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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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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
Shefali A.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2024
Cost optimized , easy to use, feature capability
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Easy to use, cost effective, additional features
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Diverse options for purchasing ec2 based on usecase
What do you dislike most about this product?
In my opinion. ec2 offers multiple implementations which cater needs of all type of industry use cases. So no dislike points from my side.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Think wisely and decide the type of ec2 instance and purchasing plan which would benefit you most as per your usecase.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Effective Service
ALEX M.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Retail
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2024
Fantastic product
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
It enables one to increase or decrease capacity faster in minutes
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It allows business to adjust resources based on demand fluctuation
What do you dislike most about this product?
Security constraints
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is easy to use and faster
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Caring
SriHarsha K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2024
Flexible, Scalable Cloud Computing with Cost Optim
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
EC2 offers a wide range of instance types (general purpose, compute-optimized, memory-optimized, GPU-based, etc.), allowing users to choose the best resources for their specific workloads and provides automatic scaling, enabling applications to adjust in real-time to changing traffic demands, which ensures high availability and cost efficiency. Provides offers options like spot instances and reserved instances, enabling businesses to reduce costs significantly by leveraging unused capacity or committing to long-term use.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite aspect of Amazon EC2 is its scalability and flexibility. EC2 lets you easily scale your infrastructure up or down based on demand, making it perfect for dynamic workloads. Whether you're running small applications or handling enterprise-scale traffic spikes, EC2 adapts seamlessly without requiring manual hardware changes.
What do you dislike most about this product?
EC2’s pricing model can be confusing, especially with multiple options like on-demand, reserved, and spot instances. Without careful planning, costs can quickly spiral, making it hard to predict expenses and flexible,
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
EC2 offers a wide variety of instance types. Choose instances that align with your specific use case and provides EC2 Auto Scaling to optimize performance during peak demand and reduce costs during low-traffic periods and advantage of EC2's spot and reserved instances to lower costs, especially for flexible workloads.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Efficient Service
