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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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91 Likeliness to Recommend
99 Plan to Renew
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?
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Respectful
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Casey G.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2025
Cloud Computing at Its Most Flexible
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
It offers unparalleled flexibility and scalability.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
We implemented it during tax season to manage a sudden spike in data processing needs, and it worked seamlessly without overprovisioning resources.
What do you dislike most about this product?
managing reserved instances versus on-demand instances can feel a bit complex without proper monitoring tools.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If your workloads are unpredictable or highly variable, EC2 is a fantastic choice. Make use of AWS tools like Cost Explorer and CloudWatch to keep costs under control and ensure optimal resource utilization
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Caring
- Generous Negotitation
Hemlata M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jan 2025
Got the great learning platform to build career
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
can Explore in many ways to build the IT project. I have submitted my assignment and project using AWS EC2. This is the virtual server wherein I explored myself .
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
easy to use and with the help of documentation. I was free tier user.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Not as such.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
The great learning platform.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Reed C.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2025
Powerful Infrastructure Service.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
The features that go down well include a more user-friendly interface that is easier to use. Simplified wizards and guidance would lessen the learning curve for a nontechnical person and, in turn, increase access to larger groups of users.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The strong points are flexibility and scalability. The device synchronization across all ensures smooth access to instances anywhere for the user's productivity with everything, anywhere.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The disadvantage may be unpredictable expenses. The pricing models could be very intricate, thereby making it difficult to manage the costs correctly. These might make an organization unable to familiarize itself with the methods of cloud infrastructure cost optimization and receive unpleasant surprises in their billing.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Invest in deep training to understand the guts of this complex platform; leverage AWS training, tutorials and online forums to become proficient. Start with a core set of features to which functionality can be added based on experience within your team, with help from AWS support services when necessary..
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
