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
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87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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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?
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- Helps Innovate
- Respectful
- Reliable
- Security Protects
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
YOGENDER T.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jul 2024
It's easy to use, it secure and easily accessable
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Easy to use, and can easily create in few clicks.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Very easy to connect
What do you dislike most about this product?
It's secure
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It's totally worth it
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
Salih Yasin S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Media
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2024
Great for Back-end Services
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
I think EC2 is a real game changer in terms of speeding up back-end infrastructure.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I like the way in which I can connect back-end services with Amazon.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I think the GPUs are great but it really cost twice as much the main competitors
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would recommend them to get this backend services ready with EC2
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Inspires Innovation
- Saves Time
Prachi M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Chemicals
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Jun 2026
Reliable and scalable infrastructure
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
It's quite scalable and provides security and control features like IAM roles and security groups and networking features
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
This products provides the scalability and security features like IAM roles
What do you dislike most about this product?
Pricing feels complex and it needs more set up than others
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Review pricing before choosing the right instance type
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
