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What are the differences between Amazon S3 and Wuala?
Let us understand the concepts of Amazon S3 and Wuala 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 has a complex pricing schema
The different storage classes that Amazon S3 offers are as follows −
- S3 Standard
- S3 Standard-IA and S3 One Zone-IA
- S3 Glacier
Wuala
It is a secure online file storage, file synchronization, versioning and backup service provided by Caleido Inc and developed by Dominik Grolimund and Luzius Meisserin.
It was developed using Java, offered 5 GB free storage space and was launched in 2008. But in the year 2015, Wuala announced that they are discontinuing its service and all stored data would be deleted on 15 November 2015.
Wuala is a secure cloud storage service that enables users to store, encrypt, sync, backup, and access their files online.
Features
The features of Wuala are as follows −
Keep files private
Share files with other registered and unregistered users
Publish files
Backup
File synchronization
File versioning
Advantages
The advantages of Wuala are as follows −
More space is available in Wuala
The uploads automatically encrypted
Bandwidth can adjust
Supports mobile devices
Disadvantages
The disadvantages of Wuala are as follows −
It will be slow at any time
It is an operating system dependent
It requires a separate program to work with files.
Differences
The major differences between Wuala and Amazon S3 are as follows −
| Wuala | Amazon S3 |
|---|---|
| Wuala is owned by Caleido Incorporation later by Seagate Technology in the year 2008. | Amazon S3 was launched by Amazon in the year 2006. |
| Wuala offers 5 GB free storage space. | Amazon S3 does not offer free storage space. |
| The Maximum storage capacity is 2TB | Amazon S3 provides unlimited maximum storage space. |
| Wuala provides file hosting service, file synchronization service and cloud storage service. | Amazon S3 provides file hosting service and cloud storage service. |
| Wuala does not require credit card details for free services. | Amazon S3 requires credit-card details for free service. |
| Wuala was suspended in the year 2015. | Amazon S3 is still in use. |
| Wuala supports file versioning. | Amazon S3 also supports file versioning. |
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