# Real-world benchmarking of cloud storage providers: Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage

DevFeed: [Real-world benchmarking of cloud storage providers: Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/real-world-benchmarking-of-cloud-storage-providers-amazon-s3-google-cloud-storage-and-azure-blob-storage-21109.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://lg.io/2015/10/25/real-world-benchmarking-of-s3-azure-google-cloud-storage.html>)

Published: 2015-10-25T07:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Larry Land](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/larry-land.md>)

Topics: [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmarking.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [Azure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/azure.md>), [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google-cloud.md>)

Tags: [azure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/azure.md>), [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarking.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [google-cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google-cloud.md>), [s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/s3.md>)

## AI overview

This article compares the performance of Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage using real-world tests involving large files, small files, and many file operations. The supplied text describes the motivation and testing methodology but does not include the results.

## Source excerpt

I really wouldn't mind moving from Dropbox to S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Storage, or any other provider Recently at work I've been using the fancy new 4K iMac, yet when I'm at home or out-and-about, I use my equivalently-sexy MacBook. I do the same stuff on both computers though, it just so happens that one is way faster and has a bigger screen, and the other is slower though portable and much more practical for my lifestyle. They both need access to the same files. Typically to solve this problem you'd use Dropbox or a similar service. But one thing I strongly dislike about specifically Dropbox is that it really wants you to sync everything to every computer. To me this seems extremely wasteful as I might not want the storage overhead of syncing my personal photos onto my work computer. Ideally files could be uploaded to a service, but only downloaded on demand. I understand Dropbox has Selective Sync, but that's not what I want. I should be able to mount all my stuff onto a Raspberry Pi for example. What got me curious though is: which of the major cloud services out there actually focused on performance? I have 100mbit+ symmetric connections at both home and work (thx MonkeyBrains and Mimosa! pic here), so I figured that I should optimize for low-local-storage requirements yet be ok with high-bandwidth usage. We'll be testing Amazon AWS S3 Google Cloud Storage Microsoft Windows Azure Blob Storage I would have wanted to also test Backblaze's B2 thingy, but I haven't been invited into their Beta program yet. ;( Testing methodologies For all three services I want to test 3 real-world things: Large file: I created a 100mb file using mkfile 100m ~/Desktop/100m. Small files: I found a git repo on my machine and copied the .git directory. Many instructions: After the above git directory was synced, I removed all the files from the cloud provider. Also, the point of this is that it'll be used from the consumer side. So this was all run on my own laptop and to the se