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AWS Compute Optimizer vs Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Ranking in Compute Service
4th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
51
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AWS Compute Optimizer
Ranking in Compute Service
16th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling is 5.0%, down from 9.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Compute Optimizer is 2.1%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Compute Service Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling5.0%
AWS Compute Optimizer2.1%
Other92.9%
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Featured Reviews

Karthikeyan Ganesan - PeerSpot reviewer
Scrum Master/ Agile Coach at Porch Group
Offers automatic scaling features but can improve user interface and setup guidance
Customizable policies help us determine how scaling should occur. In enterprise environments such as healthcare or banking with numerous instances running different applications, customizable policies allow appropriate scaling. For critical servers, we can set up a higher number of new instances to scale out to prevent downtime. For less critical servers that perform simple tasks such as file copying, we can use customizable policies to scale out minimal instances to avoid unnecessary expenses or cloud costs. Regarding integration, there are some disadvantages in AWS where certain availability zones or regions experience glitches. This can cause production halts because of problems on Amazon's side. In particular regions, when integrating Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling or other services, there might be delays in creating new Amazon EC2 instances, sometimes becoming inefficient.
Shady Mogawer - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Arabian Cement Company
Easy to manage, flexible, and has good scaling options
A partner company called Cloud40 helped us with the deployment. It took a couple of weeks for the deployment to happen. The steps we took for the deployment process included research and information planning about what we wanted to do while moving from physical to the cloud. We have used all the hardware and other resources available to make sure of the connection.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Most of what I've deployed are CI/CD pipelines. AWS is scalable. You can always increase or adjust the resources to meet the specific requirements. I also like choosing an instance in any location, preferably the closest one. We don't have any AWS locations in South Africa, but the latency is about the same as hosting in Europe."
"What we have found most valuable are the purchasing of usage at the time and small storage."
"The integration capabilities are good."
"One of the most important benefits is that a company can optimize resources because Auto Scaling deploys resources when needed. For example, for Black Friday, a company can deploy 100 servers for a couple of days. When Black Friday is over, the company can delete those servers."
"The most valuable features are that it is stable, flexible, and reliable."
"We are satisfied with the service, and we are especially good at using the service."
"The most valuable feature is the seamless transition from the development environment to production."
"The product’s most valuable feature is the seamless resizing of web connection."
"I find the solution's scaling capability to be an important benefit. You can scale it vertically or horizontally, i.e., you can upgrade the hardware or clone the machine. The solution is also easy to manage and flexible. Additionally, you get some layers of security without paying for it."
 

Cons

"Automation is very hard."
"The solution's pricing is expensive. You pay based on how much you use it, like paying for the time or hours you use the service. There's no need to buy hardware separately."
"You cannot do anything at all on that T2 micro. It's a useless tier to have introduced, as you can't do anything at all."
"We would like to see improvement in the UI for this solution, so that it is more user-friendly."
"There is room for improvement. You might end up paying a high price if you're not careful and you provision a server that's underutilized."
"The pricing could be reduced."
"As we are transitioning to managing containerized applications, the solution could improve by adding more managed container services as a feature in the solution."
"Integration with LLM would be beneficial as many services are implementing this functionality. This could help people configure the service."
"I have two areas of improvement to comment on. Most of the product names in AWS are not indicative of what they are doing. Moreover, AWS is not organized and you do not have the full platform with you. It is hard to know some AWS services."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is not expensive."
"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."
"The solution is less expensive than a few competitors."
"The solution's licensing is based on a pay-as-you-go model. You only pay for the resources you use, whether it's RAM, processing power, or storage. So, it's calculated based on the time you use those resources, typically billed in hours or minutes."
"I rate Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling's pricing a seven out of ten."
"There is no specific pricing for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, but we have to pay for the number of machines getting scaled up."
"When we want to use more services, we need to pay more. It's a monthly subscription, rather than licensed-based. Pricing or fees for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling could be improved."
"AWS offered some credits, so we have been able to enjoy some of those benefits. The pricing was fair."
"I find the solution's pricing reasonable. You need to pay extra for IP and other miscellaneous costs."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise9
Large Enterprise28
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
Regarding licensing and setup costs, we always study in detail using lower environments such as User Acceptance Testing or sandbox environments. Before creation, we consult AWS official documentati...
What needs improvement with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
I don't work with predictive scaling. I know this feature, but I have never worked with it. For me, availability is something different. If you want to set up your application to be highly availabl...
What is your primary use case for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling?
I have been working with this product for almost more than 10 years. I worked on a backup recovery project for a customer. I set up the backup recovery for them because they had multiple accounts. ...
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