Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Reviews

Our use case is for when there's a need for additional processing capacity. Broadly speaking, the platform has inbuilt intelligence that detects a high workload, and then automatically scales out to accommodate the increased demand for capacity. We have production systems that run 24/7.

It's the auto-scaling that is the main valuable feature. 

I'd like to see more integration with products like Ansible and other platforms. 

The solution is very stable. 

The main feature of this product is scaling. The product itself does not need to be scalable. 

The technical support is good, they respond quickly. 

The initial setup is straightforward and AWS provides good documentation which can be easily leveraged by anyone trying to use it. Deployment takes a maximum of an hour. It's just a matter of defining the parameters that need to be chosen in terms of different things like network capacity and processing memory. It then requires specifying the kind of load balancer needed along with some basic inputs. It's easy.

For an average size customer, we manage the entire range of applications and features on AWS. If it fits your use case, it's very good. 

This is a very efficient solution and I rate it nine out of 10. 

We use this solution to scale up the number of VM's that are running during times of heavy traffic or high workload. It covers 5,000 servers over 10 different environments for us.

We appreciate that this solution allows us to run all of our severs through it, meaning that our workloads are mainly on the EC2 instance only.

We would like to see improvement in the UI for this solution, so that it is more user-friendly.

We have been using this solution for around six years.

We have found this to be a stable solution during our time using it.

The scalability of this solution is good; we increase our usage gradually and consistently, without any issues.

The setup of this solution is very straightforward. It took us two months to deploy it fully, and migrate our workloads to the cloud from being on premises.

The licences for this solution are based on the number of instances. This determines the EC2 type that is used and this is then priced accordingly.

We would rate this solution a 10 out of 10.

Our primary use case is for infographic designing.

What we have found most valuable are the purchasing of usage at the time and small storage.

I would like to see the security portal improved in the future.

I have been using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for the past three years.

We have found the solution to be stable and have had no problems.

There is definitely scalability and we have around two hundred individuals using the solution. We are planning to increase usage in the future.

Technical support is very solid.

Positive

The initial setup was very straightforward.

We did our implementation through a vendor team.

I would rate Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling an eight on a scale of one to ten.

Our company uses the solution to cluster cloud services for our customers who need elastic computing. Our customers currently have thousands of service users. 

The solution includes many features for configuring networks and VPCs. 

The pricing could be reduced. 

I have been using the solution for five years. 

The solution is the most stable service engine offered by AWS. 

The solution is scalable because it is cloud-based. 

Technical support is perfect so I rate them a ten out of ten. 

Positive

The solution is cloud-based so there is no setup. It is important, however, to configure the Auto Scaling feature which takes about ten minutes. 

We deploy the solution in-house and it is easy. Deployments and ongoing management are handled by two technicians. 

The solution pricing varies by service region is mid-range. Various conditions determine pricing such as the IP selected. 

I rate pricing a six out of ten. 

The solution is an alternative to Lambda. Some customers prefer Lambda because it is very efficient and can complete processes up to four times faster.

Every AWS user should utilize the solution if they are not using Lambda.

I recommend the solution and rate it a ten out of ten. 

We use this solution to scale up and scale down. You can have 1,000 people connecting to your network or you can have 50,000. The solution scales up to cope with the extra demand.

The best feature is that the solution can increase resources and handle traffic spikes so you don't lose anything as a result of system overload. 

The big issue for us is the cost of using the solution. 

I've been using this solution for three years. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is very scalable, that's what it does. We have one million customers in the U.S.

The tech support is perfect.

The initial setup is straightforward and took just a few hours. We had one person responsible for deployment. 

The license is pay as you use. 

I recommend this solution and rate it nine out of 10. 

We are using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to horizontally scale.

The solution can be deployed on the cloud, and on-premise, and can be configurated hybrid.

The most valuable feature of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is scaling your intra based on the request. Additionally, you are able to map the solution with any load balancer, such as public or private load balancers.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling could improve by adding better integration features with the other services. Additionally, if the alarms could be triggered from other services this would be beneficial.

I have been using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for approximately 

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is an old solution and it is stable.

The support from Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is good. We use them whenever we have issues. They have a quick reply time.

Positive

The initial setup of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is straightforward, it's not very complex. We have to write the scripts and everything can be done with them.

The steps taken for the implementation depend on intra to intra. If it's a very complex intra, it takes time. However, if it's straightforward intra, then it could be very easy and fast.

I rate Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling a ten out of ten.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is used if your computers are heavily using resources or heavily loaded, this is going to impact your backend environment. Therefore if your computers need more CPUs or additional RAM associated, then you can use Auto Scaling to take care of it. We then do not face any such structural issues with the VMs where we host the control environment and application.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling has good integration.

The solution could improve by having more automation. Nowadays there is a vast variety of automation. Additionally, infrastructure monitoring could improve.

I have been using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for approximately three years.

The solution is stable.

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is scalable. 

We have more than 50 users using this solution in my organization.

The installation is straightforward and it takes approximately 15 minutes to do.

We did the implementation ourselves.

I have not explored the price of the solution extensively, but from what I have seen the price is alright. 

There is an annual subscription needed for the solution.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling an eight out of ten.

The most valuable features are that it is stable, flexible, and reliable.

It is pretty good from a scaling perspective, where if the load on the server is too high, it automatically scales up and the load on the server is balanced. When the load decreases, it automatically downgrades.

The technical support needs to be improved.

From a usage perspective, it runs well, although there may be a use case where it will break that I have not yet come across.

I have been using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling for several years.

This is a stable solution.

The scalability is very good. I have used it at the enterprise level for hundreds of users. 

With respect to technical support, there is a lot of good documentation available but the problem is that sometimes when there is third-party integration, support becomes very difficult because they think that the problem is not related to Amazon.

For example, I tried to integrate with some IoT products, and they support integration with Amazon. When I had trouble, the IoT vendor told me that it is Amazon who needed to take care of something on their side, yet when I contacted Amazon, they told me to contact the IoT vendor. They should have more partnerships and cooperation with other vendors to improve integration overall.

As a platform, we are expecting a little bit more in terms of support, especially when third-party integrations are concerned.

We did not use another similar product prior to this one.

There is no installation because it is already taken care of with a configuration tool by AWS.

The price of this product could be a little bit lower.

Overall, this is a good product and I haven't face any issues with it. I plan to continue using it in the future, and I can recommend it to others. My primary complaint is about the pricing.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.