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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) vs. IBM Cloud Object Storage

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Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)

338 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon S3

    Score8.7 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

    IBM Cloud Object Storage

    Score7.1 out of 10
    		N/AIBM Cloud Object Storage is an IBM Cloud product in the endpoint backup and IaaS categories. It is commonly used for data archiving and backup, for web and mobile applications, and as scalable, persistent storage for analytics.

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    Pricing
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    One-Rate Plan
    As low as USD $12/TB a month
    per month
    Standard Plan
    Free up to 5GB—no minimum fee, pay only for what you use
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—The One-Rate and Standard service plans for Cloud Object Storage include resiliency options, flexible data classes and built-in security. Pricing is based on the choice of location, storage class and resiliency choice.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon S3 provides a variety of tools for uploading short and large objects to the cloud. AWS S3 is a key-value store, one of the major categories of NoSQL databases used for accumulating voluminous, mutating, unstructured, or semistructured data. S3 object retrieval is fast. …
    Incentivized
    IBM
    Ashvani kumar
    Lead Research Analyst in Finance and Accounting at Synergy Fintech private limited (Financial Services, 501-1000 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Amazon S3 has a more complex pricing model. It charges as per the requests, which will be more costly for us compared to IBM cloud object storage. The safety of our data is the main focus, and this is guaranteed with IBM.
    Incentivized
    Adriel Gimenez
    IT Professional in Information Technology at City of Medicine Hat (Information Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Amazon S3 is a great service to safely back up your data where redundancy is guaranteed, and the cost is fair. In the past I have used Amazon S3 for data that we backup and hope we never need to access, but in the case of a catastrophic or even small slip of the finger with the …
    Incentivized
    Maulik Mendapara
    Senior Full Stack Engineer in Information Technology at Bank Novo (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Amazon S3 service is also a good option, but based on features it provides compared with IBM Cloud Object Storage, it is less suitable. IBM Cloud Object Storage [is] also integrated with more services, like IBM Cloud SQL and IBM Aspera, which AWS does not provide to transfer …
    Incentivized
    Nikhil Sharma
    Project Manager in Product Management at Lenovo (Computer Hardware, 201-500 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    We compared IBM Cloud Object Storage with Amazon S3 and chose IBM mainly because of its better cost control across regions, smooth integration with our existing IBM tools, and strong built-in security.
    Incentivized
    Md Masudul Hassan
    Lecturer in Professional Services at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (Education Management, 501-1000 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Along with IBM Watson for AI and machine learning, IBM Aspera for fast data transport, and IBM Cloud SQL Query for data analysis, IBM Cloud Object Storage works seamlessly with other IBM Cloud services. For research initiatives that call for a variety of tools and services, …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    We selected IBM Cloud Object Storage against S3 for following reasons:1.
    1. We already use a lot of IBM's cloud services, IBM Cloud Object Storage would have been easier to manage.
    2. It is really cost effective with the features it brings in.
    Incentivized
    Luciano Ghilarducci
    Arquiteto de Soluções in Sales at Ingram Micro Brasil (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Cost and convenience.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    It's easy, free to use for a limited time.
    Incentivized
    Akhil Ramani
    Full Stack Developer in Information Technology at zeonlabs (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    As I have mentioned earlier IBM provides free 25GB storage to start with. So, I was experimenting with a new solution to implement in our product. Therefore, it is good to start with a free plan and reduce costs. Then, I found IBM COS as a good fit for my projects.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    It's hard to compete with S3 when they were the first to do it. If the UI/CLI were as intuitive as AWS, I would rate it equal but unfortunately, I tend to use S3-compatible tools.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Above listed do not provide free trial at all. IBM provided me with free lite plan so we can try it first for free. And I think this is the best thing about IBM.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    IBM storage is easy to use for someone who has some prior experience with cloud services. It provides a fluid interface which is detailed and helps navigate.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Well for my self, the IBM Cloud Object Storage is required for the Coursera course and fee to use without credit card information, therefore, it is a no brainer for me to use as an individual. The IBM Cloud Object Storage has all cloud computing services that the major …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Mostly cost because most of them deliver a similar product and the decision for a hyperscaler (when you do not plan to use Multi Cloud) was not solely based on the object storage offering. Moreover, other components as K8s/postgres and the overall picture inclunding consulting …
    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 S3IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    9.0
    8 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    -
    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 IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    -
    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 IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    7.9
    145 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.1133 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings7.5135 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.3132 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings7.3135 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.1140 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon S3IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    8.2
    (149 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (12 ratings)
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.8
    (4 ratings)