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Amazon EC2

Composite Score

9.1 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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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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Awards & Recognition

Amazon EC2 won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

10 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

9 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2023

Amazon EC2 Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

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?

2% Negative

3% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Respectful
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Service Desk Integration

Load Balancing

Networking

Cloud Integration

Capacity Management

Workload Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

Systems Performance Management

Cloud Backup

Access Management

Data Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Amazon EC2 Reviews

Rahul A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Build for lift and Shift on AWS Cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

Amazon EC2 is critical for any project cloud migration as company would try to move their low hanging workload to cloud, EC2 help and build confidence in cloud offering on AWS

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability to provision different sizes of VMs per our requirement and ability to scale in and scale out on demand.

What do you dislike most about this product?

This is IaaS solution so it comes with its own challenges like it cost more than other serverless options

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are building and trying to move on cloud, EC2 may be best suits for your POCs then explore other was offering depends on your workload.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Dhavan M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

One of the best AWS modules to run a VM in thcloud

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

AWS EC2 is a complete solution to run virtual machines in the cloud with a lot of capabilities. There are various types of EC2 instances which makes it very easy to optimize cost based on the usage pattern. EC@ provides a secure environment with great auto-scaling and load-balancing capability. It is also a very reliable, highly available, and fault-tolerant IaaS service which allows the organization to focus on product development instead of struggling with infrastructure. It provides options to run many types of OS and allows to configure instances based on the requirement which gives flexibility to the organization.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Auto-scaling and different types of EC2 instances are my favorite aspects.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I can't think of anything negative about it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would say if you want a highly reliable, available, and fault tolerance system with auto-scaling and cost optimization then you must go with EC2. Apart from these things organizations also get relief from maintaining infrastructure by choosing EC2 instances over DC deployments.

Pros

Trustworthy
Fair
Generous Negotitation
Helps Innovate

Sachin P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Best product in cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

It’s the best and the cheapest

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Can spin up a vm in under 5 min which is very quick

What do you dislike most about this product?

Accessibility could have been better

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it as everyone knows it’s the best

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Amazon EC2 Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Amazon EC2?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Service Desk Integration Ability to integrate with Service desk

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Networking Software defined networking and automation

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Workload Migration Ability to move servers and resources from one platform to another

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Amazon EC2 Reviews

Rahul A.

Build for lift and Shift on AWS Cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dhavan M.

One of the best AWS modules to run a VM in thcloud

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sachin P.

Best product in cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Service Desk Integration

Load Balancing

Networking

Cloud Integration

Capacity Management

Workload Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

Systems Performance Management

Cloud Backup

Access Management

Data Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training