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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
 

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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.

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

Pros

"It scales well and is flexible."
"The solution works very quickly compared to the SQL Server on Tran, and we can access it from anywhere."
"Amazon AWS is very stable."
"I use Amazon AWS for backing up our data from the customer relationship management solution of SalesForce."
"It has a lot of new features that make our lives easier in terms of what we want it to do in the house."
"Almost everything is good. It is a whole ecosystem. It is not only the storage, computing, or networking. It is interesting in the way all things are combined to form this ecosystem. It is a very well-built and logical ecosystem that has some small building blocks. These building blocks can be used in the right way to build a much bigger ecosystem that is robust, secure, scalable."
"One of the most valuable features is that Amazon AWS has a lot of data centers and regions where we can position our virtual machines for leverage. Amazon AWS is also easy to use. You can quickly spin up something, use Explorer, building proofs of concept, things like that. Once the proof of concept is built once and we know how things are going to look from a production perspective, we try to move everything to the data centers. These features and the ease of use are the main reasons why we use AWS."
"I think Amazon AWS is easy to use, and it's a good service. I also like Amazon EKS because it's good."
"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

"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."
"Billing for cloud services can be difficult at times."
"Support response times can be improved, especially in areas where faster assistance is crucial."
"The initial setup is not easy at all."
"The response time of technical support could be better. It is not so good."
"Some of their well-listed services are not super configurable — at least to the extent that we would like to configure and customize them."
"In terms of improvement, they should try to give more emphasis to the VoIP system."
"I think Amazon could improve some of the security or fine-grained access for metadata and many other things."
"The process of signing up and activating accounts is somewhat confusing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its pricing model is too complex."
"I rate the tool's pricing a six to seven out of ten."
"AWS is scalable depending on your needs so pricing is dependant on what you use."
"The price can be better."
"The cost is on a monthly basis."
"AWS IaaS is a very generic service, which is extremely overpriced.​"
"The tool’s pricing is reasonable."
"The price of the solution is fair compared to competitors."
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Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 14, 2013
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Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
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Construction Company
9%
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