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Amazon S3 Glacier

By Amazon Web Services (AWS)

4.4 out of 5 stars

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

12 months

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Elizabeth  M.
EM
Founder
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent data storage program at a low cost."
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

I like the versatility of Amazon S3 Glacier to accommodate different long-term storage needs. I can customize retention policies and access archived data efficiently when needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

The variability in data recovery costs in Amazon S3 Glacier is one aspect that may be less favorable. Depending on access needs, costs may vary, requiring careful planning to avoid billing surprises. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stephen P.
SP
SDE 2
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Amazon S3 Glacier - excellent for storing data backups its saves more costs & best in data retention"
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

Best part in the amazon s3 glacier is very cheap when i compared other storage classes.

in my organzations, we have saved more costs by moving expensive online storage to glacier. easy to integrated with code base Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

nothing like that but one thing their support taking more time to respond Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohamed M.
MM
Data Manager
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"AWS S3"
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

1. Well documented API

2. Cheap

3. Different integreated features such as S3 Inventory to build an index of the S3 bucket

4. Good customer support in case of issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

1. Data are stored elsewhere on the cloud

2. Easy to mess up the permissions and access writes

3. Slightly slow on deletions

4. Doesn't support updating uploaded files (delete then reinsert) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubhankar  P.
SP
DevOps Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Preserving Stories, Preserving Legacies: A Journey with Amazon S3 Glacier"
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

As senior software Engineer I can say that Amazon S3 Glacier is just like it's name it's handle critical database management and it is exceptional solution for long term data archiving. The reliability of this service has truly impressed me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

Costs: Glacier has a complex pricing structure that includes storage fees, data migration fees, restore fees, and other associated fees . . . . Prices can be confusing for users, especially if they are not familiar with the details of Glacier's pricing strategy, and it can be difficult to accurately estimate total costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anshuman V.
AV
Senior Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Very good to save cost and store archival data"
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

It is easy to access and very cost-efficient Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

nothing so far, better the way it is and on the top of s3 based on certain rule we can move the data to glacier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Neeraj P.
NP
DevOps Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Unveiling the Icy Depths: My Thrilling Journey with Amazon S3 Glacier"
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

In my 3 years of revel in with Amazon S3 Glacier, I have been always inspired by means of its unbeatable durability, fee-effectiveness, and seamless integration skills. It offers peace of thoughts with sturdy facts protection, massive fee savings, and easy integration with other Amazon Web Services. With flexible retrieval alternatives and seamless scalability, Glacier stands out as an brilliant answer for reliable and green facts archival. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

During my enjoy with Amazon S3 Glacier, I encountered a few challenges well worth noting. Retrieval times, pricing for information retrieval, control equipment, and preliminary setup complexity were regions that required interest. Despite these challenges, Amazon S3 Glacier remains a dependable information archival answer that may be efficiently utilized with cautious making plans and variation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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UB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Amazon S3: A durable and secure storage service with relatively lower cost"
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

Geniune way of reducing your upfront storage cost with a very reliable storage space. Moving huge amounts of data from S3 bucket to glacier helps in keeping the costs low.

The different options available to fetch the data is an added benifit to keep the cost low. Overall implementation once you understand the binaries is easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

The multiple options available to helps users keep the costs low might be a cause for trouble for any beginner.

Also method to retrieve data in case of need is segregated based on time it will take and needs to be understood to avoid any extra costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ram D.
RD
DevOps Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Pros and Cons of Amazon S3 Glacier for Data Archival and Backup"
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

It's a great option if you are searching for a data-archiving service with flexible retrieval options and highly cost saving. And on the top S3 Glacier also supports a vault lock, which is excellent for compliance purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

Retrieving the data from S3 Glacier takes a lot of time, in my opinion, retrieval time should be more flexible. And also, an early deletion fee is applied if you delete your items before the minimum storage duration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shubham K.
SK
DevOps Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Cost Effective"
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

It's Durability, easy transfer from S3 buckets using lifecycle policies and cost. Also, it is infinitely scalable and very easy to use. It also delivers options for the fastest access to your archive data and the lowest-cost archive storage in the cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

There's nothing to dislike about S3 Glacier. Just that the data retrieval time is high but a user will only transfer data to S3 Glacier if it is infrequently accessed. So, this can't actually be called a downside. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kingshuk S.
KS
Senior Security Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Cloud Based Storage Solution"
What do you like best about Amazon S3 Glacier?

Easy to manage large amount of storage data.

Ease of Implementation and scalable

Easy to integrate with different solution like compute , database

AWS customer support is excellent to resolve multiple issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon S3 Glacier?

There are no downsides main issues is skill gap which can lead to misconfiguration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

12 months

Average Discount

16%

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