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
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
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
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Ease of Data Integration
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Ahmed Faruk D.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Dec 2023
Fastest Tool Ever
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
I have never seen a computing power of Amazon EC2 GPU Machines in other vendors.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I really like the responsiveness from support team.
What do you dislike most about this product?
This tool is getting very expensive lately.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I recommend them to have this tool with free credits first and initiate a deep dive for due diligence.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
- Efficient Service
SHAHRUKH K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2023
it is one of the secure network and established
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
it is uses almost all over the top companies and it has very strong built and secure connection
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
it is uses almost all over the top companies and it has very strong built and secure connection
What do you dislike most about this product?
it is uses almost all over the top companies and it has very strong built and secure connection
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
it is uses almost all over the top companies and it has very strong built and secure connection
Pros
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Acts with Integrity
- Friendly Negotiation
Cons
- Vendor's Interest First
- Commodity Features
- Less Caring
Rajesh N.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Dec 2023
Best Cloud in many regions
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
It provides user to create servers in the 23 regions in fraction of seconds which is so faster than other cloud platforms
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Previously it have taken minimum 40 to 50 days to create server and which is so costly to maintain but now we can create instances in less than 1 minute and in the whole world which is so cost efficient.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It even charges for the new beginners as they don't have complete knowledge on the aws if they do any mistake it may leads to high pricing for new user.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
This is the best cloud platform and ec2 is the best instance in the current market but before choosing it discuss about the requirements that you need and pricing in aws.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
