What are the differences between Amazon S3 and Tencent Weiyun?

Let us understand the concepts of Amazon S3 and Tencent Weiyun before learning the differences between them.

Amazon S3

It is a database service offered by the Amazon Company as a repository for the internet. It provides quick access to data objects along with their storage along with security, performance reliability and at economical prices. S3 is a Simple Storage Service.

Features

The features of Amazon S3 are as follows −

• In order to access S3 Storage you need to have an AWS account.

• It offers a pay per use model where you need to pay for only the storage space which you have actually used.

• It can be used to store many kinds of data objects like text files, excel csv files along with images and snapshots (backup copies) of the data volumes.

• You may use it for recovering data quickly and reliably in case of application failures.

Advantages

The advantages of Amazon S3 are as follows −

• Extensive documentation

• Offering SDKs for many programming languages

• Stability and peace of mind

• Reasonable prices

• Different storage classes for each necessity

• High durability

• Amazon S3 can easily integrate with other AWS products

• It is going to offer many regions to store your data

• Allows simple server-side encryption

• New users can receive 5 GB free storage every month during the first year.

Disadvantages

The disadvantages of Amazon S3 are as follows −

• They require the AWS Support Plan that billed separately

• Downloading data it’s a bit expensive

• It requires configuring additional AWS services like IAM

• It requires configuring additional AWS services like IAM

The different storage classes that Amazon S3 offers are as follows

• S3 Standard

• S3 Standard-IA and S3 One Zone-IA

• S3 Glacier

Tencent Weiyun

Weiyun is the cloud storage service from Tencent which is providing a massive 10 TB of free cloud storage for its new customers. It was owned by Tencent Holdings Limited in 2012. It was mostly used by China. It can be available in Chinese and English language.

Tencent Cloud is one of the secure, reliable and high-performance cloud compute services provided by Tencent. It is the largest Internet company in China, and Asia. It is providing services to so many people through its products like QQ and WeChat.

Features

The features of Tencent Weiyun are as follows −

• Easy to Deploy

• Low Cost

• High reliability

• We create a unique QR code for any file or folder that we want to share.

• Weiyun automatically updates any files that you modify.

• The pictures can easily be viewable across the browser, mobile, and desktop clients.

Advantages

The advantages of Tencent Weiyun are as follows −

• Superior network availability

• Optimal customer support

• Keen regulatory insight

• An expansive ecosystem

• Innovative cloud security

Differences

The major differences between Amazon S3 and Tencent Weiyun are as follows −

Bhanu Priya

Updated on: 24-Mar-2022

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