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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) vs. Google Compute Engine

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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

338 Reviews and Ratings

Google Compute Engine

196 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

    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.

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    Pricing
    Amazon S3Google Compute Engine
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    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 S3Google Compute Engine
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Prices 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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    Community Pulse
    Amazon S3Google Compute Engine
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    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
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    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 S3Google Compute Engine
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and Google Compute Engine
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    Google Compute Engine
    -
    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 Google Compute Engine
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    Google Compute Engine
    -
    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 Google Compute Engine
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    Google Compute Engine
    7.3
    58 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.125 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.353 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.048 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings7.555 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings3.026 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings7.357 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings7.958 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings7.957 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon S3Google Compute Engine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    7.6
    (58 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)