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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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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?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Zeeshan A.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2023
Fantastic integration and seemless navigation.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Fantastic capability of integration
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Seemless navigation
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing really to dislike
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Go ahead and use this.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Zeynep Ö.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2023
Amazing Back-End Tool.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
It is definitely most efficient one for sure
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its GPU supporting machines are making us save hundreds of dollars when storing personal language courses.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Quite frankly they are really good.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would recommend them to be an expert on this tool to save more money,
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Eduardo R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Nov 2023
Robust and reliable, with room for improvement
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
It has a wide selection of instance types optimized for different use cases. This includes instances optimized for compute, memory, storage, and those with hardware acceleration such as GPUs for machine learning workloads.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The ability to quickly start and stop instances, and right-size my compute resources based on the actual demand of my applications, is a huge benefit.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Although AWS provides robust documentation and an active community, navigating and optimizing EC2 for desired performance and cost efficiency can require a significant level of expertise and often active management.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Learn about instance types You should familiarize yourself with the various instance types available in EC2 and their specific use cases to ensure you choose the right ones for your applications.
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Effective Service
- Saves Time
- Respectful
