Amazon S3 and Microsoft Azure Object Storage compete in the cloud storage solutions category. Amazon S3 has the upper hand in data retrieval speed and global reach, while Azure Object Storage is superior in integration with other Microsoft services and customer support.
Features: Amazon S3 offers extensive scalability, superior durability, and robust security measures. Microsoft Azure Object Storage integrates seamlessly with other Azure services, provides strong analytical capabilities, and offers flexible data management.
Room for Improvement: Users suggest Amazon S3 should simplify its complex pricing model, reduce the user learning curve, and improve customer support. Microsoft Azure Object Storage needs better performance in data retrieval speed, greater transparency in pricing, and simplified deployment processes.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Amazon S3 has a straightforward deployment process but mixed reviews on customer support. Microsoft Azure Object Storage has a steeper deployment but highly rated customer service.
Pricing and ROI: Amazon S3 users appreciate competitive setup costs and good ROI but criticize the unpredictable pricing model. Azure Object Storage offers competitive pricing and high ROI with transparent costs, making it preferable for cost-sensitive users.
Moving infrequently accessed data to cheaper classes like Glacier is beneficial for long-term storage at a lower cost.
I rate the technical support from Amazon for S3 a ten out of ten.
The technical support for Amazon S3 is rated ten out of ten.
An engineer is assigned based on the severity of the issue.
If I want to change something on my resources or directly access it via the portal, there is not a service level agreement of 100%, and sometimes it's quite difficult to access.
The level of scalability allows storage to automatically scale on demand, without the need for manual intervention.
Data placed in an S3 bucket is replicated across availability zones in a region, ensuring scalability and availability.
Amazon S3 is easily scalable and performs better compared to other cloud storage solutions.
The storage is very scalable, so you can effortlessly scale it.
There is zero latency or downtime.
Transitioning between S3 storage classes, like moving data from the standard class to Glacier or Glacier Deep Archive, has been challenging.
Amazon S3 is highly stable.
The practice of protecting data could be more streamlined or mandatory.
I would like to see an increase in the data upload limit, similar to DynamoDB, where there is no data limit.
An improvement could be associating the naming with personal accounts, allowing more familiar or desired names without conflicting with global conventions.
S3 offers multiple classes, allowing you to move data to cheaper classes for cost savings.
I've used the free tier and haven't been charged yet.
It is somewhat justified due to the benefits, but there is room for reconsideration.
It's a pay-per-use solution and a good idea for proof of concept and value.
Its stability and scalability are also impressive, as it allows for increased storage space according to demand.
Security measures like encryption, access controls, and the block public access feature are also important.
I appreciate its capability to create static websites and integrate with services like CloudFront, EC2, and DynamoDB.
The ability to store everything inside Blob or Object storage and use it for archiving data is beneficial.
Amazon Simple Storage Service is storage for the Internet. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.
Amazon S3 has a simple web services interface that you can use to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, fast, inexpensive data storage infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to developers.
REST-based object storage for unstructured data in the cloud
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