Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) vs Amazon FSx comparison

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Amazon FSx are both solutions in the Cloud Storage category. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is ranked #6 with an average rating of 8.5, while Amazon FSx is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.3. Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) holds a 2.9% mindshare in CS, compared to Amazon FSx’s 4.1% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Amazon FSx users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) and Amazon FSx based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block S...

Ranking in Cloud Storage

6th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Amazon FSx

Ranking in Cloud Storage

15th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

File System Software (5th), File and Object Storage (15th)

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Cloud Storage category, the mindshare of Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is 2.9%, up from 2.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon FSx is 4.1%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Cloud Storage Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)	2.9%
Amazon FSx	4.1%
Other	93.0%

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Teddy Desta

Intermediate DevOps Engineer at Gebeya Inc

Optimizing resource management and traffic distribution with persistent data storage

Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) is crucial for storing data persistently, particularly configurations, compute data, and databases. EC2 instances offer flexibility in choosing instance sizes, and we use Elastic Load Balancing for traffic distribution. We integrate with AWS Key Management Services for storing cluster keys. Autoscaling mechanisms are beneficial for handling data processing and storage needs efficiently.

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Sugan Balakrishnan

Senior Design Engineer at Clovertex

Provides seamless research data management with effortless setup

From my experience, there are areas in Amazon FSx where more performance is needed, as they will be looking for higher IOPS. Sometimes we go with Weka or other solutions due to this need, so it should have more IO capacity when there is a demand. More performance is needed specifically in the IO area.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"If EBS is attached to an EC2 instance, it allows secure document storage."

"Amazon EBS is a cost-effective solution, where I pay as I go, making it a favorable option."

"EBS is a very crucial tool as it acts like a hard disk on cloud, providing cost savings compared to physical hard disks, and only incurring costs based on actual usage."

"The solution provides big space that is reasonably priced."

"If an instance is terminated abruptly or accidentally, I can reattach the volume to a different instance."

"I think everything is great."

"The main advantage is the ability to scale up and scale down easily without any downtime."

"I rate the overall solution ten out of ten."

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"We used it for disaster recovery perspective behind a number of resources, like batch services and RDS."

"FSx operates as an independent service, not tied to any server, which eliminates dependencies between applications for storage."

"The shared storage capability is highly valuable."

"On a scale of one to ten, I would rate Amazon FSx a ten."

"I rate the stability of Amazon FSx ten out of ten."

Cons

"It would be good if the solution added a button to increase the size and make the EC2 machine recognize the increased capacity of the EBS."

"The features could be improved."

"In Amazon EBS, it is difficult to reduce the space chosen by the customer. The cost increases the moment the size of the storage increases, and I will have to pay for two TB of the tool instead of one TB."

"There is room for improvement in AWS support."

"The main challenge with Amazon EBS is cost management, as it is a high-performance volume."

"The main challenge with Amazon EBS is cost management, as it is a high-performance volume. Sequencing and IOPS relative to cost are also areas of concern."

"I see a need for improvement in the scalability of Amazon EBS. If I need something more scalable, I rely on another storage solution like S3."

"The initial setup is not easy."

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"Amazon FSx is more costly compared to other storage solutions like EBS or EFS."

"I've been facing a challenge when doing a failover from FSx side. AWS console does not refresh within a half hour."

"Amazon FSx is more costly compared to other storage solutions like EBS or EFS."

"A direct FTP feature would be beneficial instead of relying on transmission services."

"From my experience, there are areas in Amazon FSx where more performance is needed, as they will be looking for higher IOPS."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is quite costly."

"On a scale of one to ten, if one point is a cheap solution and ten points is very expensive, I rate the product price an eight."

"I find the price reasonable for our I environment."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high, I rate the price a seven."

"You need to pay additional costs for support."

"The pricing models may be for general purposes, such as Amazon EBS Provisioned IOPS Volume or Amazon EBS Cold HDD Volumes."

"The product is low-priced than other solutions."

"What I want Amazon to do is lower the price."

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"The lowest price I have paid is $370 or $380 per month, while the highest can exceed $3,000 per month."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

Performing Arts

Manufacturing Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

11%

University

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	16
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	10

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Questions from the Community

Which is better - Amazon's S3 Glacier or EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether Amazon's S3 Glacier or Elastic Block Store data storage software was the better fit for us. We decided to go with Amazon's S3 Glacier, whi...

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What do you like most about Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

The durability and snapshot capabilities are good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store)?

The cost of Amazon EBS storage is high. I rate the price as eight out of ten. It is expensive to store a lot yet provides significant cost-efficiency as I pay only for the storage time required.

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What needs improvement with Amazon FSx?

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What is your primary use case for Amazon FSx?

Our customers mainly use Amazon FSx for high-performance computing. Our customers are mainly in the Life Science and Pharma industries. The majority of people are looking at S3 as their destination...

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What advice do you have for others considering Amazon FSx?

There is an ongoing project where my customers are exploring the FSx solution, but not yet for AI-driven projects; they plan to in the future. For those who want to use Amazon FSx, I recommend it a...

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Also Known As

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, Amazon FSx for Lustre

Overview

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent block level storage volumes for use with Amazon EC2 instances in the AWS Cloud. Each Amazon EBS volume is automatically replicated within its Availability Zone to protect you from component failure, offering high availability and durability. Amazon EBS volumes offer the consistent and low-latency performance needed to run your workloads. With Amazon EBS, you can scale your usage up or down within minutes – all while paying a low price for only what you provision.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Amazon FSx makes it easy and cost effective to launch and run popular file systems. With Amazon FSx, you can leverage the rich feature sets and fast performance of widely-used open source and commercially-licensed file systems, while avoiding time-consuming administrative tasks like hardware provisioning, software configuration, patching, and backups. It provides cost-efficient capacity and high levels of reliability, and it integrates with other AWS services so that you can manage and use the file systems in cloud-native ways.

Amazon FSx provides you with two file systems to choose from: Amazon FSx for Windows File Server for enterprise workloads and Amazon FSx for Lustre for high-performance workloads.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Sample Customers

Bazaar Voice, Crowd Strike, Adobe, Gamevil, Hess, CopperEgg, TotalJobs Group, SuperCell, Dropcam, Unilever

Neiman Marcus, T Mobile, Docxellent, Matrix, Lyell

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