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Amazon S3 vs Microsoft Azure Object Storage vs Oracle Cloud Archive Storage comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of Amazon S3 is 14.1%, up from 11.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure Object Storage is 2.4%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Cloud Archive Storage is 1.3%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Public Cloud Storage Services Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon S314.1%
Microsoft Azure Object Storage2.4%
Oracle Cloud Archive Storage1.3%
Other82.2%
Public Cloud Storage Services
 

Featured Reviews

Roberto Costa - PeerSpot reviewer
Have used multiple features effectively and find the pricing reasonable
What I appreciate most about Amazon S3 is the tiering of the objects; with the tiering, we can determine if an object won't be accessed frequently and send it to cold storage or a Glacier storage unit, which greatly lowers AWS costs. The inventory feature, called S3 Inventory, is a cool feature as well. The object access point is another notable feature. Amazon S3 has many useful features; I can simply host my website, which has to be a static web page, but even so, it's beneficial to put my code inside of Amazon S3 as a static website that people worldwide can access. I have worked with many petabytes of data stored in Amazon S3, and I have never had any performance issues, stability issues, or anything similar.
Akram Zabat - PeerSpot reviewer
Provides versatile data storage solutions with a simple setup and easy to use
It's similar to S3 for AWS. The ability to store everything inside Blob or Object storage and use it for archiving data is beneficial. For example, you can transform data from relational databases, flatten it, and store it in Object storage to save space within the databases. If I want to save data and do not require legacy access, it's a good solution, for instance, to migrate archives from databases to Object storage. This can also be used for business intelligence purposes. Having a storage solution for data makes it the best place to store it. Azure has its own solution for StatsQ Web Apps.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
16%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Retailer
9%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business33
Midsize Enterprise17
Large Enterprise38
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business22
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise21
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon S3?
We can easily connect to the AWS resources.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon S3?
AWS pricing for Amazon S3 starts at a higher cost, particularly in the standard class. However, with lifecycle manage...
What needs improvement with Amazon S3?
That is a hard question; I cannot think of any improvements right now because all the necessary features are already ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure Object Storage?
The licensing cost of Microsoft Azure Object Storage is cheaper compared to other competitors, such as Google or thir...
What needs improvement with Microsoft Azure Object Storage?
The improvement needed for Microsoft Azure Object Storage is to reduce the transactional charges, as these read and w...
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Also Known As

S3, Simple Storage Service
Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, Azure Object Storage, MS Azure Object Storage
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Sample Customers

Netflix, Airbnb, Thomson Reuters, Zillow, Alert Logic
Umbraco, Xbox, Radioshack, 343 Industries, McKesson
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