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Amazon S3 Glacier vs Oracle Database Backup Service comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 1, 2024

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 S3 Glacier
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Oracle Database Backup Service
Ranking in Public Cloud Storage Services
14th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Public Cloud Storage Services category, the mindshare of Amazon S3 Glacier is 17.7%, up from 15.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Database Backup Service is 1.0%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Public Cloud Storage Services
 

Featured Reviews

ArunDhwaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Versatile data storage improves security and supports increasing data volumes
Amazon S3 Glacier offers robust security features and practically infinite storage, where we can store all kinds of media swiftly. It supports various data types, including semi-structured and raw formats. These features facilitate log management and data dumping since the service is versatile enough to handle large volumes of data and provide necessary security.
Hossein Nezamabadi - PeerSpot reviewer
Has an easy setup process and good technical support services
We use Oracle Database Backup Service to manage incremental, differential, and cumulative backups The product's most valuable features are differential and cumulative backup functionality. We encounter issues while restoring differential and cumulative backups. We have been using Oracle…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon S3 Glacier is scalable, flexible, easy to maintain and handle."
"AWS does support the ability for user controlled movement of data between regions for business continuance (BC), high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR)."
"The solution is easy to use."
"The pricing is low, and it's dedicated to archiving is valuable to us."
"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."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a scalable and easy-to-manage solution with good read-write capability."
"The product automatically replicates objects from a S3 bucket in one region to another bucket in a different region."
"We like that the price is cheaper."
"The product's most valuable features are differential and cumulative backup functionality."
"The backup is reliable and intuitive."
"Replication and performance tuning are valuable features."
"Oracle Database Backup Service is an easy-to-use consolidation solution that's dashboard-driven."
"The interface is good."
"It's a scalable product."
"From the database perspective, Oracle is the best."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to perform encrypted backups after any learning."
 

Cons

"Amazon S3 Glacier is a cheaper tool if you're running it on-prem, but it is expensive if deployed on the cloud."
"The product is difficult to use."
"There is room for improvement in terms of support"
"They can improve data discovery."
"The tool could be made cheaper."
"However, improvement is needed in pricing and support systems."
"The cost of retrieval in Glacier is quite high."
"The response times could be faster. When you are with Amazon and use Glacier, you expect a response time between four to seven hours to retrieve the data."
"It's already fast, but still, they could improve the speed."
"They should base their strategy according to the country and the regulations there, and focus more on the on-premises deployment."
"We encounter issues while restoring differential and cumulative backups."
"The product's technical support services need improvement in terms of response time."
"The solution needs to add an archive function."
"The product can protect from external data penetration, but the in-house IT team can access it."
"We cannot use the product with other brands."
"Deployment is overly complex and could be streamlined."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay a monthly licensing fee for Amazon S3 Glacier."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is much cheaper than competing products."
"Amazon S3 Glacier has a good pricing point, and you pay for what's being used."
"We don't pay for licenses. We pay based on consumption data, considering how much data is stored."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is not an expensive solution, and it has a pay-as-you-go pricing model."
"Amazon S3 Glacier has good pricing."
"There is no license, you pay for what you use."
"The tool is too expensive."
"Price is always an area that could be made better, as it is quite expensive."
"The platform is expensive."
"The platform is expensive."
"The only problem with Oracle is its pricing."
"It's an expensive solution and is an area that needs improvement."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate Oracle Database Backup Service a seven or eight out of ten."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
33%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Financial Services Firm
21%
Computer Software Company
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
9%
University
9%
 

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 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 ...
What needs improvement with Amazon S3 Glacier?
The cost of retrieval in Glacier is quite high. It would be excellent if Amazon could work on reducing retrieval costs. Another improvement is making Glacier available in all regions.
What do you like most about Oracle Database Backup Service?
From the database perspective, Oracle is the best.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database Backup Service?
The pricing must be improved. The only problem with Oracle is its pricing.
What needs improvement with Oracle Database Backup Service?
The product can protect from external data penetration, but the in-house IT team can access it. One simple update can mess up the entire system.
 

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Sample Customers

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