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Amazon AWS vs Knack comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon AWS
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
256
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (2nd), PaaS Clouds (2nd)
Knack
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Rapid Application Development Software (31st), No-Code Development Platforms (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Amazon AWS and Knack aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Amazon AWS is designed for Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) and holds a mindshare of 13.5%, down 21.9% compared to last year.
Knack, on the other hand, focuses on Rapid Application Development Software, holds 0.4% mindshare, up 0.2% since last year.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
Rapid Application Development Software
 

Featured Reviews

HarishMahanta - PeerSpot reviewer
Reliable cloud service enhances ERP management with advanced security features
I use Amazon AWS for ERP implementation. My responsibility is to integrate our application into the AWS cloud and provide AI solutions to the infrastructure AWS is stable and has provided a reliable infrastructure for my organization. AWS offers add-on services such as security and automated…
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Flexible and granular security options, good filtering, and the pricing model is cost-effective
The vendor does a really poor job of marketing this software because it should be more popular. This is something that I have pointed out to them. It's a super piece of software, but very few people are aware of it. I am an EX-IT director and I've worked in big systems, and I'm amazed this solution isn't more popular. The "native" integration with other products could be improved. The user interface for the systems that you build can use some improvement because as it is now, you may have to use HTML and CSS to make it look more modern or to match a clients existing look. The documentation is amazing, although they don't do videos and their YouTube channel is very poor. They could create some training videos.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The installation is quite straightforward."
"AWS's containerization is the most useful feature for us."
"Amazon for DevOps is fantastic. Amazon has fast clouds, and the process and the Dev is very good."
"Setting up AWS was pretty easy. It was straightforward to set up, and it took us a year to develop and migrate our mobile banking solution to the AWS cloud. Our migration experience was quite positive."
"The solution also helps organizations to move applications to a containerized platform."
"AWS is easy to manage."
"The main feature that I like the most is the variety of solutions that it provides. It provides some analysis, business information and more. It provides a wide variety of services."
"I like S3, load balancers, and Route 53."
"The security is the most valuable feature, in particular, the way I can give different access to different areas to different people, so you can really fine-tune access for different users."
 

Cons

"Many of our clients prefer in-house cloud rather than the application data sitting in the infrastructure owned and managed by Amazon."
"They could lower the cost. The setup could also be easier."
"In some scenarios, Azure will support hybrid cloud better while AWS offers direct connection."
"The technical support can take longer than expected sometimes. They could improve on this."
"Faster API response times and an improved console experience would be better. Enhanced performance across APIs and the console would streamline our workflows."
"There is a bit of a learning curve. That said, it's likely no different than learning any other cloud."
"The overall convenience and the ease to use could be improved."
"It could be made cheaper. I know we spend a lot of money each month on AWS."
"The user interface for the systems that you build can use some improvement because as it is now, you have to do a lot of HTML and CSS to make it look modern."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I find that Amazon AWS is expensive."
"It is decently priced. The competition is also bringing its own cloud offerings, such as from Oracle."
"The solution is on a pay-as-use pricing model. The price of the solution could always be better but it is priced competitively."
"The price of the Virtual Desktop service from Amazon AWS could improve, it is more expensive than competitors. The pricing model we are using is pay-as-you-go. You only pay for what you use."
"We are on an annual subscription for Amazon AWS."
"The price, in general, could be better."
"Amazon AWS could have more options and transparency in its pricing model. You need in-depth knowledge to adopt AWS. So someone without that knowledge base might not understand all of the costs associated with AWS."
"The price for AWS is good."
"This product has really good value, as it doesn't have a per-user cost, there's a flat fee."
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Comparison Review

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Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
7%
University
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Real Estate/Law Firm
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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