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General Manager at Yokogawa
Real User
Dec 29, 2022
Reliable, easy to set up, and inexpensive
Pros and Cons
  • "It's reliable and stable."
  • "Sometimes we have to concentrate networks to a certain location, like the EU, for example. Therefore, if we set S3 in the EU region from the Middle East or Africa, the latency is an issue and we find it hard to connect to that S3."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution for file storage. 

What is most valuable?

It's a very good solution that makes it easy to save. 

It is easy to set up, and it's cheap. We have to pay as long as it's used, however, it's not so expensive. 

The product can scale.

It's reliable and stable.

What needs improvement?

My company is in several regions with some offices in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. Sometimes we have to concentrate networks to a certain location, like the EU, for example. Therefore, if we set S3 in the EU region from the Middle East or Africa, the latency is an issue and we find it hard to connect to that S3. If we could have a much faster connection, it would be better.

While the price is pretty cheap, it could always be less costly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for about three or four years. 

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's very stable and reliable. I'd rate stability almost ten out of ten. There are no bugs or glitches, and it doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have a team of ten on the solution right now. We may increase usage in the future. 

It's a scalable solution. I'd rate it eight out of ten in terms of the ability to expand. 

How are customer service and support?

I've never used support. I'm not in a position to ask for AMazon support. Therefore, I cannot speak to their level of service.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were only on-premises previously. We've never used a different cloud solution. 

How was the initial setup?

This is a very simple product to set up. It's not overly difficult. The process is quite clear and straightforward. 

The deployment times vary from project to project. Sometimes, you can deploy everything in a day. Sometimes it takes a week. Checking sessions usually take some time. 

What was our ROI?

We have witnessed an ROI while using the solution. 

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

The pricing is very reasonable. We do not find it expensive at all. 

We pay a monthly licensing fee.

I'd rate the pricing five out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. I'd recommend it to other companies or users. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Senior Associate at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Dec 13, 2022
Great for data storage although upload speeds are sometimes slow
Pros and Cons
  • "Great for storing all types of data."
  • "The upload speed for data and documents is sometimes slow."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use of S3 is for storing data. I'm a senior associate. 

What is most valuable?

This solution is valuable in that it helps us store all types of data. It's also easy to delete data when necessary and it's very user-friendly.

What needs improvement?

The upload speed for data and documents is sometimes slow and it would be helpful if that were improved. The other issue is that downloading data is quite expensive. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this solution for the past three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We occasionally face stability issues with respect to upload speed but it's very rare. 

How are customer service and support?

The customer support is good but it could be improved. When we raise a ticket, sometimes we have to make a follow-up call because we haven't heard back from them. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was easy. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I find Amazon to be more efficient and more scalable compared to other solutions on the market. 

What other advice do I have?

I find this solution good for both structured and non-structured data, as well as data access and encryption. It reads more requests per second than other solutions. 

I rate this solution seven out of 10. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Bussiness Data Enigineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Sep 8, 2022
Low latency, reliable, and simple to maintain
Pros and Cons
  • "The storage factor and data extraction are faster because we can use Redshift for extraction."
  • "My advice is to use it, because the storage factor and data extraction are faster since we can use Redshift for extraction, and it has very low latency, which is beneficial for our organization even for data maintenance."
  • "The installation could be more straightforward for inexperienced users."
  • "The installation could be more straightforward for inexperienced users."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon S3 for data extraction because a few of the source information for our organization requires us to rely on it for any data point input.

Because it was only mined for the purpose of data extraction.

What is most valuable?

I think it is reasonably good.

What needs improvement?

It's difficult to say because I've only been working with it for six months.

The installation could be more straightforward for inexperienced users.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon S3 for six months.

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?

We were limited to two people because pricing is a consideration.

I'm not sure, because as a team, we use it, but I'm not sure how many there should be in the company.

We have four on our team.

How are customer service and support?

We have not contacted technical support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is moderate. It's neither easy nor difficult. It is reasonable. Because it depends on the individual, I suppose, but my usage is moderate.

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

I am not sure about the pricing. I have seen the pricing on AWS, but I believe it's a discount price for organizations. I wouldn't know because that is something confidential between the company and AWS.

What other advice do I have?

My advice is to use it. The storage factor and data extraction are faster because we can use Redshift for extraction. It has very low latency.

I would rate Amazon S3 an eight out of ten because we are on the cloud, and again, from an organizational standpoint, it is beneficial even for data maintenance

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Presales Consultant Solution Architect at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Real User
Apr 11, 2022
Reliable, easy to set up, and offers a free trial period
Pros and Cons
  • "The stability is very good."
  • "Overall, it's a good solution. The stability is very good. It's an easy solution to set up."
  • "Maybe it could be a bit cheaper."
  • "Maybe it could be a bit cheaper. There are many people using it or willing to use it, and the data size is increasing."

What is our primary use case?

I have used Amazon for my personal projects. I was using it for my personal things and for test purposes. I didn't use any use case. I just put some data in and read it back again.

What is most valuable?

Overall, it's a good solution.

The stability is very good.

It's an easy solution to set up.

What needs improvement?

Maybe it could be a bit cheaper. There are many people using it or willing to use it, and the data size is increasing. It is reasonable at the beginning, however, then it is starting to get a bit expensive as the data size is increasing incredibly. It is getting more expensive.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for maybe a few months just to understand the product how it works.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable. The performance is good. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

How are customer service and support?

I've never contacted technical support and have never dealt with them. Therefore, I cannot speak to helpful or responsive they would be if a person needed help.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I did not previously use a different solution. I did not use a cloud before. 

How was the initial setup?

We have found the product easy to set up. It's simple. it's not too complex. 

It took about one week to set everything up.

What about the implementation team?

I handled the implementation myself. I did not need the assistance of outside help from integrators or consultants. 

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

The solution started off reasonably priced, however, it is getting more and more expensive. 

It's a free service for one year.

What other advice do I have?

I'm an end-user.

I'd rate the solution a nine out of ten. I'm pretty happy with its capabilities. 

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)
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Account Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Feb 4, 2022
User-friendly with an easy setup and good pricing
Pros and Cons
  • "I don't have any problems with the solution. It's issue-free."
  • "The price and the quality are very good."
  • "The solution needs to improve test recognition."
  • "Technical support is inefficient and poor."

What is our primary use case?

Usually, I use it to make deployments and service solutions in the cloud.

How has it helped my organization?

I don't have to waste time buying some computer or buying some external list or whatever they want. I can buy S3 in one minute. I don't have to spend time going to shops or anything like that. The payment is really good, easy. 

I save a lot of time and money with contract people that have to format the computers and install all the applications. 

I can do snapshots and recover data very easily.

What is most valuable?

It's a very good solution. It is very user cool and very user-friendly. 

I don't have any problems with the solution. It's issue-free.  

I can get a lot of information and data out of the solution, which is critical for me.

It's able to keep diversions quite well. 

The product provides for an easy initial setup.

What needs improvement?

The solution needs to improve test recognition. We need bots to test that are better. It's just not as good as Google, for example.

My main issue is security. If a code is entered incorrectly, it could leave you vulnerable to attack. 

I'd like to see more connections between EC2 and S3.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for two or three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is very stable. I never had any problem with S3. It's good. The only problem for me is that it is very easy to put in code that might have some mistake, and, in the end, everybody sees your information. You could have an attack or a hack in as it is very easy to change the entire software.  That is a big issue for me and the guys. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I don't have any problems with scalability. I have not run into any limitations, however, there may be limitations in terms of the number of folders. That said, I've never seen any scalability issues.

We have ten to 15 people working with the solution. However, it depends on the day. For example, sometimes I am using S3 to produce some information for e-commerce. In e-commerce, I have all the images and all the information that I need on a pdf. However, I'll have some websites where 1000 people are basically connecting.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is inefficient and poor. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I am also familiar with Google products.

I previously used some solutions based on MinIO.

How was the initial setup?

The solution is very easy to set up. It's not difficult or complex. 

How long it takes to deploy depends on each project. Some might just take minutes. Others may be longer.

How many people you need for deployment also varies according to what's needed. 

What about the implementation team?

Sometimes we handle it in-house and sometimes we have others handle the initial setup. 

What was our ROI?

I have seen an ROI. Previously, I needed a lot of people to store, deploy, maintain. Now, I have only a couple of people to work at all this stuff.

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

The pricing is pretty good. We don't have any issues with it. 

I spend $20,000 more or less every month.

What other advice do I have?

We are a customer and end-user.

We sometimes use the latest version of the solution, however, it depends. They normally update users on the direction of the product. I'm not sure if we have the latest right now or not.

With this product, you can manage your distribution and manage all the different hosted data and who is able to serve or write on the backend. If you make a mistake, you can return to the previous iteration. It's good, even though sometimes it can be a little slow. The price and the quality are very good.

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten.

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)
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CEO at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Real User
Jan 10, 2022
Helpful technical support, good reliability, and capable of expanding
Pros and Cons
  • "The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use."
  • "The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use."
  • "The pricing and licensing are pretty complex."
  • "The pricing and licensing are pretty complex. It needs to be simplified."

What is our primary use case?

Most of the files and some of the services connect, using the Amazon service. Our application foundation is on that and we are writing our solutions right now. After that, we will begin to sell it to other customers.

What is most valuable?

The main aspect we like is that it's been easy to use.

The solution scales well.

The solution is stable.

Technical support has been helpful.

What needs improvement?

The pricing and licensing are pretty complex. It needs to be simplified. 

They have no development environment. That means that even during the development time, we are paying.

The initial setup can be a bit complex.

It would be helpful if there were more templates available. 

For how long have I used the solution?

Our application is still new. We are just in development. Our testing environment is on Amazon S3. Most of the files and some of the services connect, using the Amazon service. Our application foundation is on that and we are writing our solutions right now. After that, we will begin to sell it to other customers.

We've used it maybe for about a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. Up until this point, we haven't had any issues. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product can scale well. It's very easy to do.

We have around 6,000 people using the solution currently.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is okay. If there are some problems, we can contact them directly.

Most problems are on our side as there are some configurations and other things we did wrong. We've noted our issues and have fixed them going forward. However, it's on us to fix them, not Amazon.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup can be a bit complex. That said, my company is an IT company and therefore it's not hard for us. If there are other people that maybe aren't in IT, if they use the Amazon service, it could be complex to them.

In terms of maintenance, sometimes if there is some problem, right now we have only three engineers. It's a little bit hard to maintain it with just that small amount. That's why we're hiring some professional companies for that.

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

We pay for the solution on a monthly basis. We use a basic license and any additional fees based on usage. 

It's complete licensing. It's not simple at all. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did look at an option from Google, however, there were some restrictions and we decided against using them.

What other advice do I have?

I'd advise new users to read the documentation before deciding on using the solution.

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We're pretty happy with its capabilities.

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Software Architect at AIOPS group
Real User
Dec 4, 2021
Nicely integrated with AWS and is available on the AWS console
Pros and Cons
  • "Some of the most valuable features are how convenient and easy to use S3 is. It's nicely integrated with AWS and is available on the AWS console."
  • "Some of the most valuable features are how convenient and easy to use S3 is; it's nicely integrated with AWS and is available on the AWS console."
  • "It could maybe use more integration."
  • "It could maybe use more integration."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case of S3 is as an online storage solution. For example, in one of our projects, we were working on a document management system, so there were some documents that we processed and then stored on S3. We also used S3 to store some logos and images. 

This is a service on AWS, so it's cloud-based. 

What is most valuable?

Some of the most valuable features are how convenient and easy to use S3 is. It's nicely integrated with AWS and is available on the AWS console. 

What needs improvement?

It could maybe use more integration. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using S3 for about three years. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Since this service is on AWS, you can scale it for storage and performance. 

There are a few thousand users, in my organization, using the AWS platform. 

How are customer service and support?

I don't remember us having a case where we needed support on S3. 

How was the initial setup?

Since it's cloud-based, you don't really install it. You may need some certificates to access it, which need to be installed locally. 

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

I know there are certainly monthly and yearly licensing plans, but I'm not sure which is more preferable. The yearly ones could probably be more affordable, but that's just a general suggestion. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate S3 a nine out of ten. I don't want to give it a perfect ten, but it's very close. For the purposes of online storage, it's pretty good. I would definitely recommend Amazon S3 to others because it's easy to use, quite powerful, and does its job very nicely. 

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)
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System Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Nov 29, 2021
Secure, scalable, and easy to manage and understand
Pros and Cons
  • "It is easy to manage and easy to understand."
  • "Due to using S3, our data documents are safe and easy to access."
  • "We need the mapping to Windows. That feature is needed in S3. That feature is in the Azure cloud where we can map it like a drive. We can map the cloud storage to the effort driving our Windows PC. But Amazon is not providing that feature for the S3 solution."
  • "We need the mapping to Windows. That feature is needed in S3."

What is our primary use case?

I am managing the S3 storage solution from Amazon. From Microsoft, I'm managing the Azure administration. I handle that. As a part of that, I need to create the virtual machines, a point to site to VPN and Azure AD, AD synchronization with Windows server, a database server, mail server, and web server. I administrate all that.

We use Amazon S3 for storing files and documents on the cloud. I fill out the user whenever the files they use are downloaded. That is fully automated. After a few days, it can delete it. I've done the policy for the automated deletion.

Amazon S3 is great. We are using it for storage solutions.

How has it helped my organization?

Due to using S3, our data documents are safe and easy to access. It is better to keep them in the cloud as opposed to in our internal drive. You can access them from anywhere. Especially during the pandemic period, we are able to access remotely, as well. So it's good.

What is most valuable?

We are using the basic S3 bucket. It is easy to manage and easy to understand.

What needs improvement?

We need the mapping to Windows. That feature is needed in S3. That feature is in the Azure cloud where we can map it like a drive. We can map the cloud storage to the effort driving our Windows PC. But Amazon is not providing that feature for the S3 solution.

In the next release I would like to see mapping on the Windows machine. In Windows, there are drives right in volumes. We need to map these Amazon S3 storage to the Windows. That usually is available in the Azure. I would like to have that in the Amazon as well.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Amazon S3 for just six months as of now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In terms of stability, it is good and has no issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We can scale Amazon S3 for storage. We can increase or scale up and we can scale down. It's easy to manage.

I'm happy where I'm at right now. If we need more storage, we will implement. We'll scale it up.

How are customer service and support?

As of now, I haven't needed to contact support. It is really easy to manage. Even for the small issues, we can just Google the issues and find the solution. For complex issues, we may need to contact them, but as of now, I haven't needed to. I haven't faced any issues like that, so I didn't contact support. We have found that there is enough online documentation regarding S3.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We switched because of the security and scalability. It is highly secure because nobody can access it. Before we had solutions using an FTP and SFTP. That protocol is different and we are now using the S3. We need a shared key and an access secret key to access the particular storage. Without that, we cannot access. We cannot do anything. So security is more important. That's why we switched to Amazon S3.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is simple and easy to manage.

It's not actually a deployment. It is a simple step. Within five minutes, we can deploy it.

Our implementation strategy for the solution is based on the user's document files and how much GB they want and how they want to access that particular story's solution. Based on that scenario, I create the S3 bucket on the cloud for the particular users - whoever wants to access that particular S3. I created that particular IM user, the user access for that particular storage. I make an access policy to that particular storage.

What was our ROI?

Our ROI is good based on our usage. We have multiple users who are accessing this S3 storage.

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

It's a monthly pricing.

We are happy with the pricing.

What other advice do I have?

Amazon S3 is a great solution.

My advice is to have an implementation strategy based on the user usage.

On a scale of one to ten, I would give Amazon S3 an eight.

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)
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