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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Google Cloud Storage comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 17, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...
Ranking in Cloud Storage
9th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Google Cloud Storage
Ranking in Cloud Storage
2nd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Public Cloud Storage Services (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is 2.3%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud Storage is 8.5%, down from 12.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

MuhammadAzhar Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Diverse features and affordability drive effective resource management
Amazon EBS offers diverse features. It can be used for multi-purpose storage, supporting single, multiple, or heavy loads. It has different types for various use cases, allowing me to choose based on my specific requirements. The primary advantage of Amazon EBS is affordability compared to other solutions like EFS or FSX. It acts as a hard drive for servers, making it essential for operation.
Manimaran Tannimalai - PeerSpot reviewer
User interface consistency facilitates seamless project planning and design for specialized tasks
While Google has made efforts to address SAP loads, the company lacks a product specialist focus. They cover a broad range of products, which might affect their ability to compete well in certain niches. Google's strength lies in their adapted approach to specific tasks, as seen with SAP loads. Generally, their focus is widespread.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Amazon EBS offers diverse features."
"Amazon EBS is very stable."
"EBS is a very crucial tool as it acts like a hard disk on cloud, providing cost savings compared to physical hard disks, and only incurring costs based on actual usage."
"The platform is stable and can be replicated across different availability zones and data centers."
"I don't need to delete or remove everything from an EBS when terminating an instance."
"One of the features I appreciate about EBS is its persistent storage nature."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is backup...Amazon EBS is a very good product since it is very easy to enhance or increase and migrate your servers immediately, in a matter of seconds."
"If EBS is attached to an EC2 instance, it allows secure document storage."
"The most valuable features are Pub/Sub, Data Explorer, BigQuery, and Data Transfer."
"The combination of Firebase features, including storage, the Firebase database, and authentication, has been the most valuable. Firebase offers Google authentication, which is convenient for our needs. Additionally, Firebase provides email authentication and Gmail authentication, which are easy to set up and integrate into our applications."
"It is easy to use."
"It's user-friendly. We find it to be very easy to use."
"Google Cloud Storage's most valuable feature is the native algorithms are available. Some of the algorithms are not available for the use cases that we had in Microsoft Azure. We didn't find any native algorithms and that's the reason why we decided to use the machine learning algorithms in GCP."
"Google Cloud Storage performs well and it's easy to use."
"One of the most valuable features of the solution is its ease of use."
"Google Cloud Storage is highly reliable."
 

Cons

"There is a concept called Snapshot, which is a backup of the entire EBS volume, however, the cost is quite high."
"The main challenge with Amazon EBS is cost management, as it is a high-performance volume. Sequencing and IOPS relative to cost are also areas of concern."
"Amazon EBS is scalable, but not auto-scaling. I have to manually scale it, especially in Windows instances, which requires downtime."
"I think performance can be improved."
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"I do not have anything in mind for improvement at the moment."
"There is a challenge of intermittent reachability with instances, where the product is sometimes available and other times not, which affects the development environment's stability."
"I would like EBS to have no limitations, similar to stream-like block storage, which can accommodate an unlimited amount of sales."
"The solution is good, however, it would benefit from increased storage without the additional cost."
"I would prefer more support for alternative operating systems like DSD. The performance could be better because sometimes there are glitches. The price could be better."
"The user interface could be more intuitive."
"The solution must provide some accessibility features."
"The tool should increase its storage."
"Google Cloud Storage could improve by increasing the storage from 15 GB. If I want to have more storage I need to pay extra money."
"The price of Azure products is high. In my opinion, the prices of Google solutions should be lowered for businesses."
"It could be made even more secure and allow for more storage."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I find the price reasonable for our I environment."
"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."
"The product is low-priced than other solutions."
"On a scale of one to ten, if one point is a cheap solution and ten points is very expensive, I rate the product price an eight."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."
"The cost can vary greatly depending on the use case, ranging from one dollar to over $1200 dollars per month."
"The solution is quite costly."
"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."
"Better pricing would be helpful."
"There is a license needed to use Google Cloud Storage at our university."
"The price could be cheaper."
"In general, it's fairly priced."
"It's about nearly $10,000 USD to use the services on GCP, however, Google gave us a good deal which is why we originally went with them."
"Approximately 800 to 1,000 USD is paid towards the licensing costs of the solution. The solution is neither expensive nor cheap, meaning it is moderately priced. There are no extra costs apart from the licensing costs of the solution."
"I pay monthly for Google Cloud Storage. It could be cheaper, but for now, it's okay."
"The product pricing is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
46%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
71%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
3%
Comms Service Provider
2%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Amazon's S3 Glacier or EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, whi...
What do you like most about Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
The durability and snapshot capabilities are good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
The cost of Amazon EBS storage is high. I rate the price as eight out of ten. It is expensive to store a lot yet provides significant cost-efficiency as I pay only for the storage time required.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Storage?
Google Cloud ( /products/google-cloud-reviews ) was cheaper compared to AWS ( /products/amazon-aws-reviews ) and Azure ( /products/microsoft-azure-reviews ). AWS ( /products/amazon-aws-reviews ) wa...
What needs improvement with Google Cloud Storage?
While Google has made efforts to address SAP loads, the company lacks a product specialist focus. They cover a broad range of products, which might affect their ability to compete well in certain n...
 

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