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AWS Compute Optimizer vs Amazon EC2 comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon EC2
Ranking in Compute Service
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
AWS Compute Optimizer
Ranking in Compute Service
15th
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 2025, in the Compute Service category, the mindshare of Amazon EC2 is 6.5%, down from 7.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Compute Optimizer is 0.3%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

KatlegoMabila - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers customization and flexibility with great support
Scalability depends on whether the client wants to scale up or scale down. It decreases resources based on demand. The great aspect of scalability is the flexibility to allow business success to optimize resource solutions and cost efficiency. Another crucial aspect of scalability is auto-scaling. When you have the opportunity to auto-scale, it can't always be available for everything. If you have chosen to integrate with auto-scaling, it's marvellous and doesn't require additional effort. Auto-scaling gives you the edge by using the capacity you have efficiently, scaling up or down as needed. These flexibilities within the EC2 feature instances of AWS play a crucial role in helping me utilize AWS EC2 Intelligent efficiently.
Shady Mogawer - PeerSpot reviewer
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

"The Key Management Service (KMS) feature is very helpful for security. It encrypts the data that is being saved. Cloud storage is also very helpful, and it could be AWS S3, which a lot of people use."
"The scalability of the solution is fantastic. It's one of our favorite features."
"Amazon EC2 has plenty of scalability options to decrease or increase the number we need. Based on our bandwidth usage we may go for a higher or downgrade level. We can do it ourselves."
"EC2 instances on AWS allow users to run virtual servers based on the CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity."
"The flexibility of the security features is what is interesting."
"There's a lot of encryption across the setups to ensure that database credentials and everything related to security are well managed."
"We don't have to worry about scalability issues or maintenance or security. It's all taken care of."
"EC2 has the typical advantages of using the cloud. It's easy to provision and set up."
"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

"Amazon EC2 could improve by having integration with other cloud systems, such as Azure, and Google Cloud which would be good. Additionally, having integration with on-premise systems would be appreciated."
"EC2 is a little expensive."
"We have had some downtime using the solution."
"The pricing of Amazon EC2 can be expensive, so I would rate the pricing seven out of ten, where one is very cheap and ten is very expensive."
"am concerned about the tool's data security."
"An area needing improvement is the time limitations when accessing EC2 instances."
"The ease of migrating applications could be improved."
"The product needs to improve its cost management."
"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

"It's expensive, and it could be cheaper."
"Pricing appears to be cheap, however, it is extremely difficult in calculating what something will cost."
"The price of Amazon EC2 could improve. The Google Cloud Platform is more cost-effective."
"You pay as you use it."
"When we did the deployment of Amazon EC2 we found it to be less expensive than other solutions."
"EC2 pricing is somewhat transparent, in that AWS provides pricing for all instance types. However, the number of pricing options can be confusing."
"Amazon EC2 has a pay-as-you-use cost model."
"The price of Amazon EC2 could improve. The Google Cloud Platform is more cost-effective."
"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
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Educational Organization
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon EC2?
The scalability and elasticity are helpful.
What needs improvement with Amazon EC2?
The main thing that needs improvement is the cost. Other than that, there is nothing that needs improvement.
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Also Known As

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, EC2
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Sample Customers

Netflix, Expedia, TimeInc., Novaris, airbnb, Lamborghini
Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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