Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) vs Azure Blob Storage
Head-to-head comparison · Storage
At a glance
- Only Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) offers a free tier.
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Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
AWS
Amazon S3 is AWS’s core object storage layer, handling massive datasets with high durability and global accessibility. It excels at storing unstructured data like backups, media assets, or static website content, ensurin…
CATEGORY
Storage
PRICING
See pricing page
FREE TIER
Available
TIER
free
Free for 12 months
MI
Azure Blob Storage
Microsoft Azure
Azure Blob Storage handles unstructured data at scale, serving as the backbone for demanding workloads that need reliable object storage. It’s built for scenarios where you need to store and access large volumes of data …
CATEGORY
Storage
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
Pricing Tiers
AMAZON SIMPLE STORAGE SERVICE (S3)
Free Tier
Free/month
GET/SELECT
$0.4000/1M requests
Glacier Instant Retrieval
$0.004/GB/month
Intelligent-Tiering
$0.0230/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0036/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0007/GB
On-Demand
$0.1000/1M Objects
On-Demand
$0.005/GB
AZURE BLOB STORAGE
Archive
$0.00099/GB/month
Cool
$0.0100/GB/month
Free Tier
Free/month
Hot
$0.0180/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0400/10K
On-Demand
$1.20/month
On-Demand
$2.40/month
On-Demand
$0.00036/10K