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
Matt S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2020
Simple, Reliable, & Effective
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What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
The wide scope of services and features they offer and the pace that they innovate.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
They're a one stop shop for your hosting needs. It allows you to collaborate with a single hosting provider to meet your technology needs.
What do you dislike most about this product?
There is some risk of vendor lock-in for cloud so be aware and have a plan as you make technology declensions.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you want to focus your efforts more on business value and less on underlying infrastructure then AWS is tough to beat.
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- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Efficient Service
- Inspires Innovation
Jeff J.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Food and Beverage
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Mar 2020
Best in it's class hands down!
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Track record and reliabilty
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Everthing!. It just an awesomely powerful suite of products
What do you dislike most about this product?
I feel that outdated technical guides are left posted to the internet even after updated information has been released.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Get a free tier account and start using it. Branch out from there.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Mar 2020
fantastic and awesome product
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- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing