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Amazon AWS vs Stratoscale [EOL] comparison

 

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

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)
Stratoscale [EOL]
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

Asif  Meem - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at sportsbet
Managed cloud services have helped accelerate experiments with flexible configuration options
Sometimes the costs associated with spinning up a service, especially managed services, have implications. For example, if I create a Glue job, that will create S3 buckets and other resources that have cost implications, but once I clean up a Glue job, it does not delete the other accessory resources. Sometimes, I have to go hunting for what resources Amazon AWS might have provisioned and how it is costing behind the scenes. It can be complex depending on your level of expertise. It is not as easy to get started, especially when it comes to secure practices. Amazon AWS is more hands-on than other platforms.
RB
Server and Storage Platform Team Lead at Invesco US
I like the automation and self-healing features
SDDC. Speed to market. Automation and self-healing. Oracle engine. Google and Azure API. Still implementing.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In general, Amazon's performance is good."
"It is subscription-based, and we are happy with its pricing."
"All the services and features provided by AWS are good."
"Amazon for DevOps is fantastic. Amazon has fast clouds, and the process and the Dev is very good."
"The compute and the elasticness of the compute is really great, because whenever there's a load, it automatically adds the servers and then reduces the servers based on the configuration, which is really wonderful, more cost-effective, and has been really good for us."
"We have many projects where we can resolve a lot of issues with Amazon AWS. It has given customers a lot of visibility with their data. Many customers do not know what they can learn from their data and I provide them with this using useful information using Amazon AWS."
"I have found the trusted advisor tool works well, we are using it to get some insight into the security status and the processing of the applications."
"Amazon Web Services is a highly secure durable technology platform for hosting all your applications over the cloud, with storage that is very scalable and grows and shrinks as per your needs so you only pay for the exact usage and not more."
"We efficiently move resources between major engineering projects."
"Automation and self-healing."
"We hired a third company to stress test the system and it was above and beyond in terms of what we expected."
 

Cons

"The pricing is reasonable but there is always room to be better."
"Faster API response times and an improved console experience would be better. Enhanced performance across APIs and the console would streamline our workflows."
"If you are familiar with other cloud infrastructures, you can see that it is in need of some enhancements."
"The customization could be improved."
"It works very well with open-source solutions like Java, but not with .NET technologies."
"The security right now needs improvement."
"The price, in general, could be better."
"I'm finding that the solution can sometimes be slow."
"We never had an issue with stability, but when we implemented the product, there were certain places where we weren't sure that they are completely aligned with our goals, in terms of how we use the system to get there."
"Oracle engine. Google and Azure API."
"Initial setup was complex at the beginning as the system was still lacking some important features, while every new release required a full reinstallation."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing depends on the workload. For example, if your workload involves Windows technologies, AWS may not be the most cost-effective option. In that case, you might be better off with Azure."
"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."
"The price tends to be higher, but that is a usual case when prioritizing reliable backup solutions for servers and other infrastructure."
"The license for Amazon AWS is expensive. I am currently using the free version."
"It's paid on a monthly basis and you have to pay for the resources that you use."
"It's expensive. It costs you an arm and a leg."
"AWS is scalable depending on your needs so pricing is dependant on what you use."
"This is not an expensive product but it would be an improvement if the price were cheaper."
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Comparison Review

it_user8586 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business131
Midsize Enterprise48
Large Enterprise120
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