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 #9 in CS , with an average rating of 8.6. Microsoft is ranked #4 in PCSS , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 12.5% mindshare. Additionally, 96% 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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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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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

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Cloud Storage (9th)

Microsoft Azure File Storage

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

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Public Cloud Storage Services (4th)

Featured Reviews

RamKumar Chinnu

Cloud , DevOps Engineer at NCS Group

Effortless disk expansion enhances EC2 efficiency with a straightforward setup

In a traditional setup, if you want to add a disk to legacy systems, you need to purchase, find the hardware vendor, and insert it, which is a lengthy procedure. With Amazon EBS, if you want to add an additional disk to an EC2 instance, you can simply attach an EBS volume by clicking through a few options, and it's done.

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Pmurki@Micron.Com Praveen

VP & GM, Client Storage at Micron Technology

Setup takes minimal efforts and good product to keep files for our ETL process

We use it for ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes. We get files from different tools related to our micro-processing, copy them into Azure File Storage, and then consume them for parsing and loading It's good overall. We just use Azure File Storage as a way to keep files for our ETL process.…

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

Pros

"I don't need to delete or remove everything from an EBS when terminating an instance."

"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 product's initial setup phase was easy to manage."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that during the deployment, the tool indirectly provides our company with resources for our core side and cloud-based resources."

"The product’s most valuable feature is IOPS."

"The platform is stable and can be replicated across different availability zones and data centers."

"EBS is a cost-effective solution, where I pay as I go, making it a favorable option."

"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."

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"It is very easy to use SSTP and some traditional code to move the data into a database because we can easily use the permissions and we don't have any integration or conversion issues."

"Implementing Microsoft Azure has meant that we are using the same solution as our customers who use Azure Public Cloud. This allows us to integrate our application, as well as provide the solution to them."

"File storage is complemented by OCR with Azure Cognitive Service."

"The biggest advantage of Azure File Storage vis-à-vis other public cloud storage providers, and why we recommend Azure first and foremost, is that many of our customers have partnerships with Microsoft and so they have access to better cloud economics. Compared to AWS, we have found that (from a customer perspective) Azure is much more competitive."

"First of all, the solution is very secure. Secondly, the solution is very fast. It is reliable and available all the time."

"It was quick to synchronize back from Azure to the on-premise server."

"Implementations with other products are easy."

"It's a scalable solution."

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Cons

"The setup could be easier."

"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."

"The cost of using EBS is high compared to other cloud vendors such as Tencent Cloud or CARI Cloud. Some costs are generated immediately and some are likely to increase."

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

"The product data encryption feature needs improvement."

"If Amazon could add the auto-scaling feature that exists in RDS to the EBS volumes for EC2 or EKS, it would be beneficial."

"It is hard to access EBS volumes in different Availability Zones (AZs) because most EBS volumes are created in a single AZ."

"The features could be improved."

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"I would like to see more updates around File Storage."

"The product must provide better security functions."

"The initial setup is complex. Unless you have done it a few times it, it is going to be hard."

"Importing and exporting data needs to have a bit more documentation."

"The solution should support all the legacy storage systems."

"Firewall rules should be introduced to secure the access date from any virus attacks. Anti-virus should be introduced in the work filtering and document filtering."

"It's a bit complex to set up. Other than that, there is nothing to improve."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"You need to pay additional costs for support."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

"The solution is quite costly."

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

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

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

"There are fewer hidden costs involved compared to other solutions, and when our customer is already a Microsoft partner, they typically have access to more affordable fees."

"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."

"The pricing is usually dependent on your storage requirements. Overall, I believe Microsoft Azure File Storage's price is reasonable."

"I think the pricing of the product can be reduced."

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

"The product's pricing need improvement."

"The price is comparable to other competitive solutions."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

54%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

16%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Small Business

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)?

In terms of pricing, Amazon EBS is not expensive. The pay-for-what-you-use model justifies the amount paid, with no extra or hidden charges.

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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?

As for the current licensing and payment structure, it's almost pay-as-you-go. Monthly is okay. But maybe we'll get a better price if we have a long-term contract and pay monthly.

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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.

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

Sample Customers

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

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