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Amazon EC2

Composite Score

9.1 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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What is Amazon EC2?

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) offers the broadest and deepest compute platform, with over 500 instances and choice of the latest processor, storage, networking, operating system, and purchase model to help you best match the needs of your workload. We are the first major cloud provider that supports Intel, AMD, and Arm processors, the only cloud with on-demand EC2 Mac instances, and the only cloud with 400 Gbps Ethernet networking.

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Awards & Recognition

Amazon EC2 won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

9 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2023

Amazon EC2 Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Amazon EC2?

2% Negative

2% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Respectful
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Cloud Integration

Load Balancing

Capacity Management

Encryption and Decryption Support

Cloud Backup

Access Management

Systems Performance Management

Data Migration

Analytics and Reporting

SLA Management

Workflow Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Amazon EC2 Reviews

Tanner C.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Retail
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Great database management platform

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

This is the best platform for data management in the cloud.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It offers excellent data storage services in the cloud. It has the capability to securely keep data and release it upon the user request. It has great support team that is always ready to give assistance.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have no complain from the performance of this great product. It has performed beyond our expectation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend Amazon Web Services for excellent web and cloud services.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Saves Time

Jash G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

BEST CLOUD SERVICE

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

Aws provides many types of pricing like (I) Per Hour, (II) Free tier , (III) Free Trial Per Minute and in terms of security it provides the role based control features. this thing differentiates AWS from other similar products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect is: Amazon S3 and Amazon EC2 service this two services provides the best cloud storage and used for the better instances on few clicks to the developers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

My Dislike are: 1. User interface and layout of the panel 2. Sometimes the developer gets confused which type of service they want to choose(Supportive Document).

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Please make the update on the User Interface and layout of panel & provide the proper documentation of all of the services, so that the developer can choose the right service.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Terry S.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2021

Great product for storing data in the cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

Amazon Web Services is one of the most effective platform for cloud data storage I have used.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It has excellent tools that gives enough storage to store data in cloud of any size. It offers safety of data and guarantees secure storage of data for future reference.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have not experienced any drawback from this platform.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly recommend this tool to any company for excellent data storage in the cloud.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Amazon EC2 Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Amazon EC2?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

SLA Management Includes a contracted delivery time, automated escalations, and timely resolutions.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Amazon EC2 Reviews

Tanner C.

Great database management platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jash G.

BEST CLOUD SERVICE

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Terry S.

Great product for storing data in the cloud

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Cloud Integration

Load Balancing

Capacity Management

Encryption and Decryption Support

Cloud Backup

Access Management

Systems Performance Management

Data Migration

Analytics and Reporting

SLA Management

Workflow Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support