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Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Microsoft Azure File Storage 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
7.4
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Storage (9th)
Microsoft Azure File Storage
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
48
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.
Cloud Storage
Public Cloud Storage Services
 

Featured Reviews

MuhammadAzhar Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
PrashanthR - PeerSpot reviewer
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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most impressive aspects of Amazon EBS are its scalability and high availability."
"The tool has different types of volumes, like SSD and HDD."
"The integration of Amazon EBS with EC2, S3, and Amazon Glacier is seamless and easy, creating a comprehensive cloud environment."
"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."
"The most valuable feature is its scalability. I can easily scale the block from terabytes to gigabytes."
"It also supports encryption by default for added security."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is its scalability."
"I find it valuable for applications requiring high throughput or IOPS and mention its stability and performance as significant factors."
"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."
"The most valuable aspect of Azure File Storage is that all the features are available in one place."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The initial setup is fairly easy."
"File storage is complemented by OCR with Azure Cognitive Service."
"It is a very scalable solution. I rate the solution's scalability a nine out of ten."
"The interface is very good."
"Azure File Storage gives us easy access to cloud solutions at the storage level."
 

Cons

"Amazon EBS could improve by offering immutability of the data."
"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."
"Amazon EBS performs well but it could improve."
"Amazon EBS needs to improve its user interface for data transactions."
"The setup could be easier."
"Having more flexibility in resizing, especially scaling down, would be beneficial."
"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."
"There is a lack of awareness and knowledge about Amazon EBS among potential users, which results in underutilization."
"In our use cases, we see the weakness in mobile internet connectivity."
"The integration of the site storage with SQL was not completely seamless."
"It should allow better methods for handling large files."
"There is room for improvement in helping customers understand and integrate Azure File Storage into their operations."
"Azure File Storage's stability is okay, but sometimes we have trouble with the link to the Azure VPN disconnecting."
"Considering the enterprise licensing required for the solution, the cost of the solution is an area where the product needs improvement."
"Lacks integration with other platforms."
"The initial setup is complex. Unless you have done it a few times it, it is going to be hard."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."
"I find the price reasonable for our I environment."
"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."
"You need to pay additional costs for support."
"Microsoft Azure File Storage has a reasonable price."
"The licensing cost for Microsoft Azure File Storage comes with an agreement from Microsoft."
"One needs to pay according to the storage they plan to use in the solution. The payments are to be made yearly. It is usually monthly, but we opted for yearly subscriptions in our company."
"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."
"I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with ten being the most expensive. It's not cheap."
"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 product must improve its price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
52%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
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...
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.
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...
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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