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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server comparisons

Paid#7 of 31 in Cloud File Storage Services

Amazon FSx for Windows File Server 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.

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Amazon FSx for Windows File Server vs each of them

#	Tool	Free plan	Paid from	Supported protocols	Snapshots	Score
7	Amazon FSx for Windows File Server	No	$0.01/GB/mo	SMB	Yes	8.8
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
6	Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)	No	$0.30/GB/mo	NFSv4.0, NFSv4.1		8.9
8	Amazon FSx for OpenZFS		$0.09/mo	NFS v3, v4.0, v4.1, v4.2	Yes	8.7

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