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Amazon S3 vs Google Drive

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Overview

Amazon S3
Amazon S3
Stacks55.1K
Followers40.2K
Votes2.0K
Google Drive
Google Drive
Stacks84.2K
Followers70.4K
Votes2.1K

Amazon S3 vs Google Drive: What are the differences?

Comparison between Amazon S3 and Google Drive

Amazon S3 and Google Drive are two popular cloud storage platforms that offer different features and functionalities. Below are the key differences between the two:

  1. Storage Capacity: Amazon S3 provides virtually unlimited storage capacity, allowing users to store and retrieve any amount of data. On the other hand, Google Drive offers limited storage capacity depending on the chosen plan, which can range from 15 GB to multiple terabytes.

  2. Pricing Structure: Amazon S3 has a pay-as-you-go pricing model, where users are billed based on the amount of data stored and the data transferred. Google Drive, on the other hand, offers tiered pricing plans based on storage capacity, ranging from free to higher-cost plans for additional storage.

  3. Integration and Flexibility: Amazon S3 is designed for developers and offers extensive integration options with other Amazon Web Services (AWS) products. It provides flexible API integration and supports various programming languages. Google Drive, on the other hand, is more user-friendly and seamlessly integrates with other Google products such as Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

  4. Collaboration and File Sharing: Google Drive offers robust collaboration features, allowing multiple users to work on the same document simultaneously and provides real-time updates. It also provides easy file sharing options with customizable permission settings. In comparison, Amazon S3 focuses more on storage and file hosting and lacks advanced collaboration features.

  5. File Syncing: Google Drive offers a desktop client that allows users to sync files between their local devices and the cloud, providing offline access and automatic file synchronization. Amazon S3 does not offer a dedicated file syncing client but can be integrated with other third-party synchronization tools.

  6. Security and Access Control: Both Amazon S3 and Google Drive offer advanced security measures such as encryption at rest and in transit. However, Amazon S3 provides more granular control over access permissions, allowing users to define detailed access policies and manage access at the object level.

In summary, Amazon S3 is a scalable and developer-friendly cloud storage platform with extensive integration options and virtually unlimited storage capacity, while Google Drive offers a user-friendly interface, strong collaboration features, and seamless integration with other Google products.

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Advice on Amazon S3, Google Drive

Gabriel
Gabriel

CEO at NaoLogic Inc

Dec 24, 2019

Decided

We offer our customer HIPAA compliant storage. After analyzing the market, we decided to go with Google Storage. The Nodejs API is ok, still not ES6 and can be very confusing to use. For each new customer, we created a different bucket so they can have individual data and not have to worry about data loss. After 1000+ customers we started seeing many problems with the creation of new buckets, with saving or retrieving a new file. Many false positive: the Promise returned ok, but in reality, it failed.

That's why we switched to S3 that just works.

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Detailed Comparison

Amazon S3
Amazon S3
Google Drive
Google Drive

Amazon Simple Storage Service provides a fully redundant data storage infrastructure for storing and retrieving any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web

Keep photos, stories, designs, drawings, recordings, videos, and more. Your first 15 GB of storage are free with a Google Account. Your files in Drive can be reached from any smartphone, tablet, or computer.

Write, read, and delete objects containing from 1 byte to 5 terabytes of data each. The number of objects you can store is unlimited.;Each object is stored in a bucket and retrieved via a unique, developer-assigned key.;A bucket can be stored in one of several Regions. You can choose a Region to optimize for latency, minimize costs, or address regulatory requirements. Amazon S3 is currently available in the US Standard, US West (Oregon), US West (Northern California), EU (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Sydney), South America (Sao Paulo), and GovCloud (US) Regions. The US Standard Region automatically routes requests to facilities in Northern Virginia or the Pacific Northwest using network maps.;Objects stored in a Region never leave the Region unless you transfer them out. For example, objects stored in the EU (Ireland) Region never leave the EU.;Authentication mechanisms are provided to ensure that data is kept secure from unauthorized access. Objects can be made private or public, and rights can be granted to specific users.;Options for secure data upload/download and encryption of data at rest are provided for additional data protection.;Uses standards-based REST and SOAP interfaces designed to work with any Internet-development toolkit.;Built to be flexible so that protocol or functional layers can easily be added. The default download protocol is HTTP. A BitTorrent protocol interface is provided to lower costs for high-scale distribution.;Provides functionality to simplify manageability of data through its lifetime. Includes options for segregating data by buckets, monitoring and controlling spend, and automatically archiving data to even lower cost storage options. These options can be easily administered from the Amazon S3 Management Console.;Reliability backed with the Amazon S3 Service Level Agreement.
Create & collaborate.- In Google Drive, you can create new documents, spreadsheets and presentations instantly. Work together at the same time, on the same doc, and see changes as they appear.;Work better with the products you use everyday.- Say goodbye to bulky email attachments. Send a link from Google Drive in Gmail and everyone has the same file, same version—automatically. Your pictures in Google Drive are instantly available in Google+, so you’re never more than one click away from sharing with your circles.;Powerful search.- Google Drive helps you get to your files faster. Search for content by keyword and filter by file type, owner and more. Google Drive can even recognize objects in your images and text in scanned documents.;View anything.- Open over 30 file types right in your browser—including HD video, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop—even if you don’t have the program installed on your computer.;Google Drive with your favorite apps.- Create, open and share files from a variety of apps directly in Google Drive.;Share the way you want.- You can share files or folders with anyone, and choose whether they can view, edit or comment on your stuff.;Start a discussion.- Create and reply to comments to get feedback and make files more collaborative.;Go back in time.- Google Drive tracks every change you make—so when you hit the save button, a new revision is saved. You can look back as far as 30 days automatically, or choose a revision to save forever.
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Pros & Cons
Pros
  • 590
    Reliable
  • 492
    Scalable
  • 456
    Cheap
  • 329
    Simple & easy
  • 83
    Many sdks
Cons
  • 7
    Permissions take some time to get right
  • 6
    Takes time/work to organize buckets & folders properly
  • 6
    Requires a credit card
  • 3
    Complex to set up
Pros
  • 505
    Easy to use
  • 326
    Gmail integration
  • 312
    Enough free space
  • 268
    Collaboration
  • 249
    Stable service
Cons
  • 7
    Organization via web ui sucks
  • 2
    Not a real database
Integrations
No integrations available
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Trello
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DocuSign
RingCentral
RingCentral
Balsamiq
Balsamiq
Conceptboard
Conceptboard
HelloFax
HelloFax
Notable
Notable
Marqueed
Marqueed

What are some alternatives to Amazon S3, Google Drive?

Dropbox

Dropbox

Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.

Amazon EBS

Amazon EBS

Amazon EBS volumes are network-attached, and persist independently from the life of an instance. Amazon EBS provides highly available, highly reliable, predictable storage volumes that can be attached to a running Amazon EC2 instance and exposed as a device within the instance. Amazon EBS is particularly suited for applications that require a database, file system, or access to raw block level storage.

Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage

Google Cloud Storage allows world-wide storing and retrieval of any amount of data and at any time. It provides a simple programming interface which enables developers to take advantage of Google's own reliable and fast networking infrastructure to perform data operations in a secure and cost effective manner. If expansion needs arise, developers can benefit from the scalability provided by Google's infrastructure.

Azure Storage

Azure Storage

Azure Storage provides the flexibility to store and retrieve large amounts of unstructured data, such as documents and media files with Azure Blobs; structured nosql based data with Azure Tables; reliable messages with Azure Queues, and use SMB based Azure Files for migrating on-premises applications to the cloud.

Box

Box

The Box API gives you access to the content management features you see in our web app and lets you extend them for use in your own app. It strives to be RESTful and is organized around the main resources you’re familiar with from the Box web interface.

Minio

Minio

Minio is an object storage server compatible with Amazon S3 and licensed under Apache 2.0 License

OpenEBS

OpenEBS

OpenEBS allows you to treat your persistent workload containers, such as DBs on containers, just like other containers. OpenEBS itself is deployed as just another container on your host.

Rackspace Cloud Files

Rackspace Cloud Files

Cloud Files, powered by OpenStack®, provides an easy to use online storage for files and media which can be delivered globally at blazing speeds over Akamai's content delivery network (CDN).

Storj

Storj

It is an open source, decentralized file storage solution. It uses encryption, file sharing, and a blockchain-based hash table to store files on a peer-to-peer network. The goal is to make cloud file storage faster, cheaper, and private.

RunAbove

RunAbove

We give you full access to the OpenStack API, which our compute (Nova) and storage (Swift) solutions are based on. This means no provider lock-in and easy automation of all your deployments. You can also manage your account and billing details via our RESTful API. You can choose between Horizon or OVH's easy-to-use web panel.

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