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# AWS Snowball Reviews
**Vendor:** Amazon Web Services (AWS)  
**Category:** [IoT Edge Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/iot-edge-platforms)  
**Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 35
## About AWS Snowball
AWS Snowball is a petabyte-scale data transfer service built around a secure suitcase-sized device that moves data into and out of the AWS Cloud quickly and efficiently. Jobs begin in the AWS Management Console, when a device (or devices) are shipped to your designated site to be filled up with data. Once the job is finished, the device is shipped back to AWS and the data put into your S3 bucket. Typical transfer times are about a week from start to finish. Snowballs are commonly used to ship terabytes or petabytes of analytics data, healthcare and life sciences data, video libraries, image repositories, backups, and archives as part of data center shutdown, tape replacement, or application migration projects.





## AWS Snowball Discussions
  - [What is AWS Snowball used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-aws-snowball-used-for)
  - [Which AWS service does AWS snowball edge natively support?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-aws-service-does-aws-snowball-edge-natively-support)
  - [What is the difference between snowball and snowball edge?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-difference-between-snowball-and-snowball-edge)
  - [When should I use AWS snowball?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/when-should-i-use-aws-snowball)

- [View AWS Snowball pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-snowball/reviews?page=2&section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-08-03+05%3A34%3A36+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=678cb67b-ef91-4910-8b2a-b3858e34f9dc&secure%5Btoken%5D=33f0b5d59157e952ffeab0ad54691a6ce57b3c156a33dc72d62c4c386239b77d&format=llm_user)

## AWS Snowball Features
**Edge**
- Local processing
- Edge Analytics
- Edge Data Storage
- Edge Application Management

**Operations**
- Process Control
- Interoperability
- Interface
- Access Controls

**Performance**
- Containerization
- Performance and Stability
- Device Performance
- Scalability

## Top AWS Snowball Alternatives
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