We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Google Cloud Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"One of the most valuable was snapshots. There were scenarios in which the whole EC2 crashed, or we were unable to use it for some time, but the data on the mounted volumes were crucial to us. So, at that time, snapshots were very helpful."
"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."
"The most valuable features of Amazon EBS are the ease of mounting any file system and good for block storage. We can use secondary storage for our difficult instances and it performs well."
"The most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."
"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"The most valuable feature of Google Cloud Storage is the shared folder."
"Google Cloud Storage performs well and it's easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is that it frees up space in your device by allowing you to store your files on the cloud and provides 15GB storage for free."
"It's simple to use."
"What I like most about Google Cloud Storage is that it's very stable, very quick, and very useful."
"We are mostly doing telephony and generic web services in the telephony."
"Google Cloud is handy and easy to use."
"Google Cloud Storage is highly reliable."
"I think performance can be improved."
"It would be good if the solution added a button to increase the size and make the EC2 machine recognize the increased capacity of the EBS."
"It would be better to analyze and find a way to merge both the file systems of Linux and Windows."
"The features could be improved."
"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."
"In Amazon EBS, it is difficult to reduce the space chosen by the customer. The cost increases the moment the size of the storage increases, and I will have to pay for two TB of the tool instead of one TB."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The setup could be easier."
"A lower cost, lower-end solution for a shared file system is missing."
"I would prefer more support for alternative operating systems like DSD. The performance could be better because sometimes there are glitches. The price could be better."
"The storage could be improved to manage it a bit better. Google Cloud Storage could be more secure, but the security features are okay."
"I would like to see this solution made faster, cheaper, and bigger."
"It could be made even more secure and allow for more storage."
"They need to get some parts of the program more mature, like the admin management part as well as the monitoring part."
"Additional cost for more storage"
"The cost of additional storage could be cheaper."
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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked 10th in Cloud Storage with 16 reviews while Google Cloud Storage is ranked 2nd in Cloud Storage with 66 reviews. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is rated 8.6, while Google Cloud Storage is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) writes "Easy to setup and afforadable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud Storage writes "Flexible, reliable, and beneficial for small sized companies". Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is most compared with Microsoft Azure Block Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Oracle Cloud Object Storage and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), whereas Google Cloud Storage is most compared with Amazon S3 Glacier, AT&T Cloud Storage, Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Microsoft Azure File Storage. See our Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs. Google Cloud Storage report.
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