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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon S3

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A

    DigitalOcean

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ADigitalOcean is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform from the company of the same name headquartered in New York. It is known for its support of managed Kubernetes clusters and “droplets” feature.

    $5

    Starting Price Per Month

    OneNote

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft's OneNote is a digital note-taking app, supporting photos, annotating, web page clipping, emailing, and synchronizing notes across devices.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon S3DigitalOceanOneNote
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    1GB-16GB
    $5.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    8GB-160GB
    $60.00
    Starting Price Per Month
    Microsoft OneNote
    Free
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon S3DigitalOceanOneNote
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Amazon S3DigitalOceanOneNote
    Considered Multiple Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon S3
    Amazon S3 integrates way better with other AWS services and tools, making it the quick choice for your AWS based application. Furthermore, the pricing for Amazon S3 is very competitive and it has all the security and access capabilities to enable your application.
    Google …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon S3
    We had already decided to use Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) for other compute services, so it made sense to use Amazon for blob storage as well. By using the same cloud vendor, we can more easily integrate between AWS services like Cloudfront. Blob storage is essentially a …
    Incentivized
    DigitalOcean
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    96%
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    94%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon S3DigitalOceanOneNote
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and DigitalOcean and OneNote
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.6
    11 Ratings
    0% above category average
    DigitalOcean
    -
    Ratings
    OneNote
    -
    Ratings
    Universal recovery8.410 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instant recovery8.310 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recovery verification8.47 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Business application protection8.57 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations8.210 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification9.14 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud8.511 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression9.05 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Snapshots8.67 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Flexible deployment9.011 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Management dashboard7.610 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform support8.510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Retention options9.17 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Encryption9.58 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and DigitalOcean and OneNote
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.5
    11 Ratings
    0% below category average
    DigitalOcean
    -
    Ratings
    OneNote
    -
    Ratings
    Continuous data protection9.510 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Replication8.410 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics7.811 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Malware protection8.94 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities8.511 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) and DigitalOcean and OneNote
    Feature
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    -
    Ratings
    DigitalOcean
    9.2
    36 Ratings
    11% above category average
    OneNote
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings9.931 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings9.932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings9.723 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings10.029 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings9.035 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings9.733 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings9.033 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.632 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings6.55 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Amazon S3DigitalOceanOneNote
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (77 ratings)
    8.9
    (36 ratings)
    8.3
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    8.9
    (10 ratings)
    7.7
    (14 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    8.7
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon S3DigitalOceanOneNote
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon S3 is a great service to safely backup your data where redundancy is guaranteed and the cost is fair. We use Amazon S3 for data that we backup and hope we never need to access but in the case of a catastrophic or even small slip of the finger with the delete command we know our data and our client's data is safely backed up by Amazon S3. Transferring data into Amazon S3 is free but transferring data out has an associated, albeit low, cost per GB. This needs to be kept in mind if you plan on transferring out a lot of data frequently. There may be other cost effective options although Amazon S3 prices are really low per GB. Transferring 150TB would cost approximately $50 per month.
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    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is perfect for hosting client websites, running marketing tools, and managing media storage with Spaces and CDN. The use of Droplets to quickly launch landing pages or WordPress sites for campaigns is a Godsend. It’s great for fast, cheap, and scalable solutions. But for complex microservices or projects needing strict compliance (like HIPAA), DigitalOcean may not always be the best fit, but that depends heavily on your project.
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    Microsoft
    In my opinion OneNote is a must for anyone who does business. It’s versatile, stable and sustainable. It can keep private information private - like passwords. It can be used for collaborative work - like standard operating procedures. It is fairly easy to use and far superior to pen and paper. When used for meeting notes, it can be flagged with icons that are searchable - like ideas or important items. You can even create Outlook tasks on the fly
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Fantastic developer API, including AWS command line and library utilities.
    • Strong integration with the AWS ecosystem, especially with regards to access permissions.
    • It's astoundingly stable- you can trust it'll stay online and available for anywhere in the world.
    • Its static website hosting feature is a hidden gem-- it provides perhaps the cheapest, most stable, most high-performing static web hosting available in PaaS.
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    DigitalOcean
    • DigitalOcean provides some of the best cost-to-value services available
    • The DigitalOcean cloud console is very intuitive and easy to navigate
    • DigitalOcean has great support for Docker and other dev ops tools like Terraform.
    • DigitalOcean iterates quickly and provides cutting edge features for organizations that want to keep up with the latest and greatest dev ops tooling
    • DigitalOcean has a great developer community and numerous support docs/tutorials
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    Microsoft
    • Because of its flexibility and ability to hold different types of content (text, images, tables), it is a great tool for collecting content from different resources and organizing it in one place.
    • Technical support analysts are using sections for their support case analysis; they paste pieces of logs, screen-shots, document their steps in troubleshooting etc., all in one section, to get the full picture yet stay organized.
    • The logic of content structure; Notebook>Section>Page>Paragraph, allows you to manage and collect all needed information by the areas of the user's responsibility. For example; each of my projects has its own section, in which each page is a task.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Web console can be very confusing and challenging to use, especially for new users
    • Bucket policies are very flexible, but the composability of the security rules can be very confusing to get right, often leading to security rules in use on buckets other than what you believe they are
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    DigitalOcean
    • Some products/services available on other Cloud providers aren't available, but they seem to be catching up as they add new products like Managed SQL DBs.
    • While they have FreeBSD droplets (VMs), support for *BSD OSs is limited. I.e. the new monitoring agent only works on Linux.
    • There are no regions available on South America.
    • They don't seem to offer enterprise-level products, even basic ones as Windows Server, MS SQL Server, Oracle products, etc.
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    Microsoft
    • The table editing tools are too simplistic and lack the features found in other Office products.
    • Some content loses its rich text formatting when being pasted into OneNote. A workaround is to paste the content first into Outlook or Word and then copy/pasting that into OneNote.
    • Microsoft is moving away from a local install of OneNote, which means notebooks have to be in the cloud in Office 2019. This will actually reduce the usefulness of OneNote in some environments and opens the door to competitor products.
    • Update: Microsoft has now announced that it will continue to support OneNote 2016 through 2023. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Office-365-Blog/Your-OneNote/ba-p/954922
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    Due to princing, availability and scalability.
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    DigitalOcean
    I've been very happy with it for my purposes and I plan to continue to use DigitalOcean for the foreseeable future!
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    Microsoft
    As this is not a compulsory tool in our organization, I would say all depends on the decision makers, however since this is a part of MS Office, I am sure we will have it for as long as we will possibly need it. However, I would not be so sure, if it was a separate product
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    It is tricky to get it all set up correctly with policies and getting the IAM settings right. There is also a lot of lifecycle config you can do in terms of moving data to cold/glacier storage. It is also not to be confused with being a OneDrive or SharePoint replacement, they each have their own place in our environment, and S3 is used more by the IT team and accessed by our PHP applications. It is not necessarily used by an average everyday user for storing their pictures or documents, etc.
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    DigitalOcean
    I honestly can't think of an easier way to set up and maintain your own server. Being able to set up a server in minutes and have fully control is awesome. The UX is incredibly intuitive for first-time users as well so there's no reason to be intimidated when it comes to giving DigitalOcean a shot.
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    Microsoft
    I find OneNote incredibly usable. I'm fairly middle of the road when it comes to tech savvy-ness. The platform was very easy to learn and explore. I like that OneNote is no clunky and offers a clean interface. This is important when it comes to deciding if a tool is usable for multiple people.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    DigitalOcean
    Have not found a single second of down time myself. Superior availability.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    DigitalOcean
    Very quick response and high performance, you have to fine tune configurations on your machines though.
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    Microsoft
    Overall, I rate OneNote's performance highly. In general, notebooks, sections and pages load quickly. OneNote integrates with other apps and info ca easily be shared/copied to and from the tool to other tools. Moreover, Notebooks tend to sync quickly meaning shared notebooks are up to date almost immediately provided there are no syncing issues.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    AWS has always been quick to resolve any support ticket raised. S3 is no exception. We have only ever used it once to get a clarification regarding the costs involved when data is transferred between S3 and other AWS services or the public internet. We got a response from AWS support team within a day.
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    DigitalOcean
    They have always been fast, and the process has been straight-forward. I haven't had to use it enough to be frustrated with it, to be honest, and when I have an issue they fix it. As with all support, I wish it felt more human, but they are doing aces.
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    Microsoft
    Since it is part of Microsoft Office and used across the globe there are a lot of support options available. It's quickest to just do a google search which will have plenty of articles to help you since there are so many OneNote users but as an Office customer you also have access to Microsoft support and I have had good experiences with their support (probably because I'm with a large company who is a large customer to them).
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Overall, we found that Amazon S3 provided a lot of backend features Google Cloud Storage (GCS) simply couldn't compare to. GCS was way more expensive and really did not live up to it. In terms of setup, Google Cloud Storage may have Amazon S3 beat, however, as it is more of a pseudo advanced version of Google Drive, that was not a hard feat for it to achieve. Overall, evaluating GCS, in comparison to S3, was an utter disappointment.
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    DigitalOcean
    DigitalOcean is an inexpensive product as compared to other products available in the market. The UI is easy and the beginner can also understand the UI with the step by step guide. It provides a lot of custom features and the user needs to pay only for what they are using. Amazon has a complex UI and is on the expensive side. DigitalOcean is simple to use and is easily manageable and the servers can easily be set up without additional cost and such.
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    Microsoft
    I tried using Evernote and it is an equally usable tool, however, I prefer the interface and capabilities of OneNote. OneNote seems much easier to use and understand. I think that may primarily be because OneNote is a Microsoft application and I am very used to using Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel, etc. I also use OneNote to keep my grocery list. It does as good of a job as the grocery list applications out there, only I like the flexibility I have with OneNote and how I specifically do my shopping.
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    DigitalOcean
    Great scalability, you can start with small plans and move up to premium features at a very good price.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • It practically eliminated some real heavy storage servers from our premises and reduced maintenance cost.
    • The excellent durability and reliability make sure the return of money you invested in.
    • If the objects which are not active or stale, one needs to remove them. Those objects keep adding cost to each billing cycle. If you are handling a really big infrastructure, sometimes this creates quite a huge bill for preserving un-necessary objects/documents.
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    DigitalOcean
    • Positive - Elastic computer instances make it possible to pay for only for what you need.
    • Positive - Competitive pricing - some of the products that DigitalOcean offers are much cheaper than those offered by competitors.
    • Negative - Having to go to other cloud computing platforms for more specific, advanced services like Computer Vision optimized services, GPU cloud compute instances, etc...
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    Microsoft
    • OneNote has become our organizational standard method of taking electronic notes (though some still prefer pen and paper.) It has been a zero cost outlay due to its freely available nature.
    • Its integration with other Microsoft Office products makes it easy to share notes and content between products, allowing for easy collaboration where needed.
    • OneNote's integration with OneDrive ensures that individual's notes are always safe and secure, taking away the tedious responsibility of backup from the user, and makes it happen seamlessly in the background.
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