Amazon SimpleDB vs. Azure StorSimple

Amazon SimpleDB

Amazon SimpleDB

2 Reviews and Ratings

Azure StorSimple

Azure StorSimple

4 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon SimpleDB	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Amazon SimpleDB is a non-relational data store and service.	$0 per GB allowance
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 SimpleDB

Azure StorSimple

Editions & Modules

Machine Utilization: $0.00 for first 25 hours $0.14 per machine hour over 25 hours
per GB allowance
Structured Data Storage: $0.00 for first GB-month $0.25 per GB-month thereafter
per GB allowance
Free Tier: 25 SimpleDB Machine Hours and 1 GB of Storage for free each month
per GB allowance
Data Transfer: All data transfer in is $0.00 per GB
per GB allowance

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

Offerings

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

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Amazon SimpleDB	Azure StorSimple

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

User Testimonials
	Amazon SimpleDB	Azure StorSimple
Likelihood to Recommend	Amazon AWS Well suited for: Games, Chat rooms, real time software like corporate events, marathons and so. Anytime and anywhere you could use a NoSQL DB you should think of SimpleDB. As an arduous AWS user, Amazon SimpleDB easily integrates with EC2 and other AWS module; and if you are not an AWS user, you also have a fantastic tool that will solve the problem for which you are focused. Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas Read full review	Microsoft Onsite storage needs and backing up to Azure. Incentivized Scott Lerner Director of IT Read full review
Pros	Amazon AWS Flexibility Easy to learn and use AWS integration Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas 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 Non AWS environments Strict storage limit (but well we have DynamoDB for storage issues) Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas 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 It integrates beautifully with AWS. In some projects we use SimpleDB while we use DynamoDB for others, according to the characteristics of the project. If the infrastructure is AWS, we always think of one of them. Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas 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 Reduced database administration time Reduced data model analysis time Lower cost of resources in projects in general Incentivized Miguel Angel Merino Vega Analista de Sistemas 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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