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

 

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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

"I find it valuable for applications requiring high throughput or IOPS and mention its stability and performance as significant factors."
"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."
"The durability and snapshot capabilities are good."
"I think everything is great."
"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"EBS is a very crucial tool as it acts like a hard disk on cloud, providing cost savings compared to physical hard disks, and only incurring costs based on actual usage."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."
"One of the features I appreciate about EBS is its persistent storage nature."
"The capacity and space on offer are excellent."
"I find the flexibility in storing documents or data and the ease of retrieval valuable with this solution."
"The most valuable aspect of Google Cloud Storage Nearline is its integration with the wider Google Cloud ecosystem."
"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."
"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."
"It can isolate files and stop them from corrupting other files."
"The API integration with the storage packet is the solution's most valuable feature."
 

Cons

"The setup could be easier."
"I do not have anything in mind for improvement at the moment."
"The features could be improved."
"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 performs well but it could improve."
"There are limitations in sharing resources across multiple regions and availability zones. I recommend improving EBS by introducing multi-availability zone support to enhance its functionality."
"I see a need for improvement in the scalability of Amazon EBS. If I need something more scalable, I rely on another storage solution like S3."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The solution needs to offer better System Information and Event Management (SEIM). I'd like to discover how we could implement something like that within Google's cloud."
"They should provide more options or flexibility in terms of pricing."
"The UI could be a little bit more effective."
"The interface for managing file storage in the buckets could be improved."
"One area that needs improvement is the documentation, which I find to be disorganized and not user-friendly."
"The pricing could be improved. It's completely non-competitive at this time."
"They need a better, more visual, user interface for folders and files."
"The pricing is quite high."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is quite costly."
"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."
"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."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."
"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."
"The solution is reasonably priced."
"You need to pay additional costs for support."
"It is a cost-effective solution."
"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?
The storage and access cost of Nearline are considered optimal compared to other cloud storage solutions, although I lack a clear view of other cloud storage costs.
What needs improvement with 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.
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud Storage Nearline?
I mostly use Google Cloud Storage Nearline ( /products/google-cloud-storage-nearline-reviews ) for backing up data that is not needed for daily activities. It is ideal for files that need to be sto...
 

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Sample Customers

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