentication which prevented accidental bug deletion by requiring the user who initiate the delete action to prove physical possession of an MFA device with an MFA code. 

What is most valuable?

The versioning of this solution for accidental deletion has been most valuable. 

What needs improvement?

You need to fully understand the solution's best practices to get the most out of its security features. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. 

What was our ROI?

We have seen a return on investment with S3.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would rate the pricing a nine out of ten. Pricing depends on a particular class where you want save your objects. There are different classes when it comes to storage in S3.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise others that this is a scalable solution that offers comprehensive security. 

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Joaquin Marques - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO - Founder / Principal Data Scientist / Principal AI Architect at Kanayma LLC
Real User
Dec 11, 2022
Excellent features, hearty scalability, with varied use cases that fit almost any client
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is the automated replication of the data."
  • "I would like to see the API for beginners improved because it is hard to understand."

What is our primary use case?

We are very flexible with our use cases and it fits most clients.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the automated replication of the data. You can store things and they automatically replicate somewhere else. So if you have an issue, you have a backup, and that is very good. You can set up how often you want it backed up, and I find that extremely useful.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see the API for beginners improved because it is hard to understand. It is based on the idea of a container when most programmers just understand directories and subdirectories. For a beginner, the API is a bit confusing.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Amazon S3 for the past four years

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is definitely present from hundreds to thousands depending on the client.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used other solutions in the past, but none of them are as scalable.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup If you have the experience is fairly simple. If you do not, then it is fairly complex.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I know it is very inexpensive compared to other solutions.

What other advice do I have?

I would basically recommend that individuals just follow the guidelines AWS as they are very good. I would rate Amazon S3 an eight on a scale of one to ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Daniel Durian - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Information Security Manager at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Dec 5, 2022
Has good auto-scaling features
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution auto-scales so it is easily scalable."
  • "I would like to see an easier setup that doesn't require as much training."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case of this solution is for storage.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of the solution is auto-scaling.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see an easier setup that doesn't require as much training.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution auto-scales so it is easily scalable.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward as long as you are familiar with the cloud services.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost varies based on the type of subscription you chose.

Currently, I use the solution for my phishing server and I pay $15 per month.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing the solution I evaluated DigitalOcean.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution nine out of ten.

I suggest if you are interested in using the solution you should also use the other services offered by Amazon such as AWS, and EC2 so you have access to everything in one place.

Auto-scaling is very costly if you don't manage to control it. You need to have good training and understanding of the solution.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Cuneyt Gurses - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect, DevOps Engineer at sonne technology
Real User
Nov 20, 2022
A stable and scalable solution for deep backups
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is good and includes all the features we expect."
  • "The solution's pricing should be modified to automatically expand storage based on prior usage."

What is our primary use case?

Our company uses the solution for deep CI backups. We have thousands of customers who use the solution and access our application. 

What is most valuable?

The solution is good and includes all the features we expect. 

What needs improvement?

The solution's pricing should be modified to automatically expand storage based on prior usage. For example, our monthly usage is very low so our storage allotment should be increased by 200%.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for five years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is good so I rate it them a nine out of ten. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I did not previously use another solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The setup is very easy. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing depends on your region and is reasonable. For example, the price per gigabyte is .0025 in the South Pacific and .0023 in Europe.  

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We use the solution and EC2 with similar frequency depending on use case. 

What other advice do I have?

I recommend the solution and rate it a nine out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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