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
88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+92 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Security Protects
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Sanyam J.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2021
AWS is a must have ecosystem for your business!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Navigation and Documentation.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
AWS Documentation
What do you dislike most about this product?
nothing so far.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Try AWS free tier. If you cross free tier limits then only they will send you bills. That also very low cost. I have deployed approx 140 lambda functions but get very less bill monthly.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
Pavel S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2021
Great cloud provider for non-Windows OS
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Great security measures and tools. Good value for money. Helpful knowledge base.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Extremely reliable cloud platform.
What do you dislike most about this product?
There is no way to connect to the device from web-console. If you VM failed to boot, you have no way to perform troubleshooting.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you need public cloud for non-windows devices - AWS should be the best option
Pros
- Security Protects
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
Abhay S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Healthcare
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2021
Easy to use and implement
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
More products compare to other public cloud providers
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Easy to integrate internal AWS services
What do you dislike most about this product?
Not much at this moment
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If it's your first step for public cloud, go for it
Pros
- Unique Features
- Client Friendly Policies
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product