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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) vs. Microsoft Azure

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    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

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon S3 is more cost-effective then what Microsoft Azure offers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    When we were implementation the solution of our issue then we find Azure and Google Cloud Storage platforms but we were unable to find the proper documentation for the platform as compared to S3, So we moved to S3 and discarded the other options. Cost wise there are only some …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    We initially looked at CloudBerry but they did not integrate into our NAS hardware out of the box like Amazon S3 did.
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    S3 provides an on-demand usage model for storage. You only pay for what you use. Nutanix is an on-premises solution and does not allow for usage-based pricing. Azure was less integrated with our current AWS workloads which helped drive our decision to use s3 with the Amazon …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon S3 comes with all other services of AWS, all other services are very quick and secure with S3 storage, which is the best option for any application. Again, compared to other services like Azure or GCP, AWS provides more configuration and functions to host multi nature …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    Some obvious ones are Google storage services like Drive, and their whole arsenal of services. Another could be the Office line where SharePoint and other programs can be used synchronously. I have seen other people use Windows Azure for storage needs similar to ours. We chose …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    S3 is much cheaper than the alternatives. And it's very easy to set up the billing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon has had years of development in building their cloud solution. A few other vendors are playing catch up but that's always the case when you have the key to success. The saying goes " if you built it, they will come". :)

    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Azure
    Azure provides an environment that while at time is more pricey, the tight integration with our existing Microsoft-based infrastructure makes it difficult to beat.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Azure
    AWS is competitor and it's leading in cloud space with his wide sprawl of offerings and services. AWS is a ocean once you login you get everything on one console. AWS leads this space with all his offerings and capabilities. But Azure is not behind, it is competing and is …
    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 S3Microsoft Azure
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    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 Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    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 Microsoft Azure
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.5
    19 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.018 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.418 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.818 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.016 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon S3Microsoft Azure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    9.4
    (28 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    8.1
    (28 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)