What is Amazon S3 Object Storage?
S3 object storage refers to Amazon's Simple Storage Service. It allows businesses to store any amount of data they want at an affordable cost. You can also store almost any type of data with Amazon S3 compatible object storage, including data lakes, cloud-native applications, and mobile apps.
Due to the ability to store almost any type of data, its use-cases are fairly widespread. The most common use-cases include data archiving, backing up critical data, disaster recovery, big data analytics, and cloud-native app data.
Storage Cost
While S3 object storage refers to Amazon's Simple Storage Service, many competitors now offer S3-compatible object storage at a lower cost. These costs vary based on how often you need to access the data and the overall amount of data you store through their service. Meanwhile, IDrive® e2 offers predictable pricing models of object storage for as low as $24.75/TB/Year, which is typically 90% less than AWS S3.
Benefits of IDrive® e2 storage
- Scalable storage - Store a petabyte-scale of unstructured data. Your storage grows limitlessly with your data.
- Interoperability - Since e2 storage is Amazon S3 compatible, it can be used with various tools and applications.
- High availability - Object storage provides eleven 9s of data durability and objects can be accessed directly via an HTTP request.
- Affordable - Save money on cloud storage plans; free ingress or egress makes IDrive® e2 comparatively affordable than competitors.