Amazon S3 vs MobiDrive
Amazon S3
aws.amazon.comMobiDrive
mobidrive.comSide by side
| Figure | Amazon S3 | MobiDrive |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $0.21/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Cloud Storage Services | 9.1 (#9) | 8.4 (#31) |
| Spec score · Cloud storage | 9.0 (#14) | 8.3 (#36) |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Security | AWS states that S3 is private and encrypted by default and supports fine-grained access controls, compliance functions and auditing. | MobiDrive says it uses encrypted data transfer and secure cloud storage. |
Plans
Amazon S3
- AWS Free TierFree
- Pay as you goPrice not published
- Pay as you usePrice not published
MobiDrive
- FreeFree
- MobiDrive Essential$2.50 a year
- MobiDrive Premium$4.17 a year
- MobiDrive Premium Plus$8.33 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.