--- description: Learn more about Amazon S3 pricing, benefits, and disadvantages for your business in Canada. Read verified software reviews and find tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Amazon S3 Pricing, Reviews & Features - Capterra Canada 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Cloud Storage Software](/directory/31310/cloud-storage/software) > [Amazon S3](/software/174285/amazon-s3) # Amazon S3 Canonical: https://www.capterra.ca/software/174285/amazon-s3 Page: 1 / 46\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/174285/amazon-s3?page=2) > Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a cloud-based object storage that allows users to store and retrieve data from anywhere. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 1120 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Amazon S3? Designed for businesses of all sizes, it is an object storage solution that helps store data, manage access controls, track inventory, monitor storage, accelerate bulk data transfers, and more. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 1120 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services (AWS) - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Pay only for what you use. There is no minimum fee. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Data Storage Management - Encryption Software - File Transfer - Version Control ## Integrations (2 total) - AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Amazon VPC ## Category - [Cloud Storage Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31310/cloud-storage/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Google Drive](https://www.capterra.ca/software/161425/drive) — 4.8/5 (28625 reviews) 2. [OneDrive](https://www.capterra.ca/software/161304/onedrive) — 4.5/5 (12884 reviews) 3. [Google Workspace](https://www.capterra.ca/software/168389/google-workspace) — 4.7/5 (17731 reviews) 4. [iCloud](https://www.capterra.ca/software/204717/icloud) — 4.6/5 (1992 reviews) 5. [Dropbox](https://www.capterra.ca/software/143068/dropbox-business) — 4.5/5 (21715 reviews) ## Reviews ### "simple to use s3" — 5.0/5 > **Michal** | *February 20, 2025* | Accounting Software | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is very simple to use, and integrate with from within java code. > > **Cons**: searching for and downloading files from s3 involves a lot of clicking on the UI, and files are hard to find if you have a lot of data. The UI is a bit clunky. > > Overall my experience is good. S3 does exactly what it needs to do, and not much else ----- ### "Amazingly easy" — 5.0/5 > **Mike** | *May 15, 2026* | Animation | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It’s quick and easy to use with a large variety of products to choose from customer service is easy to use and is very quick and effective. > > **Cons**: I’m not sure I have too many negative things to say about this. It seems difficult at times to leave a review but other than that it’s great. > > Amazingly quick and easy. I find it addictive sometimes as it’s such a useful site. No complaints. Will keep using in the future ----- ### "S3 is the gold standard for cloud object storage" — 5.0/5 > **Sean** | *October 18, 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **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 > > 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. ----- ### "The Best Online Storage for digital assets" — 5.0/5 > **Ekpono** | *September 22, 2026* | Translation & Localization | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: As a software developer, using Amazon S3 to store your digital assets is inevitable when you are in the AWS ecosystem. The customization and permission/control over your access available on S3 is very good. You can use s3 SDK to upload and manage access of your files easily. > > **Cons**: As far S3 is concerned, the learning curve to know what is accessible to use and complexity of permissions issue is my least favourite bit of the service. > > After using S3 to store documents, files and digital assets. S3 stands out to be the best storage service available for both technical and none technical users. I would highly recommend using S3 ----- ### "Powerful and versatile, perhaps not so "Simple" Storage Solution" — 4.0/5 > **Connor** | *April 9, 2026* | Media Production | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: A powerful file sharing solution included in the AWS suite of services and tools. It provides a platform that, using extended functionality (APIs, SSH, web console, etc) provides a plethora of various mediums for interfacing with files (or, 'objects') in this respect. Being part of the AWS platform means that there is almost infinite redundancy, functionality for global regional accessibility, and many more other admin settings/configs that can expand on the baseline service. > > **Cons**: As with all AWS services; nothing is as straight forward as they would have you believe from the name ("Simple" storage solution is perhaps an exaggeration). Dependencies can/do include additional configurations such as region locking (Unless you want to get fancy with advanced settings and integrating other services); IAM permissions and access keys for access (How you configure this really is use case dependent); etc - Also worth mentioning that unless you are already familiar with AWS and their suite, expect to spend a good few hours going through and navigating the platform to understand the interconnectivity between functions and services. A final note to mention that trying to specifically find an easy readable guide on best practices is a bit like finding a needle in a haystack - difficult and likely to be difficult to extrapolate for your use case (especially when integrating it with more AWS solutions). > > As with all AWS; the learning curve is more of a wall than a gentle gradient. And, following suit on the above statement - spending 100 hours on the platform configuring and setting up absolutely doesn't guarantee that you'll be setting things up best practice first thing moving forward - there are always new updates; subtle changes and new ways of working that will have you frustrated and realising you "should've/could've/woud've" ; but now it's live and in production you can't\! For all of it's miseries and hair pulling from a configuration standpoint however, the platform absolutely works seemlessly once it's set up properly and never seems to have issues with downtime, latency, or general availability. This extends from our personal experience where we have all manner of different interfaces accessing and managing the objects within S3; from end users using file connect clients to access and download/upload objects; to third party solutions accessing via API and interpreting objects in all manner of formats for automations and project managers to interface with. ----- Page: 1 / 46\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/174285/amazon-s3?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/174285/amazon-s3) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | ----- ## Structured Data