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Amazon EC2 mindshare

As of February 2025, the mindshare of Amazon EC2 in the Compute Service category stands at 6.3%, down from 6.8% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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CategoryCompute ServiceFeb 24, 2025Download
ProductReviews, tips, and advice from real usersFeb 24, 2025Download
ComparisonAmazon EC2 vs AWS LambdaFeb 24, 2025Download
ComparisonAmazon EC2 vs Amazon EC2 Auto ScalingFeb 24, 2025Download
ComparisonAmazon EC2 vs Apache SparkFeb 24, 2025Download
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Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Retailer
6%
University
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
Educational Organization
5%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Real Estate/Law Firm
4%
Media Company
4%
Government
4%
Healthcare Company
3%
Energy/Utilities Company
3%
Insurance Company
3%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Pharma/Biotech Company
2%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
2%
Wellness & Fitness Company
2%
Consumer Goods Company
2%
Construction Company
2%
Hospitality Company
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Non Profit
1%
Agriculture
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Outsourcing Company
1%
Marketing Services Firm
1%

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KatlegoMabila - PeerSpot user
Senior AWS Account Manager at Silicon Overdrive
Verified user of Amazon EC2
Jan 26, 2025
Offers customization and flexibility with great support

Pros

"EC2 instances on AWS allow users to run virtual servers based on the CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity. "

Cons

"One of the things that need to be looked into is the complex pricing, which is rather intense."
Prapoj Chipat - PeerSpot user
Assistant Director at True Corp. PCL.
Verified user of Amazon EC2
Oct 16, 2022
You only pay for what you use, and you can scale up or scale down without any issues; has good stability and connectivity

Pros

"What I found most valuable in Amazon EC2 is that you only pay for what you use, versus an on-premise deployment that requires you to pay for the cost of the server. When it's on-premise, you'll need to meet more specifications and requirements, and the purchasing process even takes time. As Amazon EC2 is cloud-based, you'll only pay when you use the service."

Cons

"An area for improvement in Amazon EC2 is the cost because it's a bit higher than competitor pricing."
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DevOps Engneer at SCL IT Technologies Pvt Ltd
Verified user of Amazon EC2
Dec 30, 2024
Empowers seamless application deployment with containerization and automation

Pros

"One of the most valuable features of EC2 is its accessibility; I can easily access it through various tools like GIT and use it on mobile devices."

Cons

"An area needing improvement is the time limitations when accessing EC2 instances. "
MR
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Verified user of Amazon EC2
May 18, 2023
Able to spin a new virtual machine in a few seconds and decreases reliance on hardware

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Amazon EC2 is its ability to spin a new virtual machine in a few seconds."

Cons

"Amazon EC2 is very expensive, and it would be helpful if they decreased the pricing."
OU
Security & DevOps Analyst at Newtopia Inc.
Verified user of Amazon EC2
Oct 28, 2020
Makes it easy to either transfer data as an S3 bucket or increase the drive storage on the server

Pros

"Amazon EC2 is highly scalable."

Cons

"It's not the best of the best because we still have issues with downtime. We still have issues with the cost of storage, with all these different instance styles, and how much it costs. They cost an arm and a leg the higher you go. "
MOMEN ABDELSADEK - PeerSpot user
Senior ict specialist at Information& eGov Authority
Verified user of Amazon EC2
Jan 11, 2023
Enables great flexibility in increasing resources; the initial setup is easy

Pros

"EC2 is flexible when we need to increase its resources (memory, boosting, and storage) based on our usage. That is the power of EC2."

Cons

"My impression is that the scalability of this product could be improved. My opinion is that, for example, the Lambda solution is much more scalable than EC2."
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Regional IT Manager at Hunter Douglas(M) Sdn Bhd
Verified user of Amazon EC2
Jul 4, 2024
Reliable platform with valuable integration capabilities

Pros

"The platform has been quite stable and reliable."

Cons

"The product could benefit from offering more mixed instance types that combine features from different series to suit diverse workload requirements better. "
Craig Kona - PeerSpot user
Chief Information Officer at SYNOVA CONSULTANCT
Verified user of Amazon EC2
May 6, 2024
Acts as a test environment and is accessible remotely

Pros

"The tool's performance, reliability, security and flexibility are good. We can use it remotely. The autoscaling functionality of EC2 is quite good. I appreciate the DevOps suite for tracking development tasks. This functionality is important for pure software development. "

Cons

"Amazon EC2's pricing could be better. "