We performed a comparison between AWS Application Migration Service and AWS Snowball based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Migration solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten...I rate the solution's support a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature is the live, block-to-block replication."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"The CloudEndure feature is most valuable because it is user friendly and very simple."
"Live Migration's best feature is that it's free."
"The most valuable features of AWS Snowball for me are its security measures and its flexibility."
"The way the data is moved is very clever. Also, the interface is very simple and user-friendly."
"It's a nice way of shipping a lot of data without using a network."
"You are able to scale the solution vertically. It's very scalable."
"I do not see any improvements required for the CloudEndure."
"I think it is important to have more logs, and more details would be great because we have just logged on the client's side, but there weren't many details on the cloud."
"One drawback to using CloudEndure is that the default is to give one small, lightweight server, which is created in the cloud."
"Live Migration has some issues with target setups."
"We would like to have a disaster recovery feature included in this solution."
"It would be helpful if Snowball provided more kinds of connectivity. That will make it easier to add and move data."
"I think AWS Snowball could improve by expanding its availability to more countries."
"It's not an easy product to start using for a beginner, but If you're a professional, it's easy to understand."
"The stability of the solution isn't ideal and should be improved."
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AWS Application Migration Service is ranked 8th in Cloud Migration with 5 reviews while AWS Snowball is ranked 12th in Cloud Migration with 5 reviews. AWS Application Migration Service is rated 8.2, while AWS Snowball is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of AWS Application Migration Service writes "Well priced, easy to expand, and reliable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of AWS Snowball writes "Excellent for handling large-scale data transfers". AWS Application Migration Service is most compared with Zerto and Carbonite Migrate, whereas AWS Snowball is most compared with Microsoft Azure Data Box, Google Transfer Appliance, IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration, Palantir Foundry and AWS Snowball Edge. See our AWS Application Migration Service vs. AWS Snowball report.
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