We performed a comparison between Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) and Amazon S3 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cloud Storage solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We can run code and deploy it whenever we want."
"Its elasticity and flexible pricing are the most valuable. For Amazon EFS, you are charged based on the storage. It is also very fast and stable with a very simple and intuitive interface."
"The solution is scalable."
"The product's initial setup phase is easy, as per the configurations."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The most beneficial feature of the product for data storage stems from the fact that it serves as a shared file storage."
"I appreciate Amazon's extensive range of services, which makes it a favorable choice."
"We are not that big of a cloud user. We just use it for the storage of our bytes. The most valuable aspect is the storage."
"I've also used Azure's tool, and S3 is far more stable I haven't seen the same issues on AWS that I'm having on Azure. Amazon CloudFront is way faster. The websites are loading way faster than when you do it on Azure CDN."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the accuracy and the life cycle policies, which help when moving from Amazon S3 to Amazon Glacier."
"The most valuable feature is the storage."
"Amazon S3 has multiple types of data detection. You can store data on a monthly basis, yearly basis, and long term basis."
"Set up a performance and stress-based test suite to measure the endurance of a web application on Amazon AWS cloud system using S3 as the back-end storage infrastructure."
"This solution is good at storing historical data and we were using it for other purposes."
"Enables content sharing by multiple users."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are compatibility and reliability."
"The lack of transparency in the costs attached to the product is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Around 80 percent of the features of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) are available on Linux and not in Windows, making it a major drawback of the product."
"The user activity needs to be more connected."
"Specifically, when it comes to the file system for the learning system, we encountered performance issues with both Azure and AWS."
"It could be better in connecting with Windows Server instances."
"It should be simplified. There are people who don't have cloud experience. It should be storage that we are able to just connect to."
"The interface seems strange and complicated."
"The product's stability has some shortcomings where improvements are required."
"They could always increase object storage ability."
"I would like a batch downloading option added to the AWS console."
"The tool needs to improve its flexibility in support."
"Technical support could have a faster response time."
"Could include some additional security features."
"We would like to see improvement in the ability to moves files within this solution. At present the process is not straightforward, and requires us to download files to our micro service service before then uploading into the solution. In addition, the transfer bit rate for the process is very slow."
"A feature that should be included is to find and provide a HIPPA compliant solution for the Presigned URL."
"The UI should be more user-friendly."
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Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is ranked 6th in Cloud Storage with 10 reviews while Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews. Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is rated 8.6, while Amazon S3 is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) writes "Offers integration capabilities that improve areas like storage and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and NetApp Cloud Volumes Service for Google Cloud, whereas Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier and Google Cloud Storage Nearline. See our Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) vs. Amazon S3 report.
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