My use case for Amazon S3 is storage, particularly for unstructured data.
Lead Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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?
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.
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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
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
Senior Database Administrator at Overonix Technologies
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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Senior Data Archirect at Telenor
Reliable and expandable
Pros and Cons
- "Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand."
- "Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand."
- "Amazon S3's unit of measure for expansion should be smaller."
- "Amazon S3's unit of measure for expansion should be smaller."
What is our primary use case?
I use Amazon S3 as storage and a platform for installing various types of software.
What is most valuable?
Amazon S3's best features are its reliability and capacity to expand.
What needs improvement?
Amazon S3's unit of measure for expansion should be smaller.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Amazon S3 for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is scalable.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Previously I used Microsoft and Oracle.
What other advice do I have?
I'd advise those thinking of implementing Amazon S3 to carefully plan their requirements and not use too many servers. I would recommend Amazon S3 to others and rate it eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Responsive support, reliable, and easy setup
Pros and Cons
- "The scalability of Amazon S3 is good."
- "The support from Amazon S3 has been knowledgable and responsive."
- "Amazon S3 needs to simplify the backup features."
- "Amazon S3 needs to simplify the backup features."
What is our primary use case?
Amazon S3 can be used for central storage, backup, log, and storage.
How has it helped my organization?
The reliability that Amazon S3 has provided has improved organizations.
What needs improvement?
Amazon S3 needs to simplify the backup features.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon S3 for approximately 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Amazon S3 is good.
How are customer service and support?
The support from Amazon S3 has been knowledgable and responsive.
I rate the support from Amazon S3 a five out of five.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Amazon S3 is easy, it can be done in less than one day.
What about the implementation team?
We handle the implementation of Amazon S3. We have approximately 40 people that are able to do it.
What was our ROI?
It has been difficult for us to determine ROI.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The license of Amazon S3 is based on volume, capacity, and time. The overall price of the solution could improve. The support has to be added if you want it at an additional cost.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others is to pay attention to the backups and copies in Snapshots.
I rate Amazon S3 a seven 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.
Head Of Information Technology at Unitech Ltd
Reliable with high usage
Pros and Cons
- "Amazon S3 is reliable."
- "In the housing market, we have a lot of buying and they use the application to manage their lectures and receipts."
- "Amazon S3 can improve by decreasing the overall costs."
- "Amazon S3 can improve by decreasing the overall costs."
What is our primary use case?
We are using Amazon S3 for storage. This is a Cloud solution. We have developed a new application which has partly been released to the end customer, but not the complete solution. In the housing market, we have a lot of buying and they use the application to manage their lectures and receipts. This is what we are using Amazon S3 for the storage.
What needs improvement?
Amazon S3 can improve by decreasing the overall costs.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon S3 for approximately one and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not used Amazon S3 extensively, but the usage has been very high.
We have approximately 40 to 50 people using this solution. There might be an increased usage.
How are customer service and support?
I have not contacted the technical support form Amazon S3.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used other similar solutions to Amazon S3.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation of Amazon S3 is done by a third party.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of Amazon S3 could be less expensive.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Amazon S3 a nine 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.
Senior Database Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Helpful documentation, highly scalable, and good technical support
Pros and Cons
- "The most useful features of Amazon S3 are the intelligent multipart upload."
- "Amazon S3 could improve by being more secure."
What is our primary use case?
Amazon S3 is our file storage solution. We use it for all of the backups of our storage and databases.
What is most valuable?
The most useful features of Amazon S3 are the intelligent multipart upload.
What needs improvement?
Amazon S3 could improve by being more secure.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon S3 for approximately five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have found Amazon S3 very scalable, you can scale it on the fly and it is very easy to do.
Most all the cloud applications that are being used by our developer are using Amazon S3. More than 200 people are using this solution. At this moment we do not plan to increase usage.
How are customer service and support?
I have used the support from Amazon S3 multiple times and they are good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used any other similar solution to Amazon S3.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Amazon S3 is straightforward and the documentation is very good. You can do the setup of Amazon S3 in a few minutes.
What about the implementation team?
We did the implementation ourselves.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of the Amazon S3 is low. The license model is based on what you use.
What other advice do I have?
If users are looking for highly scalable, competent solutions, then Amazon S3 would be a good choice.
I rate Amazon S3 a nine 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.
Associate Member Of Technical Staff at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Useful life cycle policies, highly stable, and simple setup
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the accuracy and the life cycle policies, which help when moving from Amazon S3 to Amazon Glacier."
- "Amazon S3 could improve some of the features, such as indexing, or we should have more information about all the data stored in a single place. This way we can see what data resides where instead of going in different buckets, file locations manually, or searching. An index would be nice, allowing us to directly go to a location to use the date."
What is our primary use case?
I am using Amazon S3 for storing all the organization data, which comes from a data pipeline.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of Amazon S3 are the accuracy and the life cycle policies, which helps when moving from Amazon S3 to Amazon Glacier.
What needs improvement?
Amazon S3 could improve some of the features, such as indexing, or we should have more information about all the data stored in a single place. This way we can see what data resides where instead of going in different buckets, file locations manually, or searching. An index would be nice, allowing us to directly go to a location to use the date.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Amazon S3 within the last 12 months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon S3 is 99.99 percent stable. The solution is highly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Amazon S3 is good. If we want more storage we only need to pay extra.
All the workloads of the whole company go to Amazon S3. As our workloads increase, the data increases, and we will use more storage in Amazon S3.
How are customer service and support?
I have not used the support from Amazon S3.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used another solution similar to Amazon S3.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of Amazon S3 is not complex. We are only using it for a storage layer and there were not any complexities.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The cost of Amazon S3 is good. The pricing model is based on the usage of the solution.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others, it is one of the most used storage solutions.
I rate Amazon S3 a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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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.
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