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Amazon EC2 vs Apache Storm comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EC2
Ranking in Compute Service
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Apache Storm
Ranking in Compute Service
15th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
0
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Amazon EC2 is 13.7%, up from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Apache Storm is 2.6%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Compute Service Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon EC213.7%
Apache Storm2.6%
Other83.7%
Compute Service
 

Featured Reviews

BS
AWS Architect at Corvit Networks
Elasticity and auto scaling enhance performance and cost efficiency
Amazon EC2 features that I have found the most valuable and useful include elasticity and scalability, a variety of instance types, pay-as-you-go pricing, security, isolation, AMIs, integration with other services, Spot Instances, and high availability of reliability, user data, and EC2 metadata. These include Amazon EC2 images, image builder, and auto scaling as instance types, pricing models, and security with VPC, IAM roles, and security groups. The most beneficial features of Amazon EC2 for cloud operations are EC2 Auto Scaling with Elastic Load Balancing, which allows scale up and scale down, maintains high availability, and optimizes costs. Auto Scaling provides fault tolerance, performance optimization, and cost efficiency. A real-world benefit is that an instance automatically handles the load. When traffic drops, it reduces the number of instances. Other highly beneficial Amazon EC2 features include Spot Instances, multiple instance types, custom AMIs, VPC security groups, strong network and access security, and Elastic IPs, which are the static IPs for dynamic instances.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Marketing Services Firm
12%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise14
Large Enterprise29
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon EC2?
The licensing fees for Amazon EC2 are affordable, especially for lower tiers where there are fewer requirements or where the load is very low for product development. The pricing is very much affor...
What needs improvement with Amazon EC2?
During the initial setup, we downloaded a certificate because we could not find proper documentation for it. There should be clear direction based on whether you are using Linux or Windows. There w...
What is your primary use case for Amazon EC2?
We use Amazon EC2 for our databases as well as CRM DNS to host our applications. For 3D architecture, we use the EC2 constraints.
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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, EC2
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Sample Customers

Netflix, Expedia, TimeInc., Novaris, airbnb, Lamborghini
Groupon, Spotify, The Weather Channel, Twitter, FullContact
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