Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) comparisons
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is compared head-to-head with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, Alibaba Cloud File Storage NAS and NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP and more: 7 head-to-heads in Cloud File Storage Services, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) head-to-head
- Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
- Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs Alibaba Cloud File Storage NAS
- Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP
- Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs Azure NetApp Files
- Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs Google Cloud NetApp Volumes
- Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
- Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Supported protocols | Snapshots | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) | No | $0.30/GB/mo | NFSv4.0, NFSv4.1 | 8.9 | |
| 1 | Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP | NFS, SMB, iSCSI, NVMe-over-TCP | Yes | 9.4 | ||
| 2 | Alibaba Cloud File Storage NAS | No | NFSv3, NFSv4.0, SMB 2.1, SMB 3.0 | Yes | 9.3 | |
| 3 | NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP | No | iSCSI, NFS, SMB, NVMe-TCP, S3 | Yes | 9.2 | |
| 4 | Azure NetApp Files | No | NFS, SMB, dual protocol, Object REST API | Yes | 9.1 | |
| 5 | Google Cloud NetApp Volumes | NFSv3, NFSv4.1, NFSv4.2, SMB, iSCSI, NVMe/TCP, S3 multiprotocol (ONTAP-mode only) | Yes | 9.0 | ||
| 7 | Amazon FSx for Windows File Server | No | $0.01/GB/mo | SMB | Yes | 8.8 |
| 8 | Amazon FSx for OpenZFS | $0.09/mo | NFS v3, v4.0, v4.1, v4.2 | Yes | 8.7 |
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