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Mahender Nirwan - PeerSpot reviewer
Software developer at TAIGLE LLC
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
Highly scalable, scales well, and plenty of documentation available online
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the performance and hibernation data options. Additionally, there is a feature that provides faster website access that is helpful."
  • "We have used the support from Amazon S3. The support is expensive and could be reduced."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon S3 for storing documents and hosting website content.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the performance and hibernation data options. Additionally, there is a feature that provides faster website access that is helpful.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon S3 for approximately two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

My advice to others is for them to read a lot of articles on the internet as much as possible. There is a lot of information available on the internet.

I rate the stability of Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have 10 people using the solution in my organization.

The scalability of Amazon S3 is good. We have not used a large amount of data to fully test the capabilities of the scalability. However, it worked well for our needs.

How are customer service and support?

We have used the support from Amazon S3. The support is expensive and could be reduced.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Amazon S3 is straightforward. However, understanding the policies for the first time can take some time to figure out.

The time it takes for the deployment of the solution depends on many factors. The process can be quick.

What about the implementation team?

We did the implementation of the solution in-house. There are a lot of articles and documentation available for implementation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost of Amazon S3 is low. For R & D purposes there is a free option available. There is a license needed to use the solution.

I have been satisfied with the storage overall price.

What other advice do I have?

Amazon S3 is 99.99 percent stable. We have never had an issue.

I rate Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Souvik Banerjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Engineer at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Real User
Helpful for storing data, easy deployment, and useful encryption
Pros and Cons
  • "An important feature of the Amazon S3's system is that it offers encryption while the files are at rest. This is crucial in ensuring the security of the files being restored and addressing potential security risks. That's what I would emphasize."
  • "The cost of the solution should be reduced."

What is our primary use case?

Most people who need to store files usually turn to Amazon S3. The use case for this is not only for me but for anyone building technology who needs to store files.

How has it helped my organization?

Amazon S3 helps to store data, such as Excel, audio, and video.

What is most valuable?

An important feature of the Amazon S3's system is that it offers encryption while the files are at rest. This is crucial in ensuring the security of the files being restored and addressing potential security risks. That's what I would emphasize.

What needs improvement?

The cost of the solution should be reduced.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon S3 for a long time.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the stability of Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the scalability of Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

I rate the support of Amazon S3 a seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The implementation of Amazon S3 was easy.

What about the implementation team?

I did the implementation of the solution myself.

What was our ROI?

I have received a return on investment using Amazon S3.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price of Amazon S3 should be reduced.

I rate the price of Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not evaluate other solutions before choosing Amazon S3.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon S3 a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Muhmad Tabrez A Deewanji - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 5
It has versioning and pre-signed URL creation features
Pros and Cons
  • "What I found most valuable in Amazon S3 is its versioning feature. I also like that you can create pre-signed URLs on the solution."
  • "The query size in Amazon S3 has room for improvement because it's limited. Querying on Amazon S3 is also expensive with Amazon Athena, so that's another area for improvement in the solution."

What is our primary use case?

My use case for Amazon S3 is storage, particularly for unstructured data.

What is most valuable?

What I found most valuable in Amazon S3 is its versioning feature.

I also like that you can create pre-signed URLs on the solution.

What needs improvement?

The query size in Amazon S3 has room for improvement because it's limited. Querying on Amazon S3 is also expensive with Amazon Athena, so that's another area for improvement in the solution.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have two years of experience with Amazon S3. I've been using the solution continuously.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Regarding stability, I'm rating Amazon S3 eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

My rating for Amazon S3 scalability is eight out of ten.

How are customer service and support?

I didn't encounter any issues with Amazon S3, so I have yet to contact the technical support team.

How was the initial setup?

Setting up Amazon S3 was very straightforward.

What was our ROI?

The ROI from Amazon S3 is good.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing for Amazon S3 is reasonable, so price-wise, it's a seven out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

In my company, one person deployed Amazon S3. That person is also in charge of maintenance.

There's a possibility of increasing Amazon S3 usage in the future. Still, that depends on how much GB my company uses. It depends on the use cases.

I advise anyone planning to implement Amazon S3 to stick to the basics and follow the documentation to learn how to set it up.

My rating for Amazon S3 is eight out of ten because it's a very good solution.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Ekule Mbeng - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at United Vision
Real User
Object storage service that provides comprehensive security and MFA that prevents accidental deletion of data
Pros and Cons
  • "The versioning of this solution for accidental deletion has been most valuable."
  • "You need to fully understand the solution's best practices to get the most out of its security features."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon s3 to store objects like data in my environment.

How has it helped my organization?

In one of my previous environments, I was brought in to help with the challenges they were facing resulting from a data breach in the S3 bucket. What I noticed in that environment was that every user had full access into their S3 bucket, and accidentally deleted data without a trace.

They did not know how some of their data was missing. One of the first services I suggested was enforcing access control by applying IM best practices, such as granting list privilege permission to our users to avoid overpowering them. I created a single group and then applied specific permissions to that group.

All users added to that group were able to inherit the same permission and privileges. Versioning was enabled which keeps multiple variant of objects in the same bucket and also safeguards against accidental deletions. I also enabled multi-factor authentication which prevented accidental bug deletion by requiring the user who initiate the delete action to prove physical possession of an MFA device with an MFA code. 

What is most valuable?

The versioning of this solution for accidental deletion has been most valuable. 

What needs improvement?

You need to fully understand the solution's best practices to get the most out of its security features. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This is a stable solution. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. 

What was our ROI?

We have seen a return on investment with S3.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would rate the pricing a nine out of ten. Pricing depends on a particular class where you want save your objects. There are different classes when it comes to storage in S3.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise others that this is a scalable solution that offers comprehensive security. 

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Didar Moldabekov - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Database Administrator at Overonix Technologies
Real User
Easily connects with the cloud, hardware, or other services to move data
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution easily connects with the cloud, hardware, or other services to move data."
  • "The solution requires you to buy and use Amazon services."

What is our primary use case?

Our company uses the solution for backups, data pumps, files, and logs. Our projects connect to the solution rather than individual users connecting to it. 

What is most valuable?

The solution is within the Amazon architecture so it easily connects with the cloud, hardware, or other services to move data. We do not need to connect to direct services to download data. 

What needs improvement?

The solution requires you to buy and use Amazon services. 

The solution could be more auto functional. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for one year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is good so I rate it a ten out of ten. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable. It is easy to add gigabytes or more users and is more a question of budget. 

How are customer service and support?

I have not needed technical support. 

How was the initial setup?

The setup is very easy. Every junior Dev Ops can set up the solution and use data storage. 

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution in-house. 

There is no deployment because it is a data storage solution. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is very inexpensive at 50 cents per gigabyte, per month. 

Some packages or discounts are available. Big companies can use the solution for free. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

You can use the solution for projects that are within the Amazon architecture. 

You cannot use the solution if you have your own services or data centers because it is dependent on the Amazon architecture. 

If you have a service such as Azure in Amazon, then you can use the stream but not the solution directly. 

What other advice do I have?

The solution is great for data and cloud storage. 

I recommend the solution and rate it an eight out of ten.  

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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IT consultant at mptechconsult
Real User
Top 5
Easy to use and provides good functionality and accessibility
Pros and Cons
  • "The product is easy to use."
  • "The product should enable users to create their own shortcuts."

What is our primary use case?

We are using the solution to host our website and manage the database.

What is most valuable?

We have an online portal, and we are providing services to customers. We need to maintain an elastic database storage, along with security features. The solution’s functionality and accessibility are valuable to us. It's geared towards users. It makes things simple. The product is easy to use.

What needs improvement?

The product should enable users to create their own shortcuts. It should allow more customization. Users should be able to place their shortcuts on the dashboard. It will make things easier.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate the product’s stability a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product is scalable. We have over 50 users online at any given point. We can increase it as we need.

How was the initial setup?

The setup is straightforward. We have a team of developers. They are very happy with the tool. The deployment did not take much effort. The product is cloud-based. We have six developers and engineers in our technical team.

What was our ROI?

Everything is housed in one place, so it is all easily accessible. The scalability is good. We have an assurance of data integrity. It is critical.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing can be improved.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We are also using Azure.

What other advice do I have?

For disaster recovery, there's a backup going on in AWS. At the same time, we take our own local backup. It is a daily process. People who want to use the solution must explore the tool and look at the training videos. It is quite straightforward.

We have a subscription model with our customers. They pay it yearly. There are no additional costs associated with the product. We had a problem with storage when we were working with on-premise servers. The hard disks were failing because of the volume of the data. They were regularly failing every three to four months. There was a cost associated with it. It impacted our project.

Overall, I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

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Yannam-C Chiranjeevi - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Product Engineer at Estate One
Real User
Suitable for different use cases, simple implementation, and cost effective
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is its flexibility as a solution to suit many different use cases."
  • "The support is better than other cloud providers but sometimes it takes a while to have a resolution to our issues."

What is our primary use case?

We have a data warehouse and a data lake using Amazon S3. Additionally, we use it for application streaming.

We have our computer systems that have storage but we do use the cloud storage available from Amazon S3. However, it depends on the type of data we have and whether we use the cloud or not.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Amazon S3 is its flexibility as a solution to suit many different use cases.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon S3 for approximately six years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Two third of our company use this solution.

How are customer service and support?

The support is better than other cloud providers but sometimes it takes a while to have a resolution to our issues.

I rate the support from Amazon S3 a seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Amazon S3 was straightforward.

I rate the initial setup of Amazon S3 a ten out of ten.

What about the implementation team?

We have a few developers that we use for deployment.

What was our ROI?

The solution is worth the money and we have seen an ROI. However, it is not our primary goal. We are trying to optimize different areas. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Amazon S3 is a cost-effective solution compared to the others.

I rate the price of Amazon S3 a two out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon S3 a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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RahulJadhav - PeerSpot reviewer
Hadoop Administrator at Capgemini
Real User
Offers high availability, fault tolerance and scalability
Pros and Cons
  • "We can store incremental data and get high availability and fault tolerance."
  • "The read drive speed is not as fast as it should be."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for storing the input-output of our processing. We are customers of Amazon. 

What is most valuable?

Version control is great, it means we can store incremental data, and get high availability and fault tolerance. If we accidentally delete something we can recover it by using S3. It also enables the option of reverting to old files. 

What needs improvement?

The read drive speed is not as fast as it should be. If we want to access data, we should be able to do it quickly. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for five years. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable, there are no limitations on storage. There are around 10,000 users in the company. 

How are customer service and support?

Amazon provides good documentation for this solution so we've never contacted technical support. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. It just requires logging in to AWS, and it's available.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

This is a pay-as-you-use, on-demand service. It's not very expensive. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We went with S3 because of its high availability, fault tolerance and scalability. Those are the three main reasons we chose it. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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