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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Google Cloud Storage Nearline comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
35
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (6th)
Google Cloud Storage Nearline
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Public Cloud Storage Services (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Cloud Services solutions, they serve different purposes. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is designed for Cloud Storage and holds a mindshare of 2.4%, up 2.1% compared to last year.
Google Cloud Storage Nearline, on the other hand, focuses on Public Cloud Storage Services, holds 5.9% mindshare, down 10.6% since last year.
Cloud Storage Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)2.4%
Dropbox Business - Enterprise6.8%
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP5.5%
Other85.3%
Cloud Storage
Public Cloud Storage Services Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Google Cloud Storage Nearline5.9%
Amazon S314.3%
Amazon S3 Glacier10.1%
Other69.69999999999999%
Public Cloud Storage Services
 

Featured Reviews

TD
Intermediate DevOps Engineer at Gebeya Inc
Optimizing resource management and traffic distribution with persistent data storage
Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is crucial for storing data persistently, particularly configurations, compute data, and databases. EC2 instances offer flexibility in choosing instance sizes, and we use Elastic Load Balancing for traffic distribution. We integrate with AWS Key Management Services for storing cluster keys. Autoscaling mechanisms are beneficial for handling data processing and storage needs efficiently.
Seamless integration with cloud services improves workflows but documentation needs enhancement
One area that needs improvement is the documentation, which I find to be disorganized and not user-friendly. The lack of comprehensive walkthrough guides for specific use cases makes it difficult to follow. To enhance the experience, more detailed examples, guides, and tutorials from start to finish would be beneficial. Additionally, the cost compared to other providers like Amazon could be regarded as a downside.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Overall, I rate Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) a nine out of ten."
"Amazon EBS is perfectly serving its purpose, and I absolutely recommend it to others."
"The integration of Amazon EBS with EC2, S3, and Amazon Glacier is seamless and easy, creating a comprehensive cloud environment."
"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 of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"If EBS is attached to an EC2 instance, it allows secure document storage."
"As far as stability, availability, and durability, and all of that, it's basically just about perfect."
"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 data structure and the types of data that are supported are very good."
"The most valuable feature of Nearline is the access. It's helpful to move data that is generated once a month, such as salary information, to Nearline."
"The capacity and space on offer are excellent."
"The stability is excellent; I can't think of a better service that's provided in South America, and the infrastructure overall is very stable and reliable."
"There are no issues with the integration of Google Cloud Storage Nearline with other Google services."
"The API integration with the storage packet is the solution's most valuable feature."
"Nearline is highly stable."
"The best part of Nearline storage is the ability to take backups at optimal costs and its availability across multiple regions."
 

Cons

"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 setup could be easier."
"There is a challenge of intermittent reachability with instances, where the product is sometimes available and other times not, which affects the development environment's stability."
"Amazon EBS could improve by offering immutability of the data."
"The initial setup process is easy."
"Regarding EBS, if an instance is terminated, the volume is also deleted, which leads to data loss."
"Implementing more AI-based capabilities could enhance the service."
"I feel that there are some concerns when it comes to the accessibility area of the product where improvements are required."
"One area that needs improvement is the documentation, which I find to be disorganized and not user-friendly."
"Documentation is an area for improvement in Google Cloud Storage Nearline."
"From a storage standpoint, it would be beneficial if the retrieval cost could be optimized, as it is comparatively higher than storage costs in Nearline."
"The UI could be a little bit more effective."
"One area that needs improvement is the documentation, which I find to be disorganized and not user-friendly."
"The pricing is quite high."
"The pricing could be improved. It's completely non-competitive at this time."
"The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a cost-effective solution."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."
"You need to pay additional costs for support."
"The solution is quite costly."
"On a scale of one to ten, if one point is a cheap solution and ten points is very expensive, I rate the product price an eight."
"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."
"The solution is reasonably priced."
"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."
"Google Cloud Storage Nearline is very inexpensive. It costs us less than $50 a month to store our files. We use approximately 10 terabytes. Overall, I would rate the product a five out of five for affordability."
"Right now, for the number of servers and the storage that I have, I would say I'm charged between $125 and $150 per month."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
7%
Computer Software Company
12%
University
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business16
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

Which is better - Amazon's S3 Glacier or EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, whi...
What do you like most about Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
The durability and snapshot capabilities are good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?
The cost of Amazon EBS storage is high. I rate the price as eight out of ten. It is expensive to store a lot yet provides significant cost-efficiency as I pay only for the storage time required.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud Storage Nearline?
My experience with the licensing and cost of Google Cloud Storage Nearline has been positive.
What needs improvement with Google Cloud Storage Nearline?
Documentation is an area for improvement in Google Cloud Storage Nearline. Documentation might cause some issues during deployment in future updates of Google Cloud Storage Nearline. Other than tha...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Storage Nearline?
I have integrated Google Cloud Storage Nearline with BigQuery for analytics.
 

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Sample Customers

Bazaar Voice, Crowd Strike, Adobe, Gamevil, Hess, CopperEgg, TotalJobs Group, SuperCell, Dropcam, Unilever
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