--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of Amazon S3. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Amazon S3 Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Cloud Storage Software](/directory/31310/cloud-storage/software) > [Amazon S3](/software/174285/amazon-s3) # Amazon S3 Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/174285/amazon-s3 Page: 1 / 46\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/174285/amazon-s3?page=2) > Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a cloud-based object storage that allows users to store and retrieve data from anywhere. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 1114 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Amazon S3? Designed for businesses of all sizes, it is an object storage solution that helps store data, manage access controls, track inventory, monitor storage, accelerate bulk data transfers, and more. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 1114 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Pay only for what you use. There is no minimum fee. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Data Storage Management - Encryption - File Transfer - Version Control ## Integrations (2 total) - AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Amazon VPC ## Category - [Cloud Storage Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31310/cloud-storage/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Google Drive](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/161425/drive) — 4.8/5 (28458 reviews) 2. [OneDrive](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/161304/onedrive) — 4.5/5 (12666 reviews) 3. [Google Workspace](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/168389/google-workspace) — 4.7/5 (17532 reviews) 4. [iCloud](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/204717/icloud) — 4.6/5 (1947 reviews) 5. [Dropbox Business](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/143068/dropbox-business) — 4.5/5 (21687 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Powerful and versatile, perhaps not so "Simple" Storage Solution" — 4.0/5 > **Connor** | *9 April 2026* | Media Production | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: A powerful file sharing solution included in the AWS suite of services and tools. It provides a platform that, using extended functionality (APIs, SSH, web console, etc) provides a plethora of various mediums for interfacing with files (or, 'objects') in this respect. Being part of the AWS platform means that there is almost infinite redundancy, functionality for global regional accessibility, and many more other admin settings/configs that can expand on the baseline service. > > **Cons**: As with all AWS services; nothing is as straight forward as they would have you believe from the name ("Simple" storage solution is perhaps an exaggeration). Dependencies can/do include additional configurations such as region locking (Unless you want to get fancy with advanced settings and integrating other services); IAM permissions and access keys for access (How you configure this really is use case dependent); etc - Also worth mentioning that unless you are already familiar with AWS and their suite, expect to spend a good few hours going through and navigating the platform to understand the interconnectivity between functions and services. A final note to mention that trying to specifically find an easy readable guide on best practices is a bit like finding a needle in a haystack - difficult and likely to be difficult to extrapolate for your use case (especially when integrating it with more AWS solutions). > > As with all AWS; the learning curve is more of a wall than a gentle gradient. And, following suit on the above statement - spending 100 hours on the platform configuring and setting up absolutely doesn't guarantee that you'll be setting things up best practice first thing moving forward - there are always new updates; subtle changes and new ways of working that will have you frustrated and realising you "should've/could've/woud've" ; but now it's live and in production you can't\! For all of it's miseries and hair pulling from a configuration standpoint however, the platform absolutely works seemlessly once it's set up properly and never seems to have issues with downtime, latency, or general availability. This extends from our personal experience where we have all manner of different interfaces accessing and managing the objects within S3; from end users using file connect clients to access and download/upload objects; to third party solutions accessing via API and interpreting objects in all manner of formats for automations and project managers to interface with. ----- ### "Industry Standard Cloud Storage" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *8 April 2026* | Biotechnology | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is perfect for our cloud storage needs, it is scalable, and we only pay for what we use. It is also easy to set up S3 buckets for our clients to deliver them large datasets. We use Amazon athena and other apps which mean that everything is linked together well. It is a backbone service for our company. > > **Cons**: There is a bit of a learning curve for non-developers, when I first started I wasn't too sure how to access files etc, and was scared to make big changes as didn't want to mess something else\! Also, sometimesI'm not too keen to be locked into the Amazon ecosystem, as we are at the mercy of their pricing models. > > Overall, it is a key cloud storage platform for our company. It is durable, secure, and an industry standard. It's great for storing, sharing and dumping large and datasets, which is vital for our workflow. ----- ### "Reliable and Versatile Cloud Storage" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *24 January 2025* | Telecommunications | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Amazon S3 is pretty straightforward in terms of setup. It can handle small amount of data to the massive amount of data. The integration with Amazon services makes it a core part of cloud architecture. > > **Cons**: The costing breakdown could be a bit tricky to manage and monitor. Since it's easily accessibility can make it prone to the dodgy public access of data leak. > > Overall it's been positive in terms of storage, scalability and reliability. Initial learning could be challenging but once in the game it should be an easy and smooth ride. ----- ### "Great for media storage and very well priced." — 4.0/5 > **Torlock** | *3 March 2025* | Computer Hardware | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Cheap storage, great access policies and is extremely fast. > > **Cons**: I'd like finer tuned version history so that I can keep just 2 days of changes. > > Overall a really good experience. We offload media from WordPress /wp-content and store it in S3 for delivery via Cloudfront. It works as a great CDN system, is much cheaper to maintain and the API works amazingly. ----- ### "Amazon S3 as a storage" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *20 June 2019* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: What I love about this service is that the software is really cheap. It provides data in and out for almost any kind of data. Storage is unlimited and it scales almost infinitely. > > **Cons**: The inability to batch operations. The main earning for S3 has been through individual reads and writes. So batch reads or writes are not really in their business plan, but it would be really helpful to have this feature. I would be willing to pay more for this feature as well. > > S3 has been a game changer when it comes to data storage. There are no schemas, no data types to be mentioned. Any data at any time can be put into S3 and read out. 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