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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Microsoft Azure File Storage comparison

 

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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...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (6th)
Microsoft Azure File Storage
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Public Cloud Storage Services (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is designed for Cloud Storage and holds a mindshare of 2.5%, up 2.0% compared to last year.
Microsoft Azure File Storage, on the other hand, focuses on Public Cloud Storage Services, holds 10.0% mindshare, down 13.6% since last year.
Cloud Storage
Public Cloud Storage Services
 

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.
PrashanthR - PeerSpot reviewer
Seamlessly streamlines document processing with advanced file storage and OCR integration
We need to store data over there. We process documents through Kofax Time is a major benefit, as well as ease of processing. With configuration, it happens quite easily, and we can finish tasks early. File storage is complemented by OCR with Azure Cognitive Service. This enhances the processing…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"Amazon EBS is very stable."
"The platform is stable and can be replicated across different availability zones and data centers."
"Amazon EBS is a cost-effective solution, where I pay as I go, making it a favorable option."
"This solution is scalable based on the free tier instances."
"The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."
"I don't need to delete or remove everything from an EBS when terminating an instance."
"The most impressive aspects of Amazon EBS are its scalability and high availability."
"Integration with the entire Azure platform."
"The security features and the ease of integration are good."
"First of all, the solution is very secure. Secondly, the solution is very fast. It is reliable and available all the time."
"It is a good service for file storage."
"Very user-friendly and intuitive."
"Implementations with other products are easy."
"I recommend Microsoft Azure File Storage for medium and above-sized companies."
"It's a stable product."
 

Cons

"The features could be improved."
"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."
"Amazon EBS could improve by offering immutability of the data."
"Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve."
"I feel that there are some concerns when it comes to the accessibility area of the product where improvements are required."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"AWS services could improve by including services in the FreeTier, like Route 53 domains or SSL certificates."
"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."
"The product must provide better security functions."
"One thing that Azure File Storage could help us with is some kind of impact assessment. When we talk to some of our larger customers who have between 500 and 1,000 applications, we normally do an assessment of all these applications and then tell them which ones are ready to be lifted and shifted, and which ones need to re-architected. It would really help if Azure File Storage could come up with a better way to give estimations of the total investment required, including all costs incurred during the migration."
"The product name keeps changing. It can be confusing when product names change frequently, especially with Microsoft. Sometimes, if you refer to a product by a certain name last year, it might have a different name six months later."
"The pricing could be improved. They need to make the costs more transparent so users know what they will be charged and why ahead of time."
"The solution is not user-friendly."
"There is a limitation on the storage capacity, like four terabytes. It could be improved to accommodate more data."
"The provider needs to collect more information about the products."
"It's a bit complex to set up. Other than that, there is nothing to improve."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."
"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."
"I find the price reasonable for our I environment."
"It is a cost-effective solution."
"The cost can vary greatly depending on the use case, ranging from one dollar to over $1200 dollars per month."
"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."
"The product is low-priced than other solutions."
"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."
"One of the major benefits for AWS is that they have a very large customer representative base where clients can be picked from, they offer large discounts and credit. We were not able to receive the same kind of offers from Microsoft Azure File Storage. We tried to approach Azure while hiring for our disaster recovery discussion, but we didn't receive anything from Azure."
"There are fewer hidden costs involved compared to other solutions, and when our customer is already a Microsoft partner, they typically have access to more affordable fees."
"The price of Microsoft Azure File Storage is expensive, we do not know exactly how the price is calculated."
"The price is comparable to other competitive solutions."
"I think the pricing of the product can be reduced."
"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being the most expensive. It's not cheap."
"We have Microsoft Azure File Storage's enterprise license."
"We pay for both yearly and monthly licenses. The yearly one is cheaper than the monthly one."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
26%
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Government
6%
 

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.
Which file storage system is better - Amazon EFS (elastic file storage) or Azure File Storage?
Amazon EFS is easy to set up: you can use the AWS management console, API, or command-line. Amazon EFS can grow to petabytes and deliver consistent low latencies and high levels of throughput. This...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure File Storage?
The pricing for Microsoft Azure File Storage is five out of ten, not so expensive and not so low.
 

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