Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs Network File Storage
Head-to-head comparison · Storage
At a glance
- Only Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) offers a free tier.
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Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
AWS
Amazon EFS provides a fully managed file system specifically for EC2 instances, handling the underlying infrastructure so you don’t have to manage storage nodes. It supports shared access across multiple instances, makin…
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Storage
PRICING
See pricing page
FREE TIER
Available
TIER
free
Free trial available
DI
Network File Storage
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean’s Network File Storage provides managed NFS for data-heavy environments, specifically targeting AI/ML pipelines and POSIX-compliant file sharing. It handles snapshots, backups, and recovery natively, removin…
CATEGORY
Storage
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
Pricing Tiers
AMAZON ELASTIC FILE SYSTEM (EFS)
On-Demand
$0.1600/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0100/GB
On-Demand
$0.0250/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.3000/GB/month
On-Demand
$6.00/MiBps-Mo
On-Demand
$0.0600/GB
On-Demand
$0.0133/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0300/GB
NETWORK FILE STORAGE
No pricing data available