Pros:

• Easy
• No need to apply for resources
• Does not require a valid project/account in the long term
• Negligible long term cost

Cons:

• Less suitable for huge data sets
• Sharing is troublesome
• Data loss can still easily happen (e.g. lost, damaged, corrupted or obsolete media)

Pros:

• Someone else takes care of hosting the data
• Sharing the data with specific people is easy
• Opening the data for everyone is easy
• Can be operated via command line (e.g. on Puhti or a linux machine) or web interface

Cons:

• Requires an active project
• Not long term (years, not tens of years)
• Limit for number of objects within a bucket

Pros:

• No running billing unit cost for storage space
• Sharing the data is easy
• Ready-made tooling for providing metadata together with the data
• Data is findable
• Accidental removal or alteration of data is not likely

Cons:

• Requires an active project (but there are processes for transferring project managership)
• Not for data sets containing special categories of personal data

Pros:

• Very reliable

Cons:

• Not designed for sharing
• Costly and thus available only for selected data sets
• Limited file formats and strict submission processes