Amazon FSx vs. Azure StorSimple

Amazon FSx

Azure StorSimple

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon FSx	Score 8.1 out of 10	N/A	Amazon FSx is a cloud storage service designed to make it easy and cost effective to launch, run, and scale feature-rich, high-performance file systems in the cloud. It supports a range of workloads boasting reliability, security, scalability, and broad set of capabilities. As a fully managed service, it handles hardware provisioning, patching, and backups, and supports four widely-used file systems: NetApp ONTAP, OpenZFS, Windows File Server, and Lustre.	N/A
Azure StorSimple	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	StorSimple was acquired by Microsoft in 2012. The StorSimple storage gateway appliance is now a part of Microsoft's Azure StorSimple Hybrid Cloud Storage solution.	$4.11 Per Day

Pricing

Amazon FSx

Azure StorSimple

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Virtual Appliance: $4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array: $4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance: $43.84
Per Day

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Amazon FSx	Azure StorSimple
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Community Pulse
	Amazon FSx	Azure StorSimple

Features

Amazon FSx

Azure StorSimple

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon FSx 8.0 1 Ratings 4% below category average	Azure StorSimple - Ratings
Versioning	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Video files	6.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Audio files	6.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document collaboration	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Access control	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
File search	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device sync	8.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon FSx 10.0 1 Ratings 15% above category average	Azure StorSimple - Ratings
User and role management	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
File organization	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device management	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Platform

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
	Amazon FSx 10.0 1 Ratings 15% above category average	Azure StorSimple - Ratings
Performance	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reliability	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings
Storage Reports	10.01 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	Amazon FSx	Azure StorSimple
Small Businesses	SugarSync Score 4.4 out of 10	SugarSync Score 4.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.6 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	Amazon FSx	Azure StorSimple
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (2 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Amazon FSx	Azure StorSimple
Likelihood to Recommend	Amazon AWS - For any enterprise-grade storage, this is the best option. - EDA workloads are very strong with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and NetApp's FlexCache technologies. - Random read workloads such as OLTP are awesome on Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. - File Services are the best in class on FSxN. - DR sites from ONTAP on-premises are amazing. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Pros	Amazon AWS Enterprise grade unified storage in the cloud Multiprotocol access PV for EKS Data mobility Data security Integration with NetApp Cloud Manager Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft Performance via the SSD drives. Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure. Easy to Admin via Web client interface. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Cons	Amazon AWS Data Protection from AWS console Advance Matrix FlexGroups creating as part of AWS console Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft Additional fail-over functionality Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	Amazon AWS No answers on this topic	Microsoft If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Amazon AWS I have not worked with other reliable and powerful platform that is as reliable as this product. This platform has given us room to concentrate on more productive activities leaving our data under a safe system. It automates file transfer and saves time in uploading documents across all team members. It interlinks all our applications systems to enhance teamwork and increase production. Incentivized Judith Perez Brand Manager Read full review	Microsoft Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Return on Investment	Amazon AWS It improved our TCO by optimizing storage costs between SSDs and S3 It speeded our TTM with speedy deployment and orchestration It removed needed expertise from our engineers Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Microsoft Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team Great value on year 2 Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
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