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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) vs. Amazon Web Services

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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

338 Reviews and Ratings

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705 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon S3

    Score8.8 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A

    Amazon Web Services

    Score8.6 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.

    $100

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon S3Amazon Web Services
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free Tier
    $0
    per month
    Basic Environment
    $100 - $200
    per month
    Intermediate Environment
    $250 - $600
    per month
    Advanced Environment
    $600-$2500
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon S3Amazon Web Services
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—AWS allows a “save when you commit” option that offers lower prices when you sign up for a 1- or 3- year term that includes an AWS service or category of services.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon S3Amazon Web Services
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon S3
    All other alternatives are also good but as our infrastructure was on AWS, Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) was a better choice due to its better integration with other AWS services. It was serving the purpose in an economical way. All of our needs were being fulfilled by …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon S3
    They're both great. I really don't know the differences, but both have the same basic set of features, in my opinion. But, S3 is widely know as a greater tool, safer, and much easier. Also, it's used by and compatible with a lot of applications around the world. That made us …
    Incentivized
    Corwin Cole
    CTO & COO in Information Technology at Apruvd (Financial Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    I did not review or test with any other services. We started this business as a loyal and excited AWS customer and we remain the same today.
    Incentivized
    Craig Nash
    Sr. Network Engineer in Information Technology at GodAmongGeeks.Com (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Amazon S3
    In terms of AWS services, S3 is the best storage solution offered that gives us security and reliability with a wide, even if it is too wide at times, array of services making it a cost effective solution. However, when compared to other large cloud providers, such as Google & …
    Incentivized
    Amazon AWS
    Gnanasekar Mani
    Project Engineer in Information Technology at Wipro Limited (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    Both the services are in the field for quite sometime. And the biggest competitor of Amazon Web Services is Microsoft Azure. Though, Azure easily connects with Microsoft services like a jelly, even in AWS its so easy. And the best thing is due to its vast variety community …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    Azure is the other product that we have used for some of our clients. In certain places Azure was very competitively priced and clients chose to go with Azure as a platform. Billing by the minute is definitely a competitive advantage in certain cases. AWS pricing structures …
    Incentivized
    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 S3Amazon Web Services
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Amazon Web Services
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    Amazon Web Services
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery7.97 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.65 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots9.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard8.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Amazon Web Services
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    Amazon Web Services
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics8.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities9.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Amazon Web Services
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Amazon Web Services
    8.3
    68 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.264 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings9.065 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.761 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings7.557 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings7.065 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings6.758 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.463 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.366 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.717 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon S3Amazon Web Services
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    9.0
    (80 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    7.2
    (24 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)