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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs. Google Compute Engine

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    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

    Google Compute Engine

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product from Google Cloud. It provides virtual machines with carbon-neutral infrastructure which run on the same data centers that Google itself uses.

    $0

    per month GB

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Google Compute Engine
    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)
    Preemptible Price - Predefined Memory
    0.000892 / GB
    Hour
    Three-year commitment price - Predefined Memory
    $0.001907 / GB
    Hour
    One-year commitment price - Predefined Memory
    $0.002669 / GB
    Hour
    On-demand price - Predefined Memory
    $0.004237 / GB
    Hour
    Preemptible Price - Predefined vCPUs
    0.006655 / vCPU
    Hour
    Three-year commitment price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.014225 / CPU
    Hour
    One-year commitment price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.019915 / vCPU
    Hour
    On-demand price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.031611 / vCPU
    Hour
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Google Compute Engine
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    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 AccessPrices vary according to region (i.e US central, east, & west time zones). Google Compute Engine also offers a discounted rate for a 1 & 3 year commitment.
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    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Google Compute Engine
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    Google
    Chose Google Compute Engine
    Google Compute Engine is the leader in infrastructure-as-a-service and moving up the stack to everything from the Internet of Things to artificial intelligence. The price is very good. The support is excellent. User-friendly and very customizable solution. Fit great with our …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Google Compute Engine
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) and Google Compute Engine
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    Google Compute Engine
    7.3
    58 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.05 Ratings8.125 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling10.05 Ratings8.353 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing10.04 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates4.04 Ratings7.555 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.55 Ratings3.026 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.03 Ratings7.357 Ratings
    Operating system support9.55 Ratings7.958 Ratings
    Security controls10.05 Ratings7.957 Ratings
    Automation10.04 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)Google Compute Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (5 ratings)
    7.6
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)