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
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Amazon EC2 Reviews
Akshita S.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2023
"Powerful and versatile, but Steep Learning Curve
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
Amazon EC2 stands out with unmatched scalability, Global Presence, pay as you go pricing, making it a versatile and cost-effective choice for cloud computing.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The ability to easily scale computing resources up or down based on demand, coupled with a diverse range of instance types.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Learning Curve associated with Amazon EC2 challenging, especially if they are new to cloud computing or AWS services. Setting up and configuring instances might require some familiarity with cloud concept.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
When considering Amazon EC2, its crucial to begin by clearly defining your application's requirements to choose the most suitable EC2 instance type.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Respectful
- Appreciates Incumbent Status
Sanket M.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Dec 2023
- One of the best service for machine instance
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
- Ease of creating the instance - Customisation options available while creating the instance - Integration with other Amazon services
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
- How fast you can create the instance - Free instance have good config
What do you dislike most about this product?
- Cost for higher config instances
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Please go for it. Its the best Instance creation service compared to other cloud service providers
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Unique Features
- Inspires Innovation
- Security Protects
Ayushi s.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Dec 2023
Easy to Use
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?
memory and storage optimized
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
compute optimized
What do you dislike most about this product?
no auto scaling
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
easy to use
Pros
- Altruistic
- Acts with Integrity
- Transparent
- Security Protects
Cons
- Less Inspiring
- Less Performance Enhancing
