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AWS Storage Gateway vs StorSimple comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 2, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Storage Gateway
Ranking in Cloud Storage Gateways
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
StorSimple
Ranking in Cloud Storage Gateways
7th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.9
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Cloud Storage Gateways category, the mindshare of AWS Storage Gateway is 12.4%, up from 10.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of StorSimple is 6.8%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Storage Gateways Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Storage Gateway12.4%
StorSimple6.8%
Other80.8%
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Featured Reviews

reviewer2056449 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sales Strategist at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Provides diverse tools for effective data management but can improve customer support practices
AWS Storage Gateway is very customer friendly in terms of their features, though perhaps not in price. If there is something that the customer needs to do with moving data from one point to another, they will make sure that is available to customers. At one time they had dozens of migration tools. They make it possible for data to get from anywhere to AWS Cloud, though not necessarily back. They will make it very easy and will do customer engagements to get that data from any legacy device to AWS. AWS Storage Gateway was born of all the cloud blank products, including Snowball, the big mobile unit. All of them were created to get more people to the AWS platform. In the past few years I have worked for data security software companies implementing customer solutions.
it_user687201 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT-Consultant Microsoft Solutions at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The deduplication technology saves time within a disaster recovery case.
The deduplication technology is the most valuable feature. It saves time within a disaster recovery case I hope that the virtual device in the cloud will get more functionality! I have used this solution for five years. The product is very stable. Due to the fact that it is combined with…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a cloud storage solution, which makes it quite flexible. If you have one terabyte today and need ten tomorrow, it's not a problem."
"The solution gives us the ability to move large amounts of data to the cloud and it gives us on-premises connectivity, and the storage can be shared from the cloud to on-premise."
"The stability is probably the most valuable aspect of the product."
"AWS Storage Gateway's best feature is its secure storage."
"The most valuable feature is that it requires less utilization of space, compared to storing directly to the database of the system. It offers a unique way of doing things."
"The solution's documentation is really good, and any information is easily accessible."
"Generally, I use AWS Storage Gateway to reduce the cost of the S3 and caching."
"AWS Storage Gateway's best feature is its secure storage."
"This device has made it possible for us to almost entirely do away with Tape backup."
"The deduplication technology is the most valuable feature."
"This product is easy to use and does all the work in the background for cloud replication and migration."
 

Cons

"We've had issues with bandwidth in the past, and we don't know where the bottlenecks are."
"I would rate it an eight out of ten, not a ten because I cannot say that it's perfect."
"Its interface could be easier to use."
"AWS Storage Gateway's cost can be an issue."
"Although we have not used this application long, I am not sure, in its current configuration, that we could scale this solution to meet our needs."
"The initial setup takes some hours. It could be simplified and that would make the user experience better."
"When we opened a ticket for AWS Storage Gateway, the support team was responsive but could not resolve the issue."
"It would be better for us if they improved their integration capability."
"Had a SSD drive go bad in one of our older units. This was replaced under our service plan, but during the rebuild process encountered a bad block in another SSD that it was reading from and downed the device hard."
"I would like more options besides iSCSI."
"I hope that the virtual device in the cloud will get more functionality!"
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing is paid monthly. Pricing is in the mid-range - not too high or too low."
"AWS Storage Gateway is reasonably priced. The price depends on how much you need. The whole synopse model comes into the picture for the cloud where it depends on how many instances per VM and the price will increase. It's a reasonable price because with all the competition around the price has to be competitive. It's not very costly."
"We pay a monthly license."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"My company needs to get monthly licenses to use the tool."
"There is a monthly subscription for the use of this solution."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
8%
Energy/Utilities Company
5%
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Company Size

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Small Business
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Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise4
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Questions from the Community

Is AWS Storage Gateway only suitable for AWS?
No, I'm pretty sure you can't. This is a service of AWS and so you're probably only able to use it there. I haven't used any of the Amazon Web Services personally but from what I know, they usually...
Is AWS Storage Gateway easy to use?
Hi, yes, I think it is very easy to use. You can install it rather quickly, and then when you start using it, it's all explained to you on the native platform's website. I think the best thing abou...
Is AWS Storage Gateway free for users of AWS?
No, this service is not provided for free by AWS. If you visit the AWS website and you look for AWS Storage Gateway pricing, you'll be sent to a very helpful calculating page. There, based on what ...
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Sample Customers

King, NEWLOG Consulting, Southern Oregon University, Religare Enterprises Limited, TGIX CloudCover, Moderna Therapeutics, JustGiving, VeriStor
AGC AusGroup. Black & Veatch, Catholic School Board, Convergent Computing, GF Health Products, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Mazda, Medplast, Mulvanny G2 Architecture, Paul Smith, Provoke Solutions Ltd, Saudi ReadyMix, SK Telecom, TechSmith, Textron, Walbridge
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