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Amazon EC2

Composite Score

9.1 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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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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Awards & Recognition

Amazon EC2 won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

9 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2023

Amazon EC2 Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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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?

2% Negative

2% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Respectful
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Cloud Integration

Load Balancing

Capacity Management

Encryption and Decryption Support

Cloud Backup

Access Management

Systems Performance Management

Data Migration

Analytics and Reporting

SLA Management

Workflow Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

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Amazon EC2 Reviews

Mohd K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Cost-Effectively Running Your Applications on Amaz

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

Amazon EC2 is a powerful and versatile IaaS product that offers a wide range of features and benefits. It is a good choice for a variety of workloads, including web applications, database servers, and big data processing.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Amazon EC2 is its scalability. I like that I can easily add or remove capacity as needed, without having to worry about overprovisioning or underprovisioning. This makes it ideal for applications that experience fluctuating traffic or demand.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I think the biggest downside of Amazon EC2 is the complexity. There are a lot of different options and features to choose from, and it can be difficult to know which ones are right for you. This can be especially daunting for beginners.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The type of workload: The type of workload you are running will affect the type of instance type you need. For example, if you are running a web server, you will need an instance type with enough CPU and memory to handle the traffic. The amount of traffic: The amount of traffic your workload generates will also affect the type of instance type you need. If you expect a lot of traffic, you will need an instance type with a high throughput.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Ahmet Hüseyin D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Best for Back-end

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

Amazon is fast, secure and reliable, the computing power that EC2 instances generate for us is simply unmatched.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

All the three instances I have used through the years worked great so far.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I think this tool, although it somehow deserves, getting more and more expensive.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I'd recommend them yo try out Amazon AWS products in general and they have solution for almost everything.

Pros

Inspires Innovation
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Prajual P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2023

Amazon EC2 - The Powerhouse of Cloud Computing

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

EC2 is like a computer that can run different types of software and tools. This makes it simple for software developers to create, test, and put their apps into action without any hassle.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

EC2 offers many types of virtual computers that are good at different things. Some are good for general tasks, while others are designed to be really good at handling specific jobs, like math, memory, storage, or graphics.

What do you dislike most about this product?

When I use cloud services like EC2, I'm aware that these services rely on massive data centers that consume a significant amount of energy. This energy consumption can have environmental consequences.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

You can also look into AWS Lambda and similar services. They're like magic because they automatically adjust to how much work you have.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Amazon EC2 Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Amazon EC2?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

SLA Management Includes a contracted delivery time, automated escalations, and timely resolutions.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Amazon EC2 Reviews

Mohd K.

Cost-Effectively Running Your Applications on Amaz

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ahmet Hüseyin D.

Best for Back-end

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Prajual P.

Amazon EC2 - The Powerhouse of Cloud Computing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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