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
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- Reliable
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Arun Kumar J.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2023
Best in class
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
I think the wide variety of features that it offers, be it snapshots, AMIs, EBS, EFS etc. Also from the cost perspective, the support for spot, Reserved Instances and even Savings plan. Trusted Advisor plays a great role in identifying the under utilised EC2s and help us save cost
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Support of almost all OS. Custom AMIs Cost Analyser Multiple Machine Types support(Configurations)
What do you dislike most about this product?
It would be nice to filter all EC2s across all regions in one single page and filter.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Memory metrics is one of the most important aspect of a VM. It'd be nice if its supported by default. One Page - All EC2 across all regions.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Energy
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2023
Easy to implement.
Likeliness to Recommend
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- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Effective Service
- Fair
Krupal R.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Feb 2023
Virtual Cloud Partner
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Many of the services offered by AWS are beneficial to the software development process. Amazon primarily offers SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS services, all of which can be utilised in accordance with our needs. I hosted a web API using AWS EC2.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It only took me a few days to find my way around the many Amazon EC2 modules as a beginner in cloud computing, including generating instances, launching instances, scaling up or down the compute resources, and monitoring the instance for any issues or inconsistencies. I think the user-friendly interface that enables you to find the needed information is a key factor in its success.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I have nothing against Amazon Cloud, but if you are not aware of which goods have features that incur an extra fee, it might be a headache for your boss in some situations.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
The nicest thing about Amazon Cloud is that you may allocate all of the applications running in your local and fail-prone data centre there because it is safe, scalable, and economical. We also need to take into account the fact that you will always have access to a professional who can help you when you need it. These are my recommendations to all.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing