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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs. DigitalOcean Droplets

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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

15 Reviews and Ratings

DigitalOcean Droplets

28 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)

    Score7.5 out of 10
    		N/AThe Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) provides a simple, scalable, elastic file system for Linux-based workloads for use with AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources.

    $0.04

    per GB

    DigitalOcean Droplets

    Score8.8 out of 10
    		N/ADigitalOcean's Droplets is designed to help the user spin up a virtual machine in just 55 seconds. Standard, General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, or Memory-Optimized configurations provide flexibility to build, test, and grow an app from startup to scale.

    $4

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)DigitalOcean Droplets
    Editions & Modules
    US East & West Region
    $0.043
    per month per GB (One zone)
    Europe (Ireland) Region
    $0.046
    per month per GB (One zone)
    Asia Pacific & Canada Region
    $0.047
    per month per GB (One zone)
    Africa (Cape Town) Region
    $0.054
    per month per GB (One zone)
    AWS GovCloud (US-East)
    $0.056
    per month per GB (One zone)
    US East & West Region
    $0.08
    per month per GB (Standard)
    Asia Pacific & Canada Region
    $0.09
    per month per GB (Standard)
    Europe (Ireland) Region
    $0.09
    per month per GB (Standard)
    Africa (Cape Town) Region
    $0.10
    per month per GB (Standard)
    AWS GovCloud (US-East)
    $0.11
    per month per GB (Standard)
    Basic
    $4
    per month
    CPU-Optimized
    $42
    per month
    General Purpose
    $63
    per month
    Memory-Optimized
    $84
    per month
    Storage-Optimized
    $131
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)DigitalOcean Droplets
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThere is no minimum fee or setup charge. You pay only for the storage you use, for read and write access to data stored in Infrequent Access storage classes, and for any provisioned throughput. Amazon EFS offers four storage classes: two standard storage classes, including Amazon EFS Standard and Amazon EFS Standard-Infrequent Access (EFS Standard-IA), and two One Zone storage classes, including Amazon EFS One Zone and Amazon EFS One Zone-Infrequent AccessPricing for DigitalOcean Droplets varies depending on the size of the virtual environment and the associated data needs.
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    Features
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)DigitalOcean Droplets
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) and DigitalOcean Droplets
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    DigitalOcean Droplets
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates4.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)DigitalOcean Droplets
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)