We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 Glacier and Wasabi 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."I like the price. If you compare Glacier to others, the prices in terms of what you store beyond retention are much lower."
"The reliability of storage is the main benefit."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is a highly scalable and available solution."
"We save money with the product."
"Amazon S3 Glacier is scalable, flexible, easy to maintain and handle."
"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 stable and scalable solution."
"It is a very comprehensive tool."
"Wasabi is an easy-to-use solution."
"The tool is very user-friendly."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"Basically, I set Wasabi up and forget it. I'll monitor it every once in a while just to make sure that it's working correctly."
"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is its cost."
"The most valuable feature of Wasabi is the backups."
"We can store our videos on hot storage, allowing immediate access to them."
"The user experience must be improved."
"I believe the usage reporting could be simplified, particularly for billing purposes. Overall, I find Amazon S3 Glacier's reporting system somewhat confusing compared to other hyperscalers in the market."
"Technical support needs improvement. Previously, even though we had premium and enterprise support, the response time would be quicker if we ran into issues, but now it is slowed down. The analytical dashboard feature, like the CloudOps dashboard, should be included in the next release of the Amazon S3 Glacier."
"Amazon S3 Glacier could be more secure."
"Amazon S3 Glacier's data retrieval time is slow compared to other AWS storage services and should be improved."
"The product is difficult to use."
"The tool could be made cheaper."
"The solution’s deployment process is complex and could be improved."
"Having the ability to upload and download data using third-party apps such as Mega which can sync to the desktop would be excellent."
"The solution’s user reporting could be improved."
"The solution must allow the extension of the retention period."
"I don't have enough experience to understand the nuances of where they might improve."
"Setting up users on the appliance should be improved."
"The scalability could be improved."
"The scalability could improve."
Amazon S3 Glacier is ranked 2nd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 35 reviews while Wasabi is ranked 8th in Public Cloud Storage Services with 7 reviews. Amazon S3 Glacier is rated 8.6, while Wasabi is rated 7.8. 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 Wasabi writes "An easy-to-use solution that can be used to move local backups to the cloud". Amazon S3 Glacier is most compared with Google Cloud Storage Nearline, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure File Storage, Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), whereas Wasabi is most compared with Microsoft Azure File Storage, Google Cloud Storage, Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Object Storage and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP. See our Amazon S3 Glacier vs. Wasabi report.
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