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Amazon S3 vs IBM Cloud Object Storage

No leader: the top candidate IBM Cloud Object Storage has only 0.32 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Amazon S360
IBM Cloud Object Storage62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon S360 / 100medium · 73%
IBM Cloud Object Storage62 / 100low · 32%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage✓
Model
Amazon S3freemium
IBM Cloud Object Storagefreemium
Price level
Amazon S3low
IBM Cloud Object Storagelow
Starting price
Amazon S3$0.03
IBM Cloud Object Storage–
Transparent
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon S319
IBM Cloud Object Storage–
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage–
Fedramp
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage–
Gdpr
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage✓
Hipaa
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage✓
Iso27001
Amazon S3–
IBM Cloud Object Storage✓
Pci
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage–
Soc2
Amazon S3–
IBM Cloud Object Storage✓
Trust center
Amazon S3https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp
IBM Cloud Object Storage–
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon S399.99
IBM Cloud Object Storage–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon S36 items
IBM Cloud Object Storage5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for object storage. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Lifecycle policies
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage-
Versioning
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage-
Object lock worm
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage-
Cross region replication
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage✓
Erasure coding
Amazon S3-
IBM Cloud Object Storage-
Event notifications
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage-
Open source
Amazon S3-
IBM Cloud Object Storage-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon S3

Amazon S3 is a distributed cloud storage platform that allows organizations to store, retrieve, and manage any volume of data. It offers multiple storage classes optimized for different access patterns and use cases, along with built-in analytics, compliance controls, and security features.

Independently observed

IBM Cloud Object Storage

Enterprise cloud storage service with built-in encryption, multi-region resiliency, and high-performance data transfer, optimized for AI, data lakehouses, and cloud-native applications.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon S3

from $0.03/gbUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing with metered storage (per GB), request charges (per 1,000 operations), and data transfer costs. Free tier includes $200 in AWS Free Tier credits for 6 months.

  • S3 Standard-
    • Full availability and durability guarantees
  • S3 Intelligent-Tiering-
    • Automatic tiering between access tiers
    • No retrieval charges
    • Up to 80% cost reduction
  • S3 Tables$0.03 per gb
    • Native Apache Iceberg support
    • Automatic table compaction
    • Higher transaction throughput
  • S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval-
    • Cost-effective archival storage
  • S3 Glacier Deep Archive-
    • Deep archival for compliance and long-term retention
  • S3 Express One Zone-
    • Fastest cloud object storage
    • Single availability zone
as of verify ↗

IBM Cloud Object Storage

Usage-basedFree tier
  • One-RateAll-inclusive with no hidden charges
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon S3✓
IBM Cloud Object Storage✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon S3

19 total
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Dremio
  • DuckDB
  • HighByte Intelligence Hub
  • Ryft
  • AWS CloudFront
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS API Gateway
  • AWS Analytics Services
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Asana
  • Brave Search API
  • Pokee AI
  • Tailscale
  • TrendAI Vision One
  • Orca Security
  • Cast AI
  • LucidLink
  • Vanta
Independently observed

IBM Cloud Object Storage

Not documented yet.

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