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
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.
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Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Kenneth S.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Electronics
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
Powerful and cloud flexible computing software
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
It has seamless integration with other AWS services like cloudwatch.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Users have full control over the OS,network and storage settings
What do you dislike most about this product?
Support requires extra payment
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I find it suitable for the organizations already using or planing to use other AWS services
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Nehemia K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
Best Cloud Computing Software
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
It is available it multiple regions which ensures global reach
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
No upfront costs, pay what you use
What do you dislike most about this product?
Without reserved instances, costs can escalate quickly
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is ideal for data scientists and ML engineers running compute jobs using GPU instances
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Ravi S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Other
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Apr 2025
Amazon EC2 – Scalable Cloud Computing
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Offers a wide range of instance types tailored for various workloads, including general-purpose, compute-optimized, memory-optimized, and GPU instances.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Automatically adjust the number of instances to handle changes in traffic, ensuring optimal performance and cost-efficiency.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The variety of pricing options and instance types can be overwhelming, making cost estimation challenging.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Amazon EC2 is ideal for businesses and developers seeking scalable, flexible, and reliable computing resources in the cloud. It's well-suited for a range of applications, from simple web hosting to complex machine learning workloads.
Pros
- Reliable
- Caring
- Saves Time
- Respectful
