Amazon S3 vs Cristie CloneManager
Amazon S3
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Cristie CloneManager
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| Figure | Amazon S3 | Cristie CloneManager |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $41.67/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Storage Replication Software | 9.1 (#2) | 9.2 (#1) |
| API | S3 exposes a REST API with current API version 2006-03-01. | Cristie publishes an HTTP API with deployment, event-monitoring, replication-schedule creation and schedule-query endpoints for CloneManager. |
| Documentation depth | The developer reference includes API references, code examples, CLI examples, SDK documentation and quota guidance. | Official documentation provides Windows, Linux Intel, Linux PPC, AIX and Solaris installation, licensing, quick-start and user guides. |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 8.9 out of 10 from 356 reviews and ratings | 10 out of 10 from 2 reviews and ratings |
| What it does | Amazon S3 is AWS object storage for retrieving any amount of data from anywhere on the web. | CloneManager continuously replicates complete live systems, including operating systems, applications, data and configuration, between physical, virtual and cloud targets. |
Plans
Amazon S3
- AWS Free TierFree
- Pay as you goPrice not published
- Pay as you usePrice not published
Cristie CloneManager
- CloneManager Migration$150, paid once
- CloneManager Replication$500 a year
In their own words
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 is an object storage service for storing, managing, analyzing, and protecting data used by data lakes, cloud-native applications, and mobile apps. Capacity adjusts as objects are added or removed, without requiring storage to be provisioned in advance. Storage classes cover frequent access, infrequent access, and archiving. Versioning preserves object versions, while Replication can copy objects to buckets in the same or different AWS Regions. Amazon Athena and Redshift Spectrum can query S3 data in place with SQL; S3 Vectors adds vector storage and querying, including integration with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Security controls include encryption for uploads, Block Public Access, and Object Lock for customer-defined retention periods. AWS documents access through its Management Console, CLI, SDKs, and REST API. S3 is listed for Android, API, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows. A Free Tier is available. Pricing is usage-based, with charges varying across storage, requests, retrieval, transfer, and other features. Some archived objects have minimum storage durations of 90 or 180 days, and early deletion incurs a prorated charge.
Cristie CloneManager
Cristie CloneManager Replication provides continuous system replication across physical, virtual and cloud environments. It supports file-based and block-based replication; block-based replication can lower recovery point objectives compared with file-based replication. Replication can target virtual disk image files in VHDX, QCOW2 and VMDK formats, as well as AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud and S3 blob storage. The software monitors source systems and can automatically fail over after an outage, with DNS changes if needed. Multiple systems and their failover and failback can be managed through one interface. Teams can create sandbox test environments, including on physical systems, without interrupting continuous replication. RPO monitoring includes reports and email notices when replication falls outside target RPOs. The supported systems matrix includes Windows and Linux and virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, AWS EC2, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Replication costs $500 a year per protected system, with 12 months of support and maintenance. A free trial is offered, but no fixed duration is stated.