We performed a comparison between Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure File Storage based on our users’ reviews in five categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Users of Amazon S3 mention that the solution is missing the mapping to Windows feature like Azure File Storage has. It also received mixed reviews on service and support. For these reasons, Azure File Storage is the more valued solution.
"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."
"Feature-wise, Amazon S3 is the cheapest and it's reliable."
"The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the global availability, resiliency, and ease of access control."
"The most valuable features are unlimited storage, scalability, and performance."
"Amazon S3 is reliable."
"The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use."
"Amazon S3 is easily accessible, fast and effective. Its performance is good."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is its flexibility as a solution to suit many different use cases."
"It helps us with geo-redundancy."
"The storage in this solution is excellent."
"The security features and the ease of integration are good."
"What I like about Microsoft Azure File Storage is its convenience for customers, cost-effectiveness, and high availability."
"Its simplicity of use is most valuable. It's easy to start working with it and understand it. It's easier to transfer files between different users. I'm able to move files from my device to my manager's device without any issues or without facing any problems in between."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Azure File Storage is the cloud file storage capability."
"It was quick to synchronize back from Azure to the on-premise server."
"The best part is the accessibility to all the files."
"It is expensive for storing."
"The tool needs to improve its flexibility in support."
"You do need to get training on the setup process."
"Amazon S3 could improve the load balancers. They are very basic compared to other solutions in the industry, such as F5. It has to be able to be analyzed up to a certain level."
"The read drive speed is not as fast as it should be."
"I would like to see the API for beginners improved because it is hard to understand."
"If a certain resource is left unchecked, you can easily use a lot of it and drive up costs."
"The pricing and licensing are pretty complex."
"It's not very intuitive."
"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."
"Microsoft Azure File Storage is not that scalable. Once you reach the boundaries, you need to migrate to another solution."
"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."
"The upload speed has room for improvement."
"Sometimes it takes very long to refresh the information."
"Microsoft Azure File Storage should improve its pricing."
"Considering the enterprise licensing required for the solution, the cost of the solution is an area where the product needs improvement."
Amazon S3 is ranked 1st in Public Cloud Storage Services with 70 reviews while Microsoft Azure File Storage is ranked 3rd in Public Cloud Storage Services with 44 reviews. Amazon S3 is rated 8.8, while Microsoft Azure File Storage is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon S3 writes "Cloud Conversations: AWS S3 Overview". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure File Storage writes "Various storage options available, high availability, and quick deployment". Amazon S3 is most compared with Oracle Cloud Object Storage, NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP, Amazon S3 Glacier, Google Cloud Storage and Zadara, whereas Microsoft Azure File Storage is most compared with Amazon EFS (Elastic File System), Azure NetApp Files, Wasabi, Amazon S3 Glacier and Google Cloud Storage. See our Amazon S3 vs. Microsoft Azure File Storage report.
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