Amazon S3 Glacier vs Microsoft Azure File Storage comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are both solutions in the Public Cloud Storage Services category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.7, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.2. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 17.1% mindshare in PCSS, compared to Microsoft’s 12.9% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 97% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Amazon S3 Glacier

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90% willing to recommend

Microsoft Azure File Storage

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3,484 Comparison Views

97% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 1, 2024

Amazon S3 Glacier and Microsoft Azure File Storage compete in the cloud storage category. Microsoft Azure File Storage has the upper hand in features, which justifies its pricing.

Features: Amazon S3 Glacier is known for long-term storage, durability, and cost-effectiveness for large-scale archival needs. Microsoft Azure File Storage is recognized for seamless integration with existing systems, improved performance in accessing files, and managed file shares in the cloud.

Room for Improvement: Amazon S3 Glacier should enhance retrieval times, optimize user interface, and provide better support for large datasets. Microsoft Azure File Storage could improve synchronization capabilities, expand cross-platform functionality, and offer more comprehensive training resources.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Amazon S3 Glacier offers straightforward deployment but has mixed customer support reviews. Microsoft Azure File Storage integrates seamlessly within the Azure ecosystem, alongside receiving positive feedback for responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Amazon S3 Glacier is cost-effective for large-scale archival needs with satisfactory ROI. Microsoft Azure File Storage features competitive pricing with potentially higher ROI due to its robust features and service quality.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon S3 Glacier

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Azure File Storage

Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of Amazon S3 Glacier is 17.1%, up from 15.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Azure File Storage is 12.9%, down from 13.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Alan Bloor

Geographic Information System Developer at Public Sector

Nov 8, 2023

A powerful hosting service with an extensive code interface

Their pricing structure is always a big topic. It's so difficult to understand. I had a personal account once, and I was so scared to type in my credit card because I wasn't sure how much I would be charged. At home, I might turn on the VM to test something, and I might be on there for three minutes wondering how much it could cost. The solution might tell you there are so many hours of free usage and a free VM, but it's still scary because you don't know how much it will cost, even if you go over one second. The price structure needs massive simplifying and made crystal clear so people know what they're paying.

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Pmurki@Micron.Com Praveen

VP & GM, Client Storage at Micron Technology

Aug 19, 2024

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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We use the solution for migration."

"We like that the price is cheaper."

"Amazon S3 Glacier is a very cheap storage, where we store infrequently used data."

"Amazon S3 Glacier is scalable, flexible, easy to maintain and handle."

"The pricing is low, and it's dedicated to archiving is valuable to us."

"The product automatically replicates objects from a S3 bucket in one region to another bucket in a different region."

"The biggest advantage of the product is that AWS always copies the tool internally."

"The deployment process was straightforward."

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"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 solution is easy to use."

"Implementations with other products are easy."

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure File Storage is the cloud file storage capability."

"The initial setup is straightforward and takes approximately twenty minutes."

"It is a very scalable solution. I rate the solution's scalability a nine out of ten."

"It's a scalable solution."

"It is a scalable product since it is a cloud solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."

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Cons

"The product needs to improve cloud security."

"A couple of times, we faced outage issues that caused us problems."

"The pricing is a bit expensive. There is room for improvement in costs."

"Amazon S3 Glacier is a cheaper tool if you're running it on-prem, but it is expensive if deployed on the cloud."

"The solution’s deployment process is complex and could be improved."

"The technical support has room for improvement."

"The cost can be lower."

"The solution's cost optimization could be improved."

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"Microsoft Azure File Storage should improve its pricing."

"The support could improve."

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

"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."

"The product must provide better security functions."

"The product name keeps changing. It can be confusing when product names change frequently, especially with Microsoft. Sometimes, if you refer to a product by a certain name last year, it might have a different name six months later."

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

"It's not very intuitive."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay a monthly licensing fee for Amazon S3 Glacier."

"The tool is too expensive."

"The solution is cost-effective."

"We don't pay for licenses. We pay based on consumption data, considering how much data is stored."

"Amazon S3 Glacier is a little expensive solution."

"The pricing must be improved."

"The product is very cheap."

"Customers prefer Amazon S3 Glacier because it is a cheap and pay-as-you-go solution."

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

"The product must improve its price."

"Microsoft Azure File Storage has a reasonable price."

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

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

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

"The product's pricing need improvement."

"The pricing could be more flexible."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

33%

Computer Software Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

University

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

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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 S3 Glacier?

I like creating buckets where data can be segregated at a high level and then routing the appropriate data to each designated bucket. In terms of value, I would say that the tool gets the job done ...

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What needs improvement with Amazon S3 Glacier?

The product could be improved in terms of the customer support team's response times.

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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 Glacier is a secure, durable, and extremely low-cost cloud storage service for data archiving and long-term backup. Customers can reliably store large or small amounts of data for as little as $0.007 per gigabyte per month, a significant savings compared to on-premises solutions. To keep costs low, Amazon Glacier is optimized for infrequently accessed data where a retrieval time of several hours is suitable.

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

King Cpunty, Illumina, Backupify, Nearmap.com, Scribd, Baylor College of Medicine, SoundCloud

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