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We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Amazon S3 Glacier based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Public Cloud Storage Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Amazon S3 vs. Amazon S3 Glacier Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The multi-zone replication is great.""The solution is good and includes all the features we expect.""You don't have to specify your clone, availability clone, or your locations. Everything's over there. They have a receipt for the instance where we have to select the exact location of what we are clicking. The S3 storage capacity is high, and the price is reasonable.""The most valuable feature is the storage.""The product helps to define storage type based on the requirement.""It's good for starting up because you only pay for what you use.""We find the archival capabilities of this solution quite valuable, because we can have set policies of exactly when, and what to archive.""The solution's peak-up time is good."

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"It is the most feature-rich platform.""Amazon S3 Glacier is a very cheap storage, where we store infrequently used data.""The tool is simple to use and not very expensive.""The biggest advantage of the product is that AWS always copies the tool internally.""The solution is easy to use.""The solution is great for storing data you don't usually need access to. It's also well-integrated with Amazon S3.""The main advantage of Glacier is its low cost. It is incredibly cheaper than other storage options, especially for objects you don't access frequently. Glacier would add value if you have a staging area for objects you only need to access occasionally. Since we have data in terabytes between S3 buckets, we can significantly reduce our storage and cost footprint by using Glacier.""Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly stable solution."

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Cons
"The solution requires you to buy and use Amazon services.""The solution's pricing should be modified to automatically expand storage based on prior usage.""Amazon S3 could improve some of the features, such as indexing, or we should have more information about all the data stored in a single place. This way we can see what data resides where instead of going in different buckets, file locations manually, or searching. An index would be nice, allowing us to directly go to a location to use the date.""The solution needs to improve test recognition.""The solution's data transfer speed could be improved.""The stability of the solution has room for improvement.""I would like there to be more support without needing to use Transfer Family.""Amazon S3's unit of measure for expansion should be smaller."

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"The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage.""They should increase the data limit for the free version or reduce the price.""The solution's cost optimization could be improved.""The product needs to improve cloud security.""I am unsure if the product provides good integration capabilities. From an improvement perspective, I want the tool to provide easier integration features.""The learning curve is very high.""The technical support has room for improvement.""Amazon S3 Glacier is a cheaper tool if you're running it on-prem, but it is expensive if deployed on the cloud."

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  • "With S3 Standard, there is not a charge for deletion of objects."
  • "This solution has reasonable pricing and a low cost."
  • "The licensing is pay as you go, and I'm happy with the pricing."
  • "The cost of storage is cheap. However, the cost to have a better interface can get expensive. We are using Athena for this purpose and if we did some heavy queries the cost will start adding up. When the Athena query is running, it will scan the bucket and they charge for how many GBs we are going to scan. The function of scanning has a lot of costs attached to it, this is a negative point."
  • "The price of the Amazon S3 is low. The license model is based on what you use."
  • "The price of Amazon S3 depends on various variables. However, the price overall is fair."
  • "The price of Amazon S3 could be less expensive."
  • "The license of Amazon S3 is based on volume, capacity, and time. The overall price of the solution could improve. The support has to be added if you want it at an additional cost."
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  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is much cheaper than competing products."
  • "There is no license, you pay for what you use."
  • "The solution is cost-effective."
  • "The product is cheap."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is expensive."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is a cost-effective solution for archiving."
  • "The pricing must be improved."
  • "Amazon S3 Glacier is very cheap, but the cost becomes a concern when you have a very large amount of data."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Amazon S3 is very flexible and provides high storage.
    Top Answer:The solution is cost-effective because it is based on a pay-as-you-go model, where I can purchase and use it according to my needs.
    Top Answer:No direct connector is available to connect Amazon S3 with other tools like MicroStrategy. So, I have to use a third party and connect to it.
    Top Answer: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, which… more »
    Top Answer:Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly scalable and available solution.
    Top Answer:The solution's cloud storage is very expensive, and users may not be able to afford cloud storage.
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    Also Known As
    S3, Simple Storage Service
    Amazon Glacier
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    Overview

    Amazon Simple Storage Service is storage for the Internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.

    Amazon S3 has a simple web services interface that you can use to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, fast, inexpensive data storage infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to developers.

    Amazon Glacier is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term backup. Customers can reliably store large or small amounts of data for as little as $0.007 per gigabyte per month, a significant savings compared to on-premises solutions. To keep costs low, Amazon Glacier is optimized for infrequently accessed data where a retrieval time of several hours is suitable.

    Sample Customers
    Netflix, Airbnb, Thomson Reuters, Zillow, Alert Logic
    King Cpunty, Illumina, Backupify, Nearmap.com, Scribd, Baylor College of Medicine, SoundCloud
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company35%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Real Estate/Law Firm12%
    Healthcare Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization67%
    Computer Software Company6%
    Financial Services Firm4%
    Manufacturing Company3%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company42%
    Financial Services Firm17%
    Recruiting/Hr Firm8%
    Integrator4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization29%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Comms Service Provider6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise48%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business8%
    Midsize Enterprise70%
    Large Enterprise22%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business58%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise26%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise37%
    Large Enterprise45%
    Buyer's Guide
    Amazon S3 vs. Amazon S3 Glacier
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon S3 vs. Amazon S3 Glacier and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Amazon S3 is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 65 reviews while Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 5th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 34 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Google Cloud Storage and Wasabi, whereas Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Wasabi and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System). See our Amazon S3 vs. Amazon S3 Glacier report.

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