Amazon AWS Reviews, Competitors and Pricing

Linux administrator with 10,001+ employees

Sep 25, 2015

we have 750 hours of Amazon EC2 Linux t2.micro instance usage, but it's expensive.

What is most valuable?

750 hours of Amazon EC2 Linux t2.micro instance usage (1 GiB of memory and 32-bit and 64-bit platform support) -- It's enough hours to run continuously each month.

How has it helped my organization?

It gives us the time to check.

What needs improvement?

Charges are high at the moment.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user57903Principal at a tech company with 51-200 employees

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Apr 16, 2017

Aws has trusted advisor. Also look at park my cloud. Also if you use spot instances it will help you reduce costs. TCO - total cost of ownership

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it_user189768

Salesforce/Amazon/AWS Trainer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Feb 9, 2015

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The product is simple and can be learned with online documentation.

What is most valuable?

EC2, EBS, Security, and RDS services are all good.

How has it helped my organization?

Currently I'm using the product for learning purposes.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used if for over a year.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

No issues encountered.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Not yet.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

Very nice.

Technical Support:

Very good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes I used Microsoft Azure but it only provides a free trial for one month. This duration is not sufficient to learn cloud services. Hence I switched to AWS as Amazon provides AWS cloud as a free trial for one year. That is an ample amount of time to grasp the cloud concepts and gain hands-on experience.

What about the implementation team?

The product is simple and can be learned with online documentation.

What was our ROI?

Very convenient.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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it_user8934

Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Aug 28, 2013

Google Compute Engine vs Amazon EC2

I have been using Amazon EC2 for quite some time now and I absolutely like it. They may not be the cheapest cloud-provider and they still have some things missing, like IPv6. But they are very flexible and offer a lot of features to make it easy scaling up and down when needed. I finally took some time to enroll myself into the Google Cloud. Looking at the Compute Engine it is just like EC2 with all the same bells, whistles and terminology. The only difference I see is the amount of available images that is almost endless on Amazon and only 2 Linux distributions at Google. I am not in need of Windows images, but they seem like a big miss on Google. Pricing structure is also the same, although Amazon has a free tier for 1 year which allows you to try before you buy. Another advantage in the Amazon pricing is the ability to pay upfront and get a discount on the hourly pricing. This quick comparison does not make me want to fire up one Google instance, even for trying. Please let me know if I am missing on features that could differentiate Google Compute Engine from AWS. I might want to come back and try again.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user272055Head of Global Cloud Alliances with 10,001+ employees

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Jul 14, 2015

AWS is coming up with data centre in India for Indian businesses

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reviewer1410678

Data Analyst at a tech company with 51-200 employees

May 9, 2021

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Very well managed, efficient, and accessible from anywhere

Pros and Cons

"Works very quickly and is well managed."

"Configuration could be simplified."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for our web application and we have around 20 users in the company.

What is most valuable?

The solution works very quickly compared to the SQL Server on Tran, and we can access it from anywhere. It's very well managed.

What needs improvement?

I think the product could be improved by simplifying the configuration. I would also like to see a reporting feature included, like you find in SQL Server.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using this solution for several months.

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution a nine out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

reviewer1497903

Digital Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Feb 23, 2021

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Stable and scalable with a fast deployment process

Pros and Cons

"The initial setup is easy. The deployment is fast."

"The pricing could be a bit high at times. It's something they could improve upon."

What is our primary use case?

We're using the solution for version codes for various types of services. We also use the solution as a database. We use the platform to analyze data services.

What is most valuable?

The solution is very good at analyzing data services.

The initial setup is easy. The deployment is fast.

We really enjoy working on something that is based in the cloud. It makes things easier.

What needs improvement?

The pricing could be a bit high at times. It's something they could improve upon.

We aren't missing any features right now. For us, the solution is perfect as it is. We don't feel anything is lacking.

For how long have I used the solution?

While my organization has been using the solution for years at this point, I have not been using it for the same length of time. It's been a while, however, it hasn't been that long.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. It doesn't crash or freeze. There aren't bugs or glitches. The performance is good. All of the services and requirements for our clients are currently working without any issue.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability of the product is okay. You can expand it if you need to.

We only have a few people currently using the solution in our organization. There aren't a lot of us using it.

How are customer service and technical support?

We've used technical support in the past. We've made tickets. Largely, it's been helpful. The response time is reasonable. We're largely satisfied with the level of support provided.

How was the initial setup?

We've found that, overall, the initial setup isn't too complex. It's straightforward and very easy. A company shouldn't have any issues with the implementation process. We didn't have trouble.

Deployment times vary. It often depends on the services involved. We did an implementation in February and it was only five minutes. It can be very quick. It doesn't take too long.

What other advice do I have?

We are an AWS partner.

I'd recommend the solution. Having a cloud available has been great. It makes things faster and easier and the deployment is pretty quick and very straightforward.

I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I've been extremely happy with the product so far.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner

reviewer1511115

Content Writer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Feb 23, 2021

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Feature-rich, stable, good pricing, and responsive support

Pros and Cons

"It has good reporting and documentation."

"The dashboard and interface need improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We are a car company and we use this solution for our customers.

What is most valuable?

It has a lot of features to keep up with.

It has good reporting and documentation.

What needs improvement?

The dashboard and interface need improvement.

It could be more user-friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon AWS for half a year.

We are using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's highly stable. We have not had any issues with stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not explored this area yet.

My department is quite small. We have three to five people in my team who are using this solution.

How are customer service and technical support?

My experience with technical support has gone very well. They are very responsive. They are pretty cool.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We are using OpenShift to combine two platforms.

How was the initial setup?

It's pretty hard to deploy. Our IT takes care of this area.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We are happy with the pricing.

What other advice do I have?

Definitely, I would recommend this solution to others.

I would rate Amazon AWS an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user6144

Technical Architect at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Apr 25, 2013

Great way to enter into the cloud. Disk performance is generally the issue.

great way to enter into the cloud. disk performance is generally the issue.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

it_user4401Developer at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Oct 2, 2013

What I like at EC2 is the easy creation and termination of servers and that it allows experimentation without too much cost. It has a lot of services to choose with different OS options. Also, I like the simplicity and the elasticity. But EC2 is expensive and I dislike the hidden charges and the contract terms.

it_user1158

Developer at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Jul 18, 2012

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A bit pricey cloud service, but with good features, and worth the money.

Valuable Features:

- Amazon Web Services offer a very low pricing option based on usage, with no up-front payment. - Amazon Web Services can be used as a Content delivery network, as Amazon has multiple data hosting centers spread across the globe. - Amazon Web Services is a highly secure durable technology platform, for hosting all your applications over the cloud. The AWS storage facility is very scalable and grows and shrinks as per your needs. You only pay for the exact usage and not more. - AWS is a not dependent on any programming language or any kind of operating system platform. You are free to choose the development platform or programming model that is suitable for your application and business. You can also decide what services you want to use and how to use them. This takes the burden of focusing on infrastructure off your shoulders. - There’s less IT infrastructure staff to manage.

Room for Improvement:

- Though not very often, Amazon services are known to go down once in a while. If you are running highly intensive businesses off Amazon, you might end up losing a big chunk of your revenue due to AWS break downs. You might have to think of alternative backup options as well. - The other thing to keep in mind is the cost factor. Though the prices are not sky high, if you are a startup then you have to answer the big question: Is cloud comparatively a cheaper option or is it more expensive? - Initial learning curve, sometimes takes a bit of time and deters quite a lot of people from doing their business with AWS, so make sure you spend sometime to ramp up with AWS.

Other Advice:

A good cloud service that takes care of all the back end infrastructure management and administration work off your hands. The pay-as-you-go option is very suitable for most of the organizations. Prices are a bit higher when compared to hosting your service over your own hardware. However, you get the benefits of having your application over a cloud. The auto-scale feature is something worth the money, as you don't have to worry about deploying more servers when there is a high demand during peak times.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.