Amazon Web Services → Microsoft Azure
Azure equivalent of Amazon S3 Inventory and S3 Metadata
S3 Inventory maps directly to Azure blob inventory.
About Amazon S3 Inventory and S3 Metadata
| Provider | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | S3 Inventory delivers scheduled CSV, ORC, or Parquet object listings. S3 Metadata keeps queryable Iceberg journal and live-inventory tables of object metadata in S3 Tables. |
| Documentation | docs.aws.amazon.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Azure mappings (1)
| Capability | Azure equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Object inventory and metadata reporting | Blob inventory and change feed | Partial match |
Object access, file access & analytics(1)
Object inventory and metadata reporting Partial match
S3 Inventory maps directly to Azure blob inventory. S3 Metadata (queryable Iceberg tables of object metadata) maps only partly to the Blob change feed, which logs changes but isn't a queryable table.
- Formats. S3 Inventory writes CSV, ORC, or Parquet. Blob inventory writes CSV or Parquet. Both run daily or weekly.
- Live metadata. S3 Metadata keeps journal and live inventory tables in S3 Tables that you query with SQL. On Azure, you process change feed logs yourself (for example, with Spark) to get a similar view.