What is Amazon EC2?
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) offers the broadest and deepest compute platform, with over 500 instances and choice of the latest processor, storage, networking, operating system, and purchase model to help you best match the needs of your workload. We are the first major cloud provider that supports Intel, AMD, and Arm processors, the only cloud with on-demand EC2 Mac instances, and the only cloud with 400 Gbps Ethernet networking.
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91 Likeliness to Recommend
99 Plan to Renew
87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Amazon EC2?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
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Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Nathan B.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2021
Fantastic product for cloud hosting
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Ihave not used similar product in our organization as Amazon Web Services.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It offers great storage capacity in the cloud for any file in our organization. It is secure to store data for future reference and can easily be linked with organization database systems.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I have not disliked anything from this platform since I started using it.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
For any data I highly recommend Amazon Web Services for effective cloud hosting services.
Pros
- Unique Features
- Inspires Innovation
- Saves Time
- Fair
Shrinivas K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2021
A reliable cloud solution
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Amazon Web services has enabled to host all our required cloud resources with fail over capabilities
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Marketplace modules help extend the functionality of the resources and gives more customization control to the users
What do you dislike most about this product?
Amazon web services is priced at a premium due to the reliability offered
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
A very reliable yet expensive cloud platform which is best suited for hosting services with high traffic
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
Pratik P.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Retail
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jun 2021
Well Managed and Affordable Cloud EcoSystem
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
The width of services, currently Offering more than 175 Services along with a Training and Support Roadmap for IT Professionals including Certifications from aws.training
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Training and Certifications & KnowledgeBase
What do you dislike most about this product?
KnowledgeBase and Help is too much Generic by Nature, Needs Prior IT Skills to Understand All Cloud Services.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
The Reliability and High Availability of Cloud Services
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Cons
- Vendor Friendly Policies