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Antivirus for Amazon S3 vs VirusTotal comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Antivirus for Amazon S3
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
8th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.2
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VirusTotal
Ranking in Anti-Malware Tools
5th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Anti-Malware Tools category, the mindshare of Antivirus for Amazon S3 is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VirusTotal is 3.1%, down from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Anti-Malware Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
VirusTotal3.1%
Antivirus for Amazon S30.6%
Other96.3%
Anti-Malware Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Kalpesh Potghante - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Deloitte
Secure file sharing has protected global storage and improves confidence with external partners
The best features Antivirus for Amazon S3 offers include that it is really a built-in feature which is really great, as you don't have to do anything extra, there's no operational complexity or cost overhead associated with it, and because it's a managed solution, it's easy for us to configure policies as S3 buckets are created globally and make sure they have the necessary virus protection as needed. The simplicity and ease of policy configuration have helped my team day-to-day because, as it is part of the AWS ecosystem, I don't need to really hire a separate skill set to configure this service, and moreover, if I use the console, all the features are available to me at a click, and I can also programmatically control it, making configuring the antivirus part of setting S3 objects rather than setting up a separate service altogether on top of S3.
reviewer2588199 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Specialist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Improves security alerts and analysis with comprehensive insights
I would like to see improvements in the score consistency and accuracy. VirusTotal should add more details like those from competitors such as URL Void or Symantec URL Checker, which show the category of websites. The addition of a file selection option to analyze files would also enhance the service.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Integrating Amazon S3 antivirus scanning with our security monitoring systems has significantly streamlined my team's workflow and improved our response efficiency."
"Since using Antivirus for Amazon S3, I have seen that it is a very key feature for me as it improves compliance and also reduces risk."
"Antivirus scanning has a clear positive impact on security, automation, and developer velocity in my organization."
"If you want your S3 bucket to be secure and virus-free, you can use Antivirus for Amazon S3; it will be very fast in scanning your files, will give alerts if any issues arise, and will delete the viruses and clean them from your bucket."
"Antivirus for Amazon S3 has improved our overall security posture, especially for compliance-heavy applications, made my team more confident handling external file uploads, reduced custom infrastructure costs by around 30%, and decreased development times by about 20% due to the managed service."
"In my experience, the best feature Antivirus for Amazon S3 offers is increased security."
"Antivirus for Amazon S3 is a great tool that is reliable and easy to integrate, adding an essential security layer for S3-based workflows which may be subject to malicious attacks and protecting the overall infrastructure while also reducing the burden of checking those files on your own."
"Antivirus for Amazon S3 has positively impacted my organization by making the entire organization much safer, allowing partners to safely upload their personal files, images, and videos to the Airbnb platform, which ensures that we as a company can be a reliable partner to our partners with safe integration."
"VirusTotal provides 95% to 98% accurate information."
"It is quite simple for anyone if they just want to check some suspicious URLs."
"The product is easy to use with coding, such as Python or Java, via its API."
"I have never had any problems with stability or bugs while using VirusTotal."
"It gives detailed information about suspicious IPs, which is one of its most valuable features."
"The feature I like the most is the ability to see the MD5 or SHA-256 signature of the file, and also the composition of the file according to its segments."
"It provides detailed insights into possible malicious behavior, dropped files, and TCP connections."
"With VirusTotal, I can check for any hash, malware, file, domain, IP URL, or malicious URL, and Kaspersky stays clean."
 

Cons

"I rate it seven out of ten because if they can add the improvements that I suggested, then I will rate it higher obviously."
"I think there is a problem with pricing while scaling, and it is a blocker for big corporations as there is a subscription for the instance plus volume of scanning."
"One limitation I have identified is that advanced customizations can be tricky with fully managed solutions for Antivirus for Amazon S3."
"Integration, support, and documentation are areas where Antivirus for Amazon S3 has room to improve."
"Overall, Antivirus for Amazon S3 works well, but there are a few areas where it could be improved."
"Antivirus for Amazon S3 could be improved by addressing that it is a little bit complicated to set up because you have to deploy it via CloudFormation or Terraform, and it can be a little bit difficult trying to troubleshoot the image or container issues."
"The improvement area for Antivirus for Amazon S3 that we are facing is with large-scale file systems; it should be distributed and support a large scale of data."
"The reporting part could be a bit more detailed."
"There should be room for improvement, particularly in the API side of things."
"There is room for improvement, particularly in making some of the most useful features more accessible in the non-paid version."
"VirusTotal needs better advertisement and promotion, especially in the Middle East, since it is not yet widely recognized or popular in that region."
"I would like to see improvements in the score consistency and accuracy."
"I would like to see an improved user interface and some automation."
"They can improve the telemetry. Whenever we handle a sample, they cannot provide any information about a victim."
"VirusTotal has predefined reports, but there is a lot of manual effort involved."
"VirusTotal is hard to understand because you need to know Google Docs to create queries, and it doesn't have documentation for that."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"The pricing is reasonable."
"We are using VirusTotal with free licenses, managing the license limits across three or four accounts, thus incurring no costs."
"The pricing is very economical."
"VirusTotal is an expensive solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
24%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Antivirus for Amazon S3?
Antivirus for Amazon S3 follows AWS's pay-as-you-go model, which means cost scales with usage. For our academic workload, the pricing has been cost-effective since we only pay for the file scan and...
What needs improvement with Antivirus for Amazon S3?
There are areas that should be improved, such as user interface and visibility. Currently, most workflows rely on CloudWatch logs and Lambda triggers, which are technical. A more user-friendly dash...
What is your primary use case for Antivirus for Amazon S3?
Our main use case for Antivirus for Amazon S3 is to automatically scan and secure files uploaded to S3 buckets. This ensures that all student projects, faculty documents, and shared resources store...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for VirusTotal?
I do not know about the pricing or licensing as our organization services VirusTotal for our clients.
What needs improvement with VirusTotal?
I would like to see improvements in the score consistency and accuracy. VirusTotal should add more details like those from competitors such as URL Void or Symantec URL Checker, which show the categ...
What is your primary use case for VirusTotal?
As I work in an incident response role, my daily task is to mitigate the security alert and perform the analysis part. When any alerts come, I check the IPs from where they originate and the locati...
 

Overview

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