We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier and Microsoft Azure Object Storage based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Public Cloud Storage Services solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Amazon S3 Glacier is a scalable and easy-to-manage solution with good read-write capability."
"The main advantage of Glacier is its low cost. It is incredibly cheaper than other storage options, especially for objects you don't access frequently. Glacier would add value if you have a staging area for objects you only need to access occasionally. Since we have data in terabytes between S3 buckets, we can significantly reduce our storage and cost footprint by using Glacier."
"Data retrieval, security, compliance, and storage archiving are the most valuable features of Amazon S3 Glacier."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly stable solution."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a stable and scalable solution."
"The tool is simple to use and not very expensive."
"AWS Lambda is the most valuable part of the solution because it gives you a code interface for everything."
"The biggest advantage of the product is that AWS always copies the tool internally."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage offers hassle-free usage. It is easy to configure."
"The most important thing for me is reliability."
"We use the product for storage, documentation, and reporting."
"We can do data queries easily."
"The features of Microsoft Azure Object Storage that are most valuable are the ones providing encryption. Access is more controlled using private endpoints and SaaS token keys. Many access control features exist."
"Blob Storage is one of the best resources in Azure for storing unstructured data such as files, video files, audio files, and Excel files."
"The file retention and object retention have been most valuable."
"The solution is stable. It works fine for us."
"The learning curve is very high."
"The solution's pricing is too expensive and could be improved."
"Amazon S3 Glacier could be more secure."
"The solution’s deployment process is complex and could be improved."
"The technical support has room for improvement."
"The solution's cost optimization could be improved."
"The stability must be improved."
"The product is difficult to use."
"One of the things that are currently important is consistency. To achieve this, another database called Cosmos DB is available. We want to have a similar consistency to the one in Cosmos DB but at a cheaper price."
"They could provide multiple tools to provide you with cost calculations, giving you a better picture or providing better details of the cost calculations over the years."
"Microsoft Azure Object Storage needs to improve stability and cloud user interface."
"The cost of support is always expensive."
"The password retrieval process was very difficult."
"Our current Azure setup faces challenges with API connectivity, particularly due to misconfigurations related to changes in Azure Graph."
"The solution can be quite slow."
"The pricing of the solution can be improved."
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Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is ranked 9th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 45 reviews. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Microsoft Azure Object Storage is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 Glacier writes "A cost-effective solution to reduce storage and cost footprint". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure Object Storage writes "Can be used to safely store big datasets in the cloud at a reasonable price". Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Wasabi and Amazon S3, whereas Microsoft Azure Object Storage is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, Wasabi and Amazon S3. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Microsoft Azure Object Storage report.
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