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 8.7, and holds a 2.1% mindshare in the category. Microsoft is ranked #4 in PCSS , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 10.8% 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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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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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 (9th)

Microsoft Azure File Storage

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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 2.1%, up 1.9% compared to last year.
Microsoft Azure File Storage, on the other hand, focuses on Public Cloud Storage Services, holds 10.8% 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

"Amazon EBS is very stable."

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

"When I have to change the operating system or delete a host, I can store the data in EBS or assign it to another host."

"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."

"The product comes with multiple central port installations like gp2 and gp3."

"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."

"EBS can handle Apex, which helps us manage many issues. EBS is easy to use and has high performance."

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"The functionality is easy."

"We have not explored the desktop performance analysis of the file storage, but the user interface, API, and the response that we receive over the file storage are very good. We have a lot of customers that connect to the client-side, click the images, and upload them. The beauty of the solution is that we can mount the file storage into a critical server as well as an external drive. The speed that we receive with the images is pretty good."

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

"It's a stable product."

"Integration with the entire Azure platform."

"This solution supports all file formats."

"I like that Microsoft Azure File Storage works fine and is quick to deploy. It's also easy to connect to it, particularly when connecting it with my on-premise file servers."

"Its simplicity of use is most valuable. It's easy to start working with it and understand it. It's easier to transfer files between different users. I'm able to move files from my device to my manager's device without any issues or without facing any problems in between."

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Cons

"The main challenge with Amazon EBS is cost management, as it is a high-performance volume."

"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."

"I am still in the learning process regarding Amazon EBS, so I'm not entirely sure what specific improvements are needed."

"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."

"There is a concept called Snapshot, which is a backup of the entire EBS volume, however, the cost is quite high."

"The initial setup is not easy."

"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."

"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."

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"It should allow better methods for handling large files."

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

"Microsoft Azure File Storage is not that scalable. Once you reach the boundaries, you need to migrate to another solution."

"The storage account key could be a security issue."

"In our use cases, we see the weakness in mobile internet connectivity."

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

"Considering the enterprise licensing required for the solution, the cost of the solution is an area where the product needs improvement."

"I have used the file storage explorer in multiple systems, and it seems a bit cumbersome and not very efficient, particularly with authentication. It can be tricky to set it up."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"You need to pay additional costs for support."

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

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

"The solution is quite costly."

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

"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."

"The solution is reasonably priced."

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

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"The licensing cost for Microsoft Azure File Storage comes with an agreement from Microsoft."

"Microsoft Azure File Storage is expensive."

"Microsoft Azure File Storage has a reasonable price."

"The price is comparable to other competitive solutions."

"I give the pricing of the solution a seven out of ten."

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

"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being the most expensive. It's not cheap."

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

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

52%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Government

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Midsize Enterprise

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)?

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 price is almost the same as the competition. I would rate it three or three and a half out of ten on the pricing scale.

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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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