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Amazon EC2

Composite Score
9.1 /10
CX Score
9.3 /10
Category
Amazon EC2
9.1 /10

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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Amazon EC2 Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+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

Load Balancing

89

Cloud Integration

88

Capacity Management

87

Encryption and Decryption Support

87

Systems Performance Management

87

Access Management

87

Cloud Backup

87

Data Migration

86

Analytics and Reporting

85

Regulatory Compliance

85

SLA Management

84

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Breadth of Features

87

Business Value Created

87

Quality of Features

87

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

86

Ease of Data Integration

85

Ease of Implementation

85

Ease of IT Administration

85

Ease of Customization

84

Usability and Intuitiveness

84

Vendor Support

84

Availability and Quality of Training

84

Amazon EC2 Reviews

Adam R.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Retail
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

Powerful Cloud Computing with Amazon EC2

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

This Virtual Machine Software is a powerful cloud computing solution that offers users an extensive range of services. This includes running applications, developing websites, deploying databases and more. It provides users with the ability to quickly build and deploy infrastructure without ever having to manage hardware or install software. This makes it much easier for businesses to access the resources they need without having to endure the cost and complexity of purchasing, leasing and managing physical servers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Amazon EC2 is the flexibility it offers. It allows me to quickly and easily spin up virtual machines for whatever purpose I need, whether that’s hosting a website, running an application, or testing software. With just a few clicks in the AWS console, I can have my own cloud environment running with no upfront investment.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Setting up DNS records is really difficult when you stop and restart an instance on EC2 since the IP address is continuously changing. Although there is an elastic IP strategy that will stop this, I think they should provide it by default at the same price as an instance.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The capacity to automatically scale both vertically and horizontally using settings or alerts. Hundreds of instances may be easily managed from a single dashboard when the application is under heavy load. Additionally, it is quite simple to version and develop templates to automate the generation of these resources, and there are always ways to check on their health and even prevent keeping instances running that don't contribute to the company's bottom line.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity

Kalyanasundaram T.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

Security, Integrity, Reliable, Ease of use

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

Ease of use, Market leader, Easy to learn

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Different type of instances can be chosen depends on project requirement and type of the application

What do you dislike most about this product?

Not Applicable

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

AWS is market leader, you can go for it without thinking too much. It is effective and easy to use than other products. Will get good product support as well

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

Anna J.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

Unlocking the Potential of Amazon Virtual Machines

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

Amazon EC2 is built on an enterprise-grade architecture that provides users with scalability, reliability and security. It also features a wide selection of options to customize its services based on user needs. Moreover, it supports a wide variety of operating systems, making it easy to deploy and manage applications across multiple platforms. Amazon EC2 also offers users the ability to quickly create virtual machines with pre-configured images, allowing them to build their environment in minutes.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I can quickly and easily increase the size of my environment to meet increasing demands, or decrease it when I’m done with my task. This allows me to save money by only using the resources I need, when I need them. Additionally, EC2 provides a wide range of instance types, so I’m able to tailor my environment for the specific task at hand. From general purpose computing instances to memory optimized and GPU-accelerated ones – EC2 has got me covered.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is still much potential for improvement in the EC2 interface. It seems difficult to condense everything into one interface since it is so vast. I believe that it has improved with time, but not to the level of DigitalOcean, which has an excellent functional and well-designed user interface. Additionally, the documentation is not particularly developer friendly (have you seen Mailgun's development docs?) but it still works well for you.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Amazon EC2 provides a variety of security measures to protect the data stored in its cloud. These include Identity and Access Management (IAM) controls, Cloudwatch alarms, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), encryption-at-rest options, and more. By using these features, businesses can be sure that their data is kept safe and secure. I would recommend that anyone considering Amazon EC2 should take the time to understand and implement these security features for maximum protection.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity

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