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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.
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- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Fernando P.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2023
Amazing product!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Mainly the price: AWS have a great price rates according with the use of the product (pay for what you use). Also you can optimize compute performance and cost.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
You can pause and resume the EC2 instances. The networking configuration options. Bunch of AMI availables.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sometimes it is not easy/clear to set up things related to the EC2 and you can find good documentation about how to do it.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Perfect fit product for your workload's projects
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Efficient Service
Filippo C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Sep 2023
All the cloud machines you need in just one place!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Amazon EC2 provides the users with an almost infinite combination of machines and operating systems!
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Customization allows to create any instance you need, from test to develop and production environments!
What do you dislike most about this product?
The EC2 graphic interface in the AWS console is not trivial and needs time for completing instance creation and subsequent changes!
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I definitely recommend Amazon EC2 as the core of your cloud-based business. It supports also an easy integration with other Amazon Web Services.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Or N.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Sep 2023
The best in the world
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
The best performance and cost. Very easy to use. Unlimited power at your fingertips
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
That it's exist
What do you dislike most about this product?
It can cost a lot if you are not careful but it's worth it
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Try the free tier and scale from there if you need
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
