Amazon Drive vs IBM Cloud Object Storage | TrustRadius

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Score 8.2 out of 10

Based on 151 reviews and ratings

Score 8.6 out of 10

Based on 335 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon Drive

IBM Cloud Object Storage

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

File search

Device sync

Amazon Drive

IBM Cloud Object Storage

User and role management

File organization

Device management

Amazon Drive

IBM Cloud Object Storage

Performance

Reliability

Storage Reports

Amazon Drive

IBM Cloud Object Storage

Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime

Dynamic scaling

Elastic load balancing

Monitoring tools

Security controls

Pros

Amazon Drive automatically detects photos and videos in specific folders (that you choose). It will add them to Drive without any action from me.
There is a desktop app where you can access all of your files (in addition to web-based access).

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Owner

Sound Wave EventsEvents Services, 11-50 employees

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Highly secure way of storing and sharing data as it needs authorization to be accessible.
Pre-built API calls and code snippers make accessing data via secure APIs a breeze.
Easy to migrate data to and from data storage
Ability to manage large amounts of data with considerable speed

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RPA Developer

InnoviorManagement Consulting, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Less storage than Google Drive, Google offers 15GB of free space - vs. Amazon's 5GB.
Also, unlike with Google Drive, you can't back up your work with Amazon Drive ( I also use Google Drive, since I have a Gmail account).
A lot more expensive than Google Drive, which is 1.99/month...but they are more in line with Dropbox pricing.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Packaging and Containers Company, 51-200 employees

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While this platform has been around, it does take some getting used. The interface could be refined. My Firefox Browser automatically closed when selecting some options and creating new objects as an example.
The tutorials are a bit outdated in comparison to the screens shown. We understand the system is constantly improving. The tutorials should reflect the changes in the interface.
There are many pre-trained models. However, it is not clear as to how those models were trained, what bias may exist in the training data, and how a user could improve those models unless we simply have to build our own.

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Director of Worldwide Strategic Consulting

Destiny CorporationInformation Services, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Amazon Drive 6.0

Based on 3 answers

The system is very easy to use and it's use of apps for almost all devices and hardware makes it even easier to manage and store photos and documents. I highly recommend this as an easy to use solution for novices!

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Senior Web Developer

Web Juice LtdInternet, 1-10 employees

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IBM Cloud Object Storage 5.8

Based on 2 answers

steep learning curve

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Analyst in Engineering

Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Performance

Amazon Drive 6.0

Based on 1 answer

It is safe but has little added value.

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VICEPRESIDENT

EYEMAR EXPRESSAirlines/Aviation, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

Amazon Drive 9.7

Based on 6 answers

Overall great software to use for file share, storage, and collaboration. Its security is great and the user management is spot on. The only thing that makes me dock it a point is that the device management as a subset of user management is kind of clunky. It hasn't been an issue yet, but it could compromise security in the future. Overall, would recommend

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Ecommerce & Consumer Products Manager

Midwest Tungsten ServiceMining & Metals, 11-50 employees

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IBM Cloud Object Storage 8.6

Based on 7 answers

I have been working in IT sector for more than 15 years. I have worked with various vendors. IBM's sales team, support team have been really helpful. After we start to use their product, their UX design team also contacted us to get feedback from us. They are really interested about our experience.

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Christopher J Evans

IT Manager

Nation FarmChemicals, 51-200 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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IBM Cloud Object Storage 8.4

Based on 5 answers

IBM's professional service for migrating data and implementing new cloud environment was perfect. They started to help us before we begin to bring together all data such as how can it could be best to transfer all data without problems. During the migration they watched all the process closely to prevent any failure. Lastly, after the migration, they gave us trainings on implementation.

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Christopher J Evans

IT Manager

Nation FarmChemicals, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Amazon Drive Cloud has the advantage of being backed by one of the companies that has had the highest growth in recent years: Amazon. That gives us security and has been the main reason for us to trust this product. We believe that the security systems of this company are good enough to be quiet while our files are stored on their servers

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Director de Marketing en Festejos Car-Yan. C.A.

Festejos Car-Yan. C.AEvents Services, 11-50 employees

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Dropbox, Google Drive, S3 Buckets on AWS, Pcloud, Mega, Box, iCloud, OneDrive I have tried most available cloud storage providers and IBM is by far the most sophisticated, adaptable and affordable option. The onboarding and the ease of use of the Cloud Object Storage is the experience I want to share with my network.

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Purple Squirrel Media

Purple Squirrel MediaBroadcast Media, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

It slowed us down at first since we went from purely agile to document based then agile.
It is easy to use so even non-developers can access code snippets which they wouldn't know how to access on github.
It has a lot of features we don't have a use for in our business.

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Engineer in Engineering

Environmental Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Prior to cloud storage, we used on-premises storage devices to store and backup, and sometimes it was a headache to scale up or down the storage according to our needs. With the introduction of Cloud Object Storage, we don't have to worry about scaling.
The uptime is also improved a lot after the introduction of Cloud Object Storage in our organization
Obviously, it's a very cost-effective way to store and archive data.

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Contributor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Amazon Drive Editions & Modules

Edition

100 GB	1.99¹
1 TB	6.99¹
2 TB	11.99¹
3 TB	179.97²
4 TB	239.96²
5 TB	299.95²
6 TB	359.94²
7 TB	419.93²
8 TB	479.92²
9 TB	539.91²
10 TB	599.90²
20 TB	1,199.80²
30 TB	1,799.70²

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per year

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

IBM Cloud Object Storage Editions & Modules

Edition

Lite Plan	Free¹
Standard Plan	There is no minimum fee, pay only for what you use²

Up to 25 GB/mo. For all terms go to https://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage
For pricing and all terms go to https://www.ibm.com/cloud/object-storage

Additional Pricing Details

The Lite and Standard service plans for Cloud Object Storage include resiliency options, flexible data classes and built-in security. Pricing is based on your choice of location, storage class and resiliency choice.

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