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Amazon S3 Glacier vs Microsoft Azure Object Storage vs Rackspace Cloud Files comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of Amazon S3 Glacier is 10.9%, down from 17.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Object Storage is 3.3%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rackspace Cloud Files is 1.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Public Cloud Storage Services Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon S3 Glacier10.9%
Microsoft Azure Object Storage3.3%
Rackspace Cloud Files1.7%
Other84.1%
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Featured Reviews

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Project Engineer at Astellas Pharma US
Archiving data has reduced storage costs and provides reliable long‑term retention
We have not really come across any downsides for us. It is possible that the retrieval of data may be expensive, which could be an issue, but we have not experienced that in fairness. Integration with our policies would be beneficial. We have policies for our systems where we delete data after a certain number of years, and having integration with Amazon S3 Glacier would be good. Having a guarantee that Amazon S3 Glacier would persist for the amount of time that we require in our archives would be valuable. In other words, Amazon would need to commit to support for the period we need. We could be talking about 20 years or longer. We cannot always move to the next version because we need to maintain old systems and legacy systems in order to maintain archives. A guarantee around support would be a good thing to have.
Animesh.Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Solutions Architect at Think Power Solutions
Customer improves data management with enhanced storage and enjoys challenge of optimizing performance
Microsoft Azure Object Storage can be improved in terms of performance. When using Data Lakes for analytics and frequently pulling data from our source database to Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, there should be faster methods to download large data from Microsoft Azure Storage Blob to different locations. I did not receive much support in addressing this issue.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
11%
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
University
7%
Marketing Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business25
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise15
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Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise21
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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 so...
What do you like most about Amazon S3 Glacier?
I like creating buckets where data can be segregated at a high level and then routing the appropriate data to each de...
What needs improvement with Amazon S3 Glacier?
We have not really come across any downsides for us. It is possible that the retrieval of data may be expensive, whic...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Object Storage?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Microsoft Azure Object Storage is very good.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Object Storage?
The customer support for Microsoft Azure Object Storage is not good. If a good engineer is assigned, then it function...
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Also Known As

Amazon Glacier
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, Azure Object Storage, MS Azure Object Storage
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Sample Customers

King Cpunty, Illumina, Backupify, Nearmap.com, Scribd, Baylor College of Medicine, SoundCloud
Umbraco, Xbox, Radioshack, 343 Industries, McKesson
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