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GigaOm Radar for Alternatives to Amazon AWS S3v1.0

Public Cloud Object Stores

Table of Contents

  1. Summary
  2. Market Categories and Deployment Types
  3. Key Criteria Comparison
  4. GigaOm Radar
  5. Vendor Insights
  6. Analyst’s Take

1. Summary

In a world where the flow of unstructured data is growing at a breakneck pace, Amazon AWS S3 has emerged as the de facto platform for object storage. While S3 is capable, scalable, and relatively affordable, alternative APIs from major cloud providers are providing intriguing features and pricing models.