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Head-to-head · Block Storage Services

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) vs OpenStack Cinder

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) #1 in Block Storage Services 9.4/10 From $0.08/mo ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Amazon EBS
OpenStack Cinder #4 in Block Storage Services 9.0/10 Open source ✓ 3 of 4 features Try OpenStack Cinder

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) leads on 0 checks, OpenStack Cinder on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreAmazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) · 9.4/10
  • Most featuresAmazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) · 4 of 4

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) scores higher on our rubric for block storage services: 9.4 against 9.0 out of 10; our editors rank them #1 and #4.

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) is the better fit for AWS-native production block storage. OpenStack Cinder is the better fit for openStack private clouds.

  • Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) fits best

    AWS-native production block storage

  • OpenStack Cinder fits best

    OpenStack private clouds

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Side by side

Feature Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 9.4/10 Visit ↗ OpenStack Cinder 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.4 9.0
Ranking #1 in Block Storage Services #4 in Block Storage Services
Best for AWS-native production block storage OpenStack private clouds
Pricing model Paid Free
Starting price $0.08/mo Open source
Free plan — —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Self-hosted, Cloud
Support Docs Docs, Community
Integrations 7 integrations 4 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) 4/4 · OpenStack Cinder 3/4
Snapshots ✓ ✓
Multi-attach ✓ ✓
Encryption ✓ ✓
Cross-region replication ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
Max volume size 64 TB Not checked yet
Volume types gp2, gp3, io1, io2, st1, sc1, standard __DEFAULT__; custom volume types
Maximum IOPS 80000 IOPS Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Multiple SSD and HDD volume types for varied workloads
  • Snapshots, encryption, replication, and live volume changes
  • Deep integration with core AWS services and Amazon EC2
  • Manages volumes, snapshots, backups, encryption, and volume types
  • Supports multiple back ends through pluggable storage drivers
  • Integrates with Nova, Horizon, Keystone, and Barbican
Cons
  • No free plan for evaluating the service
  • Usage-based pricing varies by AWS Region
  • Some advanced features apply only to supported volume types
  • Requires self-hosted deployment rather than a vendor-hosted service
  • Capacity and performance depend on the deployment and storage driver
  • Multi-attach and replication behavior depend on back-end support
Our verdict

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) provides persistent, block-level storage volumes for Amazon EC2 instances. It is suited to AWS workloads that need storage for boot volumes, databases, transactional applications,…

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OpenStack Cinder is the Block Storage service for creating and managing persistent volumes across Nova virtual machines, Ironic bare-metal hosts, containers, and other workloads. It suits teams operating OpenStack private clouds that need…

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  1. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)Block Storage Services 9.4From $0.08/mo
  2. OpenStack CinderBlock Storage Services 9.0Open source

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) — where it wins

    • Multiple SSD and HDD volume types for varied workloads
    • Snapshots, encryption, replication, and live volume changes
    • Deep integration with core AWS services and Amazon EC2

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan for evaluating the service
    • Usage-based pricing varies by AWS Region
    • Some advanced features apply only to supported volume types

  • OpenStack Cinder — where it wins

    • Manages volumes, snapshots, backups, encryption, and volume types
    • Supports multiple back ends through pluggable storage drivers
    • Integrates with Nova, Horizon, Keystone, and Barbican

    Where it doesn't

    • Requires self-hosted deployment rather than a vendor-hosted service
    • Capacity and performance depend on the deployment and storage driver
    • Multi-attach and replication behavior depend on back-end support

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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