We changed our name from IT Central Station: Here's why
  • Home
  • Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Google Cloud Storage

Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs Google Cloud Storage comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
Featured Review
Marcelo Lucas
A fast, stable, and scalable solution with flexible pricing and good elasticity
Before Amazon EFS, our customer was using EBS volumes in a unique EC2 instance to serve NFS servers. Now, these EC2 instances are not necessary.... Read more →
Jon Powell
Highly reliable, useful, simple to scale, and affordable
Its integration with BigQuery has helped in the organization's improvement.
Free Report: Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Google Cloud Storage
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Google Cloud Storage and other solutions. Updated: January 2022.
Download now
563,327 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"Its elasticity and flexible pricing are the most valuable. For Amazon EFS, you are charged based on the storage. It is also very fast and stable with a very simple and intuitive interface.""We are not that big of a cloud user. We just use it for the storage of our bytes. The most valuable aspect is the storage."

More Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) Pros →

"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is that the backup feature is always on.""From an availability perspective it's fantastic; from a security perspective it's fantastic.""It's a stable enough solution.""It is easy to use.""I have more than enough personal storage and have had no security issues.""The performance is good.""The most valuable features are stability and ease of use.""The solution is stable and has good performance."

More Google Cloud Storage Pros →

Cons
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances.""It should be simplified. There are people who don't have cloud experience. It should be storage that we are able to just connect to."

More Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) Cons →

"Google Cloud Storage could be improved by increasing the drive capacity.""There are inefficiencies with cache when the names are sequencing.""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.""I would like more storage available.""It would be helpful to offer more packages to increase the storage.""The solution should have two factor authentication.""I would like to see better pricing.""Having more storage space would be an improvement."

More Google Cloud Storage Cons →

Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It has flexible pricing. You are charged based on your storage."

    • More Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) Pricing and Cost Advice →

  • "Better pricing would be helpful."
  • "Its price is fine."
  • "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."
  • "The solution is free."
  • "They have recently changed their pricing structures, it used to be free but now it is a paid service. However, I am on a monthly subscription and the price is reasonable."
  • "The price could be cheaper."
  • "The price of the license could be cheaper. We are on an annual subscription."
  • "I pay a yearly subscription fee."

    • More Google Cloud Storage Pricing and Cost Advice →

    report
    See Which Vendors Are Best For You
    Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Public Cloud Storage Services solutions are best for your needs.
    See Recommendations
    563,327 professionals have used our research since 2012.
    Questions from the Community
    Which file storage system is better - Amazon EFS (elastic file storage) or Azure File Storage?
    Top Answer: 
    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… more »
    What do you like most about Google Cloud Storage?
    Top Answer: 
    It is stable and scalable.
    Read all 11 answers   →
    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Storage?
    Top Answer: 
    Its price is fine.
    Read all 5 answers   →
    What needs improvement with Google Cloud Storage?
    Top Answer: 
    Its security should be better from the data security point of view. It should be more secure, and it should get tightly integrated with products such as Google Docs and Google Sheets. Microsoft covers… more »
    Read all 11 answers   →
    Ranking
    7th
    out of 25 in Public Cloud Storage Services
    Views
    7,797
    Comparisons
    7,252
    Reviews
    2
    Average Words per Review
    401
    Rating
    8.5
    3rd
    out of 25 in Public Cloud Storage Services
    Views
    2,694
    Comparisons
    2,348
    Reviews
    22
    Average Words per Review
    283
    Rating
    8.9
    Comparisons
    Learn More
    Amazon
    Google
    Overview

    Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) provides simple, scalable file storage for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud. Amazon EFS is easy to use and offers a simple interface that allows you to create and configure file systems quickly and easily. With Amazon EFS, storage capacity is elastic, growing and shrinking automatically as you add and remove files, so your applications have the storage they need, when they need it.

    When mounted to Amazon EC2 instances, an Amazon EFS file system provides a standard file system interface and file system access semantics, allowing you to seamlessly integrate Amazon EFS with your existing applications and tools. Multiple Amazon EC2 instances can access an Amazon EFS file system at the same time, allowing Amazon EFS to provide a common data source for workloads and applications running on more than one Amazon EC2 instance.

    It’s designed for high availability and durability, and provides performance for a broad spectrum of workloads and applications, including Big Data and analytics, media processing workflows, content management, web serving, and home directories.

    Google Cloud Storage offers developers and IT organizations durable and highly available object storage. Google created three simple product options to help you address the needs of your applications while keeping your costs low. These three product options use the same API, providing you with a simple and consistent method of access.

    Offer
    Learn more about Amazon EFS (Elastic File System)
    Learn More
    Learn more about Google Cloud Storage
    Learn More
    Sample Customers
    Arcesium, Atlassian, Seeking Alpha, Zend
    Autism Speaks, Backflip Studios, Beneficio Facil, Bitmovin, Claritics, CloudBerry, Cosentry, DNANexus, DNAstack, Energyworx, Feedly, GenieConnect, HTC, JustDevelopIt, LeadPages, Leanplum, LiveHive, Mendelics, Ocado, RealMassive, Screenz, ShareThis, Songpop, Ubisoft, VendAsta, Webydo, Wix, zulily
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company34%
    Comms Service Provider20%
    Media Company8%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company27%
    Educational Organization13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Comms Service Provider33%
    Computer Software Company27%
    Media Company6%
    Government4%
    Company Size
    No Data Available
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise22%
    Large Enterprise47%
    Free Report: Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Google Cloud Storage
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Google Cloud Storage and other solutions. Updated: January 2022.
    Download now
    563,327 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 7th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 2 reviews while Google Cloud Storage is ranked 3rd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 24 reviews. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 8.6, while Google Cloud Storage is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "Enables us to predict our storage needs over time and start small and grow as we need ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage writes "Easy to use and scalable with excellent technical support". Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3 Glacier, Google Cloud Storage Nearline, NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud and Azure NetApp Files, whereas Google Cloud Storage is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3, Huawei FusionStorage and AT&T Cloud Storage. See our Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Google Cloud Storage report.

    See our list of best Public Cloud Storage Services vendors.

    We monitor all Public Cloud Storage Services reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.