Amazon S3 can be used for central storage, backup, log, and storage.
Responsive support, reliable, and easy setup
Pros and Cons
- "The scalability of Amazon S3 is good."
- "Amazon S3 needs to simplify the backup features."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
The reliability that Amazon S3 has provided has improved organizations.
What needs improvement?
Amazon S3 needs to simplify the backup features.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon S3 for approximately 10 years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Amazon S3 is good.
How are customer service and support?
The support from Amazon S3 has been knowledgable and responsive.
I rate the support from Amazon S3 a five out of five.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Amazon S3 is easy, it can be done in less than one day.
What about the implementation team?
We handle the implementation of Amazon S3. We have approximately 40 people that are able to do it.
What was our ROI?
It has been difficult for us to determine ROI.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The license of Amazon S3 is based on volume, capacity, and time. The overall price of the solution could improve. The support has to be added if you want it at an additional cost.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others is to pay attention to the backups and copies in Snapshots.
I rate Amazon S3 a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Founder at Hobbycue.com
Useful for storage of images and documents
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that I mostly used the tool's free tier version, so I like the fact that its cost is very low."
- "I didn't find the user interface very friendly."
What is our primary use case?
I use the solution for the storage of images and documents.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that I mostly used the tool's free tier version, so I like the fact that its cost is very low.
What needs improvement?
Recently, I was trying to clean up the data because I have a lot of old, unused objects and images. I am trying to identify the files with the highest sizes and determine if I need to keep them or delete them. I didn't find the user interface very friendly. Beyond 399 or 999 objects, the tool's user interface was not allowing me to use the sort option. I had to use various keywords to search phrases and shortlist them so that I got less than 399 objects and could use the sort option. The aforementioned area can be considered for improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon S3 for around three years. I think two years back, I was in a different organization, which was an AWS partner. I am a customer of the tool.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support is satisfactory. I rate the technical support a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
In my previous job, I used Sagemaker, but I don't use it currently. I have also used Amazon EC2 and CloudWatch for billing alerts or something that I might have set them up in the company.
How was the initial setup?
The product's deployment phase is quite comfortable with no issues. The tool's maintenance part is fairly easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I don't use it that frequently, so I think it's too early to comment on the tool's pricing structure. Six months later, I may have more data related to the tool.
I can't comment on the pricing part of the product since I don't deal with a high workload for now.
I use the tool's free tier. I believe that there is a need to make annual payments towards the licensing charges associated with the product.
What other advice do I have?
Speaking of the process for retrieving data with the help of the tool, I would say that it is used to just display images on a website. When the page is opened, it gets linked to images and I display it on the website using Amazon S3.
I did not face any performance issues with Amazon S3.
I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: May 9, 2024
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Lead Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It has versioning and pre-signed URL creation features
Pros and Cons
- "What I found most valuable in Amazon S3 is its versioning feature. I also like that you can create pre-signed URLs on the solution."
- "The query size in Amazon S3 has room for improvement because it's limited. Querying on Amazon S3 is also expensive with Amazon Athena, so that's another area for improvement in the solution."
What is our primary use case?
My use case for Amazon S3 is storage, particularly for unstructured data.
What is most valuable?
What I found most valuable in Amazon S3 is its versioning feature.
I also like that you can create pre-signed URLs on the solution.
What needs improvement?
The query size in Amazon S3 has room for improvement because it's limited. Querying on Amazon S3 is also expensive with Amazon Athena, so that's another area for improvement in the solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have two years of experience with Amazon S3. I've been using the solution continuously.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Regarding stability, I'm rating Amazon S3 eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
My rating for Amazon S3 scalability is eight out of ten.
How are customer service and support?
I didn't encounter any issues with Amazon S3, so I have yet to contact the technical support team.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up Amazon S3 was very straightforward.
What was our ROI?
The ROI from Amazon S3 is good.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing for Amazon S3 is reasonable, so price-wise, it's a seven out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
In my company, one person deployed Amazon S3. That person is also in charge of maintenance.
There's a possibility of increasing Amazon S3 usage in the future. Still, that depends on how much GB my company uses. It depends on the use cases.
I advise anyone planning to implement Amazon S3 to stick to the basics and follow the documentation to learn how to set it up.
My rating for Amazon S3 is eight out of ten because it's a very good solution.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Senior Data Archirect at Telenor
Reliable and expandable
Pros and Cons
- "Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand."
- "Amazon S3's unit of measure for expansion should be smaller."
What is our primary use case?
I use Amazon S3 as storage and a platform for installing various types of software.
What is most valuable?
Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand.
What needs improvement?
Amazon S3's unit of measure for expansion should be smaller.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Amazon S3 for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is scalable.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously I used Microsoft and Oracle.
What other advice do I have?
I'd advise those thinking of implementing Amazon S3 to carefully plan their requirements and not use too many servers. I would recommend Amazon S3 to others and rate it eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Software Architect at AIOPS group
Nicely integrated with AWS and is available on the AWS console
Pros and Cons
- "Some of the most valuable features are how convenient and easy to use S3 is. It's nicely integrated with AWS and is available on the AWS console."
- "It could maybe use more integration."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case of S3 is as an online storage solution. For example, in one of our projects, we were working on a document management system, so there were some documents that we processed and then stored on S3. We also used S3 to store some logos and images.
This is a service on AWS, so it's cloud-based.
What is most valuable?
Some of the most valuable features are how convenient and easy to use S3 is. It's nicely integrated with AWS and is available on the AWS console.
What needs improvement?
It could maybe use more integration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using S3 for about three years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Since this service is on AWS, you can scale it for storage and performance.
There are a few thousand users, in my organization, using the AWS platform.
How are customer service and support?
I don't remember us having a case where we needed support on S3.
How was the initial setup?
Since it's cloud-based, you don't really install it. You may need some certificates to access it, which need to be installed locally.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I know there are certainly monthly and yearly licensing plans, but I'm not sure which is more preferable. The yearly ones could probably be more affordable, but that's just a general suggestion.
What other advice do I have?
I rate S3 a nine out of ten. I don't want to give it a perfect ten, but it's very close. For the purposes of online storage, it's pretty good. I would definitely recommend Amazon S3 to others because it's easy to use, quite powerful, and does its job very nicely.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Team Lead at Mahindra Comviva
An easily accessible, fast and effective solution with good performance
Pros and Cons
- "Amazon S3 is easily accessible, fast and effective. Its performance is good."
- "The tool needs to improve its flexibility in support."
What is our primary use case?
I use the tool for my product deployment.
What is most valuable?
Amazon S3 is easily accessible, fast and effective. Its performance is good.
What needs improvement?
The tool needs to improve its flexibility in support.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the product for a couple of months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is stable and reliable. Its resource utilization is also good.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate the product's scalability an eight point five out of ten. My company has more than 200 users.
How was the initial setup?
Amazon S3's deployment takes some time. However, once you learn it, it's not complex.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The tool's licensing costs are yearly. I rate it a six to seven out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the overall product a seven out of ten. Setting it up takes some time at the beginning, but it's reliable and stable once it's all set up.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: May 7, 2024
Flag as inappropriateSenior Information Security Manager at a real estate/law firm with 10,001+ employees
Has good auto-scaling features
Pros and Cons
- "The solution auto-scales so it is easily scalable."
- "I would like to see an easier setup that doesn't require as much training."
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case of this solution is for storage.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of the solution is auto-scaling.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see an easier setup that doesn't require as much training.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution auto-scales so it is easily scalable.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward as long as you are familiar with the cloud services.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost varies based on the type of subscription you chose.
Currently, I use the solution for my phishing server and I pay $15 per month.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing the solution I evaluated DigitalOcean.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution nine out of ten.
I suggest if you are interested in using the solution you should also use the other services offered by Amazon such as AWS, and EC2 so you have access to everything in one place.
Auto-scaling is very costly if you don't manage to control it. You need to have good training and understanding of the solution.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Solutions Architect at AfroCentric Health
Cold storage helps you save money by storing unused data
Pros and Cons
- "We have cold storage here, and I think that's useful. When it comes to commercialization, it's cheaper to put data that you won't be using into the data storage. You only use a little bit of the data needed each day for your transition, so you pay less."
- "We have cold storage here, and I think that's useful. When it comes to commercialization, it's cheaper to put data that you won't be using into the data storage. You only use a little bit of the data needed each day for your transition, so you pay less."
What is our primary use case?
Currently, I am a cloud solution architect. I consult with developers and set up the architecture needed to deploy a solution. If a solution needs to be deployed within AWS, we sit down with the client and discuss the services that are most appropriate for that solution and design the architecture, which is given to the review board for approval. The AWS services we consume are dependent on the solution. Users from various departments will use the solution, depending on what's being deployed there.
What is most valuable?
We have cold storage here, and I think that's useful. When it comes to commercialization, it's cheaper to put data that you won't be using into the data storage. You only use a little bit of the data needed each day for your transition, so you pay less.
What needs improvement?
There could be more flexibility in configuration to allow more ways to connect to outside the PPC.
For how long have I used the solution?
I started using S3 at my previous company, so I have been using it for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
S3 is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is highly scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I rate AWS support 10 out of 10.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
Setting up S3 is straightforward. At first, it was difficult because I didn't know how to use the solution. Now it takes less than five minutes to deploy S3.
A solution architect needs to create a plan for what needs to be deployed, and the developer will deploy the solution. Most of the engagement happens before the deployment when the architect and the developer come to an agreement about the approach. One person procures the services, and others will test them and put them into the live environment.
What about the implementation team?
We deployed the solution with the help of a consultant, who helped us implement some of the heavier stuff in the data lake. However, we did the basic stuff in-house because we've got the VPC to do it ourselves.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing cost is not bad. However, you need an understanding of the solution you're deploying and the services running. You will save money by shutting down some of the services when they're not in use.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Amazon S3 nine out of 10. It's an excellent product. I'm also working with it for my personal use. I'm putting my documents and pictures into the S3 bucket.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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