We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure File Storage based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users of Amazon S3 mention that the solution is missing the mapping to Windows feature like Azure File Storage has. It also received mixed reviews on service and support. For these reasons, Azure File Storage is the more valued solution.
"The most valuable features are unlimited storage, scalability, and performance."
"The multi-zone replication is great."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the accuracy and the life cycle policies, which help when moving from Amazon S3 to Amazon Glacier."
"The most valuable feature is the storage."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are its storage capabilities, security, and integration."
"We've had no issues with stability."
"Uploads are secure and occur instantly."
"The integration with Cloudfront helps in fetching the static phase and default phases in case our actual service is down."
"Integration with the entire Azure platform."
"The most valuable aspect of Azure File Storage is that all the features are available in one place."
"The solution is easy to use."
"What I like about Microsoft Azure File Storage is its convenience for customers, cost-effectiveness, and high availability."
"This solution supports all file formats."
"It is a scalable product since it is a cloud solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The product is a reliable cloud solution."
"It is a very scalable solution. I rate the solution's scalability a nine out of ten."
"The solution needs to improve test recognition."
"Amazon S3 could improve the load balancers. They are very basic compared to other solutions in the industry, such as F5. It has to be able to be analyzed up to a certain level."
"The stability of the solution has room for improvement."
"The solution requires you to buy and use Amazon services."
"It is expensive for storing."
"The pricing for Amazon S3 needs improvement. Another area for improvement is the file size change because it has some limitations that require more time for rendering, especially if you're not merely uploading a file, but reviewing that file, too."
"Technical support could have a faster response time."
"The security model can be improved as it is a bit confusing."
"Microsoft Azure File Storage is not that easy to use."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure File Storage is not that scalable. Once you reach the boundaries, you need to migrate to another solution."
"The storage account key could be a security issue."
"The security could always be modernized."
"Importing and exporting data needs to have a bit more documentation."
"It would be helpful if we could remove data that we don't frequently access to reduce the cost of the storage."
"The solution should support all the legacy storage systems."
Amazon S3 is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 65 reviews while Microsoft Azure File Storage is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 41 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure File Storage is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure File Storage writes "Various storage options available, high availability, and quick deployment". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Google Cloud Storage and Wasabi, whereas Microsoft Azure File Storage is most compared with Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Azure NetApp Files, Wasabi, Amazon S3 Glacier and Google Cloud Storage. See our Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure File Storage report.
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