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About Amazon S3

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a cloud-based object storage that allows users to store and retrieve data from anywhere.

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Pros:

I like the most that they have integrations and documentation for almost every technology availlable, its fast and easy to use, what more could you ask for.

Cons:

The only limitation is this can not be used as a block storage and it do not support formatting and can used for object purpose.

Amazon S3 ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.3
Customer Service
4.4
Features
4.6
Value for Money
4.5

Likelihood to recommend

8.7/ 10

Amazon S3 has an overall rating of 4.7 out 5 stars based on 1,100 user reviews on Capterra.

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Iddy
Iddy
Solution Architect in Tanzania
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Amazon S3 it is the future

5.0 last month New

Comments: I have an experience of 2 years using the Amazon S3 to store and Archive my data.

Pros:

I like the Amazon S3 because it has ability to store my data at high level and being able to access it whenever i wanted and it very affordable in terms of pricing and also durable.

Cons:

I think of how it has fewer rules during creation of the buckets may sometime do a little harm or being tiresome process.

Alex
Information and Communication Officer in Kenya
Information Technology & Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

User review

5.0 7 months ago

Comments: Overal it was nice except common cloud issues

Pros:

Smooth and convenient to access and store files

Cons:

I liked the fact that large data amounts can be stored securely.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

The Ultimate Cloud Storage Solution

5.0 last month New

Pros:

My preferred option for storing unstructured data is Amazon S3. It is easy to use, dependable, and reasonably priced. It is the ideal option for simple data management because it is the industry standard and connects easily with the majority of data analytics tools.

Cons:

So far, Amazon has not caused me any problems. I'm very happy with its reliability and performance, and everything has gone smoothly.

Tonia
IT Administrator in US
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Amazon S3 review

3.0 2 years ago

Comments: Amazon S3 did exactly what I wanted it to do once I got past the setup obstacles. It is a bit difficult to navagate. Amazon does offer free training for their products which is a plus.

Pros:

With Amazon being such a large company, we can use multiple technologies with only one bill. Amazon is well known and does a good job at storing and retaining my data. Amazon has many more features than their competitors which is great if you know how to set them up and run them. Amazon S3 does offer free training for their products which is helpful.

Cons:

Amazon S3 platform is hard to navigate, I feel it is ment for an advanced user rather than someone who is trying out new technology. Amazon is a bit higher priced than many competitors.

Sean
DevOps Engineer in Canada
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

S3 is the gold standard for cloud object storage

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: It's a great product that's always available and is the gold standard for object storage in the cloud. I don't have any complains.

Pros:

It's simple, it works and it's cheap. Any time I need to store unorganised data my default is to put it in an S3 bucket. I love how it's the industry standard and any data analytics tools always have an s3 integration.

Cons:

I wish I could see a preview of objects stored in the buckets without having to download them

Craig John
Craig John
Senior Technical Operations Specialist in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Gold Standard for bucketed data

5.0 9 months ago

Pros:

The bucketing system and file structure are easy to navigate, and the UI is intuitive. There's plenty of documentation, and the UI is approachable for those less technically inclined (we have folks with workflows that involve moving around some S3 data, but not getting much deeper than that, and being able to easily copy/move folders using the UI makes more sense than trying to teach CLI commands). No issues with reliability of access.

Cons:

Integrations are most effective when using other AWS products, but that's fairly standard these days. Would love to see macros or AI assistance for regular, repeatable tasks.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Telecommunications, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Reliable and Versatile Cloud Storage

5.0 2 weeks ago New

Comments: Overall it's been positive in terms of storage, scalability and reliability. Initial learning could be challenging but once in the game it should be an easy and smooth ride.

Pros:

Amazon S3 is pretty straightforward in terms of setup. It can handle small amount of data to the massive amount of data. The integration with Amazon services makes it a core part of cloud architecture.

Cons:

The costing breakdown could be a bit tricky to manage and monitor. Since it's easily accessibility can make it prone to the dodgy public access of data leak.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

One of the best object storage

4.0 2 months ago New

Comments: enable soft delete feature is wonderful as a security feature. This provide an extra layer of security.

Pros:

cost of the service, easy to configure, can configure HA in different region.

Cons:

There should have been some tier made of SSD disk to serve better performance.

Harish
Software Engineer in India
Information Technology & Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Amazon S3 buckets uses as Software Engineer

5.0 last month New

Pros:

It provides us incredible diverse tooling options and we have unlimited storage capacity

Cons:

Its billing have always been confusing for me and my team

Katianne
Atendente in Brazil
Graphic Design Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Sublime Serra

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: Great because it perfectly met what they say in the information

Pros:

The products, the deliveries, everything is perfect

Cons:

The application that sometimes crashes and doesn't open

Andrea
Administrative in Brazil
Writing & Editing, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Very good tool

5.0 last year

Pros:

I liked all the features of the tool and all its functions

Cons:

I didn't like not having known about the tool before

Valerio
CEO in Italy
Internet, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Secure storage at affordable pricing.

5.0 last year

Comments: I use S3 Deep Storage to archive backups I don't access often, saving local storage and at a really affordable price.

Pros:

Pricing is flexible and you pay by use and by storage type. If you need you can deliver assets directly from S3 buckets to clients.

Cons:

To access to S3 storage you need to use their APIs or dedicated software. It's not easy as other storage solutions.

Yash
QAE in India
Financial Services Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Reliable And Scalable Storage

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: My overall experience says that we are using S3 for huge time and it helps our data to be protected and stored properly. Plus it helps with integration with Postman too.

Pros:

I liked it because it is very cost-effective and the overall security provided by it is unbeatable. It delivers data in a short time which makes it a product with fast performance

Cons:

It should provide a guideline for fresher users to understand all the flows in the product rest sometimes transfer costs should be less.

Martin
Martin
manager in Ghana
Verified LinkedIn User
Food Production, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Amazon S3 review

4.0 last year

Comments: Overall amazon s3 is excellent and helps solve the storage problems I have.It is also easy to understand.

Pros:

The interface is extremely user friendly and easy to use.I like how the AWS free tier is.It is also very easy to manage my data.

Cons:

My only problem with it is that not all file operations are supported.

Jessy
usuária in Brazil
Internet, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Amazon products.

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: So far my experience with Amazon has been very smooth and successfull.

Pros:

What i like most about Amazon is that i can find everything i want very easily, with good prices and quality products.

Cons:

I have nothing to complain about Amazon, at least not so far.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Amazon S3 Review

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Great experience, worth using it and investing time in the same.

Pros:

S3 bucket is provides upload download of files for various functionalities under a product. The Cherry on the cake is it provides encryption for the same.

Cons:

Nothing as such.

Arun
designer in United Arab Emirates
Animation, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

feedback

5.0 last year

Pros:

powerful and easy to use in installation good user friendly

Julia
manager in Canada
Accounting Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great application

5.0 last year

Pros:

This has made our business and office much more organized which has helped us scale

Cons:

At times it needs to update and this can take some time to do this

Shmuel
Director of Engineering in US
Financial Services Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Not just for docs

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

The ability to use s3 buckets for all sorts of needs across the teams, documents storage, CDN, large data among other things while its not too expensive.

Cons:

Some of the restriction around naming isn't always ideal especially with grouping data by date, bucket names across accounts within regions.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

it's easy to use that is what I like about it.

Cons:

if they can try to improve some of the features.

Gianni
Gianni
Administrator in Italy
Verified LinkedIn User
Education Management, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Excellent software for private and business apply

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Easy to use for web services and sharing data

Cons:

More support languages needed for better use

Tejashri
Student in India
Computer Software, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Experience with Amazon S3

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Overall experience with Amazon S3 is very good. I am very very satisfied using Amazon S3.

Pros:

I am using Amazon S3 from 5 years. It is very useful for everyone. It is very easy to use and understandable to everyone. Amazon S3 is very comfortable to use.

Cons:

We chose to search elsewhere for our cloud storage management needs after numerous testing and the awful signup process.

Sriram
Associate Software Engineer in India
Information Technology & Services, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Amazon s3

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Affordable software for storing data and the data are kept very safe, they provide great customer support

Cons:

UI is a little complex and for freshers, it is hard to understand

gabby
Director in US
Design, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Love

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

It was a good thing my boss recommended. Good product. AMAZING website.

Cons:

everything was good. I love the product.

Ludmila
Ludmila
Atendente in Brazil
Verified LinkedIn User
Broadcast Media, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

a great device

5.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Very good audio and several things easy to handle and it is very light

Cons:

Unfortunately the current price is way above the competitors