We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure Object Storage 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.
"Cloud infrastructure is the most valuable feature."
"The product helps to define storage type based on the requirement."
"S3 is well suited for both big and little data repositories of objects ranging from backup to archive to active video images and much more."
"I don't have any problems with the solution. It's issue-free."
"An important feature of the Amazon S3's system is that it offers encryption while the files are at rest. This is crucial in ensuring the security of the files being restored and addressing potential security risks. That's what I would emphasize."
"The most valuable features of the Amazon S3 are its ease of use and integration"
"The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use."
"The storage factor and data extraction are faster because we can use Redshift for extraction."
"The tool's most valuable feature is performance."
"The layout of Microsoft is professional."
"The product has good accessibility."
"AzCopy is probably the best feature. It's a scripting app or a scripting function. Whether it's a Linux batch or a PowerShell script, you can essentially just send a file via a line of code with a specific key."
"Technical support has been excellent."
"We use the product for storage, documentation, and reporting."
"Object Storage's best features are the soft delete option and the retention period."
"The file retention and object retention have been most valuable."
"We need the mapping to Windows. That feature is needed in S3. That feature is in the Azure cloud where we can map it like a drive. We can map the cloud storage to the effort driving our Windows PC. But Amazon is not providing that feature for the S3 solution."
"When we need to find the queries there is no user interface, it is the only textual format that is bulky. If we need some data we will use Athena for queries and we will get results. When comparing this solution to others, such as DataDog, they provide a wonderful UI, and user-friendly dashboards, and many other features that this solution is lacking."
"We would like some improvement in the cost of storage via this solution, as it currently has a very high price point."
"The read drive speed is not as fast as it should be."
"The solution's pricing should be modified to automatically expand storage based on prior usage."
"No direct connector is available to connect Amazon S3 with other tools like MicroStrategy."
"The support is better than other cloud providers but sometimes it takes a while to have a resolution to our issues."
"The down side is the web app should be aware of all the features that S3 provides in order to leverage its full potential."
"Technical support should be faster at resolving issues for tickets that we create."
"Technical support should be a little bit faster."
"They could provide multiple tools to provide you with cost calculations, giving you a better picture or providing better details of the cost calculations over the years."
"The solution can be quite slow."
"They could improve AI and ML-based modules. They should add more modules based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. Pricing is a little bit tricky with Microsoft Azure. They do provide the estimates, but it is not easy to guess the exact amount that we will be billed after a month or two because it is based on usage. This is a little confusing."
"The solution’s stability could be improved."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage has had a number of failures last week due to the lack of hardware available to support the resources. However, it was only for a short time, approximately two days."
"The password retrieval process was very difficult."
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Amazon S3 is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 65 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 10th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 43 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Object Storage writes "Easy to query, offers great security, and integrates well with other Microsoft applications". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Oracle Cloud Archive Storage, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi and Nutanix Unified Storage. See our Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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