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Amazon AWS vs Oracle Ravello [EOL] comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon AWS
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
260
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (2nd), PaaS Clouds (2nd)
Oracle Ravello [EOL]
Average Rating
5.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

MM
Data Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Cloud training has boosted my data analytics skills and simplifies building small projects
One area that could be improved in Amazon AWS is its learning curve. The large number of services and configuration options can be overwhelming, especially for new users. Understanding its pricing can also be challenging, as costs can add up unexpectedly if resources are not monitored carefully. For data analytics, setting up and integrating services such as S3, Glue, and Athena sometimes requires a good understanding of permissions, data formats, and service configurations. More guided, simplified onboarding for analytics use cases would make the platform more accessible. One additional area for improvement is documentation and service selection. Amazon AWS offers many services with overlapping capabilities, and it can sometimes be difficult for users to determine which service is the best fit for a particular use case. More decision support tools and guided recommendations would help reduce this complexity. From a data analytics perspective, cost visibility could also be improved since analytics workloads can scale quickly. Having more proactive cost forecasting and optimization recommendations would help teams manage budgets more effectively. Another challenging area is IAM and permission management. While Amazon AWS provides strong security controls, configuring permissions correctly can be complex, especially when multiple analytics services need to interact with one another. Simplifying permissions while maintaining security would enhance the overall user experience. The other area I would mention for improvement is the overall user experience. Given the huge number of services, which are truly excellent, it can sometimes feel overwhelming to navigate, especially for a new user that requires much training. A more streamlined interface and clearer recommendations between similar services would make it easier to get started. I would also like to see more built-in cost optimization guidance and cost management tools. Other than that, Amazon AWS is a very good and mature platform. Most of my feedback is about making it easier to learn, manage, and optimize rather than adding new capabilities.
principa670293 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Technical Trainer at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Provides cloud service nested virtualization support. Signing up and activating accounts is somewhat confusing.
Nested virtualization is a niche use case, but one which has many benefits for small to medium organizations that do not have a large infrastructure footprint or want to offload infrastructure for training and demos. Ravello Cloud service makes creating such environments simple with their innovative technology that runs on multiple cloud providers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All the services and features provided by AWS are good."
"Scalability is one of the biggest benefits we have."
"The solution works very quickly compared to the SQL Server on Tran, and we can access it from anywhere."
"Provisioning and resource administration include billing dashboards, which are very extensive."
"The solution has good speed. It's very fast."
"The dashboard is very good, the solution in general is user-friendly and easy to navigate, the product as a whole is very intuitive, the initial setup was quite easy, the product is reliable and quite stable, and the solution is fine for static hosting."
"I like the auto-scaling functionality and compliance requirements, whichever they are requesting."
"We switched to the AWS cloud service because our local office server was not performing well and we wanted to provide smooth service from our application to our end-users."
"Nested virtualization is a niche use case, but one which has many benefits for small to medium organizations that do not have a large infrastructure footprint or want to offload infrastructure for training and demos."
 

Cons

"Some services which were easy to use through shortcuts are now more complicated to use."
"It could be cheaper, and Amazon could also be more transparent with its pricing. I would first expect any product vendor to give me the utmost transparency on pricing information."
"They're really good on the business computing side, but there are other services where they can do really well. They can improve the data analytics platform and the data warehousing platform."
"RDS doesn't have shell access, which could be especially beneficial for Oracle databases."
"However a catch with the above mentioned tools (among others) and approaches is that to replicate your data (e.g. objects in a bucket) can involve other AWS S3 fees."
"There is a bit of a learning curve. That said, it's likely no different than learning any other cloud."
"Customer access to APIs is limited so that logs cannot be checked properly."
"I'd like to see AWS implement consolidated billing for businesses operating under one group."
"The process of signing up and activating accounts is somewhat confusing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay for Amazon AWS annually."
"There are many variables involved in pricing service in AWS and overall the pricing is a bit on the higher side."
"We are happy with the pricing."
"I rate the tool's pricing a six to seven out of ten."
"With Amazon AWS, you pay as you go."
"When I first started using the solution I used a free trial, and then we upgraded to a pay-as-you-go subscription. We have an allocated budget of $50."
"It is not the cheapest one, but there is a good ratio between the quality of service and the pricing. Its price is good for me."
"Amazon AWS has pay-as-you-go options available."
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Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
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Midsize Enterprise48
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