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
98 Plan to Renew
87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+94 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Tessa D.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Aug 2023
Amazing and flexible tool.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
AWS’s EC2 service is very outstanding. Thousands of programs and operating systems will be available for installation. When configuring DNS or managing ports, it is straightforward to utilize. Because of their simple user interface, it’s quite simple. Everything is pre-configured when I install applications from the EC2 marketplace. Backup with snapshots is straightforward, however, it will cost me money. I may select the operating system and estimate the cost. This will prevent any unexpected expenses. I like how easy it is to set up the EC2 computers. It is a quick process that takes less than an hour.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 is a sophisticated and user-friendly cloud computing platform that allows customers to swiftly construct and operate virtual servers with customizable configuration and scaling options. The AWS Amazon web service has many more functions, and they are constantly adding new ones. What I like best about Amazon Web Services is its cost management. In addition, Amazon Web Services offers some free credits to new users as well as certain free services to test its services. AWS has an outstanding support team, and their service is excellent. Furthermore, the interface is extremely user-friendly and dependable.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Although the cloud services and functionalities featured in the platform are excellent, certain upgrades are required. When using the Firefox web browser, the new dashboard loaded with additional capabilities occasionally gets stuck in the middle. Apart from that, every feature is excellent and useful.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This is the finest platform for startup cloud businesses to try out its free tier for a year before paying per use. The latency of IP addresses and DNS servers is exceptionally low, resulting in excellent connection and availability over the internet. Some of its most noteworthy features include disc management, cloud backup, cloud snapshots, and data snapshots, which make the cloud service provider more appealing.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Prasad G.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Aug 2023
Easy to use and superb product
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Variety of products
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Quick and reliable
What do you dislike most about this product?
None as of now
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Good, continue the same
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
Mayuresh T.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Aug 2023
Amazon EC2 - A Game-Changer for Businesses Today
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Amazon EC2 works smoothly with other AWS services like Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and AWS Lambda. This allows users to build intricate and connected systems easily.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favourite aspect is EC2's pay-as-you-go pricing is fantastic because it allows me to pay only for the computing resources I use. I don't have to worry about any upfront costs or being tied to long-term commitments.
What do you dislike most about this product?
one thing to consider with EC2 is that the storage space available on the instances is limited. If my application requires a significant amount of persistent storage, especially when the instance is stopped or terminated
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Before you decide to use EC2, make sure you know exactly what your application needs in terms of computing power, storage, and networking. This way, you can choose the best EC2 instance type and size that will give you the best performance and cost-effectiveness.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing