S3 es donde acaban las copias de seguridad, las imágenes de la web, los PDF de las facturas. Es barato y casi indestructible, y a la vez tiene una consola pensada para programadores: "objetos", "prefijos", "clases de almacenamiento", y un botón de borrar que no pregunta dos veces. Cuando alguien que no es técnico necesita bajarse la copia de ayer, suele acabar pidiéndoselo a quien sí lo es.
En Simplio un bucket se ve como una carpeta normal: entras, ves ficheros y carpetas, subes, descargas, creas carpetas. Borrar pide el código del doble factor, para que nadie borre a la ligera. Y si el bucket guarda versiones, las ves, descargas la que quieras y, en ficheros de texto, comparas dos versiones para saber exactamente qué cambió.
How it works
You choose the buckets you want to manage
When you connect the account, Simplio shows the buckets and you tick which ones come in. Each person sees only those you grant them.
You browse like in a folder
Folders, files, size and date. Upload and download are buttons; so is create folder.
Versions and comparison
If the bucket has versioning enabled, each file expands to show its versions. You download whichever you want, or pick two versions of a text file and Simplio shows you the lines that changed.
How secure it is
Deleting asks for two-factor
Every deletion requires the code from your phone and goes into the activity log. A mistaken click deletes nothing.
Permission per person and per bucket
Viewing, uploading or deleting are different actions, granted bucket by bucket. The agency's customer sees their bucket and no other.
Nothing goes through Simplio unencrypted
Uploads and downloads are encrypted between your browser, Simplio and AWS, using the temporary credential that AWS grants Simplio for your account.
The same task, in AWS and in Simplio
| On your own in AWS | In Simplio | |
|---|---|---|
| Download yesterday's copy | S3 console → bucket → prefix → find the object → Download | Go into the folder, click the file |
| Know what changed in a configuration file | Download two versions and compare them on your computer | Pick two versions: the differences on screen |
| Let the customer see their files | An IAM user with a hand-written policy | Grant that bucket to their Simplio user |
Frequently asked questions
Does Simplio keep copies of my files?
No. The files are in your S3 bucket; Simplio only shows them, uploads them or downloads them when you ask.
Can a user delete a whole bucket?
Buckets you already had in AWS can't be deleted from Simplio; only those created from Simplio, by the person who created them, with a separate permission. The usual deletions are of files, file by file, always with two-factor.