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
97 Plan to Renew
86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Helps Innovate
- Respectful
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Patricia B.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Nov 2024
Fast Deployment
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Amazon EC2 enables fast deployment, enabling users to quickly deploy and scale their applications.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
- Offers wide Range of Operating Systems - Data Encryption - Provide cost-effective solution
What do you dislike most about this product?
- High Costs for High-Performance Instances - Limited Control - Security Risks
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Recommend trying
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
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Amith S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Utilities
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Oct 2026
EC2 Feature set, quality of features and ease of u
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
EC2 ease of use, auto scaling, security. features set differentiates this from other produts
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Autoscaling and spot instances feature is great. It is quick and cost saving
What do you dislike most about this product?
Sometime the idle volumes attached to EC2 can end up costing a lot of money
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Consider serverless options when possible. Also consider using spot instances for non critical workloads
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
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Ashutosh K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Sep 2026
Flexible and Dependable Computing for Cloud Tasks
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
I find EC2's adaptability to be very noteworthy. It's simple to select an instance that suits the workload because to the variety of options available, and it also integrates effectively with other AWS services.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I appreciate how easy it is to start up and maintain EC2. It's simple to launch a server, and when the needs change, I can simply modify the setup.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Keeping track of expenses when numerous instances are operating is the biggest challenge I have. It can also take some time to select the appropriate instance type, particularly when the workload shifts.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you require dependable and adaptable cloud virtual servers, I would suggest EC2. I would advise starting with a lesser configuration, selecting the instance type according to the real workload requirements, and then scaling as necessary.
Pros
- Reliable
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
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