Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Microsoft Azure File Storage comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #8 in CS , with an average rating of 8.7, and holds a 2.3% mindshare in the category. Microsoft is ranked #4 in PCSS , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 10.3% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Microsoft Azure File Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Cloud Storage (8th)

Microsoft Azure File Storage

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

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Public Cloud Storage Services (4th)

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 2.3%, up 2.1% compared to last year.
Microsoft Azure File Storage, on the other hand, focuses on Public Cloud Storage Services, holds 10.3% mindshare, down 13.3% since last year.

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Featured Reviews

MuhammadAzhar Khan

Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group

Diverse features and affordability drive effective resource management

Amazon EBS offers diverse features. It can be used for multi-purpose storage, supporting single, multiple, or heavy loads. It has different types for various use cases, allowing me to choose based on my specific requirements. The primary advantage of Amazon EBS is affordability compared to other solutions like EFS or FSX. It acts as a hard drive for servers, making it essential for operation.

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PrashanthR

Lead Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Seamlessly streamlines document processing with advanced file storage and OCR integration

We need to store data over there. We process documents through Kofax Time is a major benefit, as well as ease of processing. With configuration, it happens quite easily, and we can finish tasks early. File storage is complemented by OCR with Azure Cognitive Service. This enhances the processing…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"One of the features I find most valuable is that EBS can be independent. You can attach and detach it from your server."

"The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."

"I find it valuable for applications requiring high throughput or IOPS and mention its stability and performance as significant factors."

"Amazon EBS is perfectly serving its purpose, and I absolutely recommend it to others."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is backup...Amazon EBS is a very good product since it is very easy to enhance or increase and migrate your servers immediately, in a matter of seconds."

"It also supports encryption by default for added security."

"Amazon EBS offers diverse features."

"If an instance is terminated abruptly or accidentally, I can reattach the volume to a different instance."

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"The initial setup is fairly easy."

"Azure File Storage gives us easy access to cloud solutions at the storage level."

"The functionality is easy."

"It's a scalable solution."

"Integration with the entire Azure platform."

"Azure File Storage gives us easy access to cloud solutions at the storage level."

"The profile management option is another valuable feature that allows us to manage the profiles and secure them."

"Implementations with other products are easy."

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Cons

"The features could be improved."

"The setup could be easier."

"There is room for improvement in terms of file storage. Recently, we had a scenario in which, in a file share, we had increased the IOPS capacity; this was for the production environment."

"The initial setup is not easy."

"Amazon EBS could improve by offering immutability of the data."

"The initial setup process is easy."

"One of the major issues in the tool arises whenever it handles a large amount of traffic in the system, making it an area where improvements are required."

"I do not have anything in mind for improvement at the moment."

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"It’s a challenge to find the right support person."

"A lot of things could be better, especially when it comes to accessing File Storage for monitoring. Azure Copy is fine, but there could be additional integration and security features for those who want more privacy and control over access to Azure."

"Maybe Microsoft can make it more economical because it is a costly affair."

"The pricing and technical support could be better."

"The pricing could be improved. They need to make the costs more transparent so users know what they will be charged and why ahead of time."

"They can improve the ability to assign permissions to different groups or users."

"The transparency of cost should be improved."

"The product’s pricing could be better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I find the price reasonable for our I environment."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."

"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."

"The cost can vary greatly depending on the use case, ranging from one dollar to over $1200 dollars per month."

"The product is low-priced than other solutions."

"It is a cost-effective solution."

"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."

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"For one terabyte of data, we are spending about 150 Euro every month."

"The price of the solution is reasonable. The pricing model is based on usage."

"The price of Microsoft Azure File Storage is expensive, we do not know exactly how the price is calculated."

"The solution is a bit pricey compared to AWS and Google."

"The pricing could be more flexible."

"We have Microsoft Azure File Storage's enterprise license."

"One of the major benefits for AWS is that they have a very large customer representative base where clients can be picked from, they offer large discounts and credit. We were not able to receive the same kind of offers from Microsoft Azure File Storage. We tried to approach Azure while hiring for our disaster recovery discussion, but we didn't receive anything from Azure."

"We pay for both yearly and monthly licenses. The yearly one is cheaper than the monthly one."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

45%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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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...

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What do you like most about Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

The durability and snapshot capabilities are good.

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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.

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Which file storage system is better - Amazon EFS (elastic file storage) or Azure File Storage?

Amazon EFS is easy to set up: you can use the AWS management console, API, or command-line. Amazon EFS can grow to petabytes and deliver consistent low latencies and high levels of throughput. This...

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What do you like most about Microsoft Azure File Storage?

The product is a reliable cloud solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Azure File Storage?

The pricing for Microsoft Azure File Storage is five out of ten, not so expensive and not so low.

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Overview

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud. Each Amazon EBS volume is automatically replicated within its Availability Zone to protect you from component failure, offering high availability and durability. Amazon EBS volumes offer the consistent and low-latency performance needed to run your workloads. With Amazon EBS, you can scale your usage up or down within minutes – all while paying a low price for only what you provision.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Fully managed file shares that use the standard SMB 3.0 protocol

Key scenarios:

Share data across on-premises and cloud servers
Migrate file share-based applications to the cloud with no code changes
Integrate modern applications with File storage
Simplify hosting for high availability workload data

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Sample Customers

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

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