Amazon FSx vs. Azure StorSimple vs. Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting 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
Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud has a network of 27 regions and 200+ countries and territories, boasting little to no downtime for its users. It is automatically configured or can be done by the user and allows you to bring your own IP addresses to reduce downtime caused by migration.
$0
based on services that process ingress traffic: Load Balancers, Cloud NAT, Protocol forwarding.
Pricing
Amazon FSxAzure StorSimpleGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Editions & Modules
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Virtual Appliance
$4.11
Per Day
Cloud Array
$4.11
Per Day
Physical Appliance
$43.84
Per Day
egress traffic
$0 - 0.15
per GB
ingress traffic
$0
based on services that process ingress traffic: Load Balancers, Cloud NAT, Protocol forwarding.
Premium Tier (egress rates)
$0- $0.23
per month per GB of data delivered
Standard Tier (egress rates)
$0.045, $0.065, $0.085
per month per GB of data delivered: 150-500TB, 10-150TB, 0-10TB
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Amazon FSxAzure StorSimpleGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Free Trial
NoNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Amazon FSxAzure StorSimpleGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Considered Multiple Products
Amazon FSx
Chose Amazon FSx
The beauty here is that I basically had to mark 3 different services to get some of the benefits of just a single service. It brings the best of these 3 solutions with a ton of added capabilities around data management and how to consolidate the usage of many silos into a …
Chose Amazon FSx
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 …
Azure StorSimple
Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Most of my cloud services are deployed in Google Cloud. As such I decided to use Google Cloud VPC as compared to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud. Support for serverless connector is super useful given that most of the micro services I build are deployed as Cloud Run services.
Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Routing traffic between regions is automatic, Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud had more features that fit the nature of my use case.
Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Google VPC and networking infrastructure is very matured and is built later after Amazon VPC. It made sure to address all the limitations faced by amazon VPC. Google Virtual private cloud is across regions while amazon VPC covers only one region but multiple zones. Google VPC …
Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
On Cloud storage, Google Cloud VPC has an edge over the rest of the service providers. Also, Google Cloud VPC is the ideal choice for AI/ML and data analytics because of Google's reputation in these fields. Google Cloud VPC, on the other hand, provides a secure private network, …
Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Integration, user management and Integration capability.
Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Google cloud VPC is quite comparable to Amazon VPC in its offerings, but Google Cloud was picked based on good previous experiences working with it. They both have a similar payment model and allow scaling up computing resources and provide good customer service.
Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Better support. More documentation. Easier Accessibility.
Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
I think it stacks up pretty well against them. Although, I think there is room for improvement considering their UI is sometimes a bit laggy. Since it's a lot easier to use than it's competitors, I feel that this particular feature makes it a better choice for new and upcoming …
Chose Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Google Cloud VPC has competitive advantage on Cloud storage over rest of the service providers. Also AI/ML and Data Analytics services are best with Google Cloud VPC as Google is known for these. Security wise also Google Cloud VPC provides private network although and nothing …
Features
Amazon FSxAzure StorSimpleGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Amazon FSx
8.0
Ratings
5% below category average
Azure StorSimple
-
Ratings
Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
-
Ratings
Versioning8.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files6.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Audio files6.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Document collaboration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Access control10.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
File search8.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync8.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Security & Administration
Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
Amazon FSx
10.0
Ratings
15% above category average
Azure StorSimple
-
Ratings
Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
-
Ratings
User and role management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
File organization10.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Device management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Cloud Storage Platform
Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
Amazon FSx
10.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Azure StorSimple
-
Ratings
Google Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
-
Ratings
Performance10.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Reliability10.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Storage Reports10.00 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Amazon FSxAzure StorSimpleGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Small Businesses
SugarSync
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Score 3.8 out of 10
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Score 3.8 out of 10
Vultr
Vultr
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10

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Enterprises
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10
Druva Security Cloud
Druva Security Cloud
Score 9.4 out of 10

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User Ratings
Amazon FSxAzure StorSimpleGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
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9.0
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9.0
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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10.0
(0 ratings)
-
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Usability
-
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-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Amazon FSxAzure StorSimpleGoogle Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Likelihood to Recommend
Since I started working with this platform have been performing effectively. It is compatible with our operating systems and the speed of data transfer is very reliable. The server integrates data from all our sources and enhances better planning and effective decision-making. Collaboration of our teams from remote areas is enhanced through updates on the progress of project implementation.
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Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure.
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Well-suited scenarios: 1. Large Organisations with more than at least a thousand employees. 2. Teams spanning across multiple countries or regions. 3. Research institutes require privacy and confidentiality. 4. Educational institutes to separate departments from various attacks. Less appropriate scenarios: 1. Startups have less than 100 employees. 2. Users are accessing resources from the same place.
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Pros
  • Enterprise grade unified storage in the cloud
  • Multiprotocol access
  • PV for EKS
  • Data mobility
  • Data security
  • Integration with NetApp Cloud Manager
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  • Performance via the SSD drives.
  • Writes back to our Private Cloud via Azure.
  • Easy to Admin via Web client interface.
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  • Serverless connector helps Cloud Run services to communicate privately.
  • Serverless connector supports auto scaling.
  • Being serverless, the cost is based on usage for serverless connector.
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Cons
  • Data Protection from AWS console
  • Advance Matrix
  • FlexGroups creating as part of AWS console
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  • Additional fail-over functionality
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  • Google Cloud VPC support for Oracle Databases is still the lagging point. Improvement in that front is need of the hour
  • Google Cloud VPC still needs to work on Technical customer services.
  • Google still not among the first to launch new services which makes the customers to choose other Cloud solution providers.
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Likelihood to Renew
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If I wanted to use just onsite storage the StorSimple device is already paid for.
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Usability
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VPC is a difficult concept to grasp and recommendations for configuring it would be helpful in educating the users to make the right choice while using the product in configuring networking for their cloud deployments. Also, the user interface can be intuitively designed so as to suggest templates to perform common configurations with regard to VPC.
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Alternatives Considered
The beauty here is that I basically had to mark 3 different services to get some of the benefits of just a single service. It brings the best of these 3 solutions with a ton of added capabilities around data management and how to consolidate the usage of many silos into a single place which makes it much easier to manage it, especially for the bigger enterprises.
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Easy to use and highly compatible with our MSFT Hyper-V environment
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On Cloud storage, Google Cloud VPC has an edge over the rest of the service providers. Also, Google Cloud VPC is the ideal choice for AI/ML and data analytics because of Google's reputation in these fields. Google Cloud VPC, on the other hand, provides a secure private network, despite the fact that there is no trace of the public network on it. Google Cloud VPC services are also less expensive than those offered by other cloud service providers.
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Return on Investment
  • 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
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  • Great Folks on the MSFT Implementation team
  • Great value on year 2
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  • It did solve a lot of issues regarding accessibility from different geographical zones.
  • Since the cost is lower, we did save a lot in comparison with the on-site deployments.
  • Although we had to train a few people, we were easily to able to get work done quickly after that.
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