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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.
How much do users love Amazon EC2?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
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Feature Ratings
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Jai R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Insurance
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2022
Excellent computing power, but pricey
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Trust and availability, two features that stand out for this Amazon product
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I can easily scale instances to support my applications and scale down when the load is low. Easily integrates with load balancers.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Very very pricey if its not handled well. It needs a person to be certified in order to deal with the cloud environment from amazon.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you have money and want a trusted available product servicing your applications, you can go for this product without thinking.
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Efficient Service
- Includes Product Enhancements
Cons
- Less Fair
- Less Friendly Negotiation
Kalyanasundaram T.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2022
Security, Integrity, Reliable, Ease of use
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Ease of use, Market leader, Easy to learn
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Different type of instances can be chosen depends on project requirement and type of the application
What do you dislike most about this product?
Not Applicable
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
AWS is market leader, you can go for it without thinking too much. It is effective and easy to use than other products. Will get good product support as well
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Anna J.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Dec 2022
Unlocking the Potential of Amazon Virtual Machines
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Amazon EC2 is built on an enterprise-grade architecture that provides users with scalability, reliability and security. It also features a wide selection of options to customize its services based on user needs. Moreover, it supports a wide variety of operating systems, making it easy to deploy and manage applications across multiple platforms. Amazon EC2 also offers users the ability to quickly create virtual machines with pre-configured images, allowing them to build their environment in minutes.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I can quickly and easily increase the size of my environment to meet increasing demands, or decrease it when I’m done with my task. This allows me to save money by only using the resources I need, when I need them. Additionally, EC2 provides a wide range of instance types, so I’m able to tailor my environment for the specific task at hand. From general purpose computing instances to memory optimized and GPU-accelerated ones – EC2 has got me covered.
What do you dislike most about this product?
There is still much potential for improvement in the EC2 interface. It seems difficult to condense everything into one interface since it is so vast. I believe that it has improved with time, but not to the level of DigitalOcean, which has an excellent functional and well-designed user interface. Additionally, the documentation is not particularly developer friendly (have you seen Mailgun's development docs?) but it still works well for you.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Amazon EC2 provides a variety of security measures to protect the data stored in its cloud. These include Identity and Access Management (IAM) controls, Cloudwatch alarms, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), encryption-at-rest options, and more. By using these features, businesses can be sure that their data is kept safe and secure. I would recommend that anyone considering Amazon EC2 should take the time to understand and implement these security features for maximum protection.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
