We use this solution to run some of our workloads.
Founder at a tech company with 11-50 employees
On-demand pricing, stable, scalable, and easy to use
Pros and Cons
- "The ease of use is the biggest benefit."
- "In the next release, I would like to see better pricing."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
We like the on-demand pricing.
The ease of use is the biggest benefit.
They deliver in terms of features.
What needs improvement?
In the next release, I would like to see better pricing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon AWS for almost a year.
I am using the latest version.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable product. In my organization, I have 15 to 20 people who are using it.
I don't see any reason why they would not continue using this solution.
How are customer service and support?
I don't have any experience with technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not use another solution previously. We started using AWS.
How was the initial setup?
It's all in the cloud, so there is really no installation.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
What attracted us was the on-demand pricing. It's a pay-per-use model.
It is costly, but when you use the pay-per-use model, it is cheaper.
The price could be cheaper, but it's better than what is available.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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CEO at Fit Ideas
Provides stable, on-demand cloud computing platforms
Pros and Cons
- "It's easy to manage. We can use a wide range of technologies with AWS."
- "I would like to receive some alerts when my consumption is getting out of the normal range."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution to deploy our products.
Within our company, there are at least five people using this solution. Usually, they are technical people — some software developers and a couple of infrastructure managers.
Whether we decide to increase our usage with this solution depends on our business development.
How has it helped my organization?
It allows us to deploy a production environment using Oracle Database, an API integrator, or by using our development tools.
What is most valuable?
It's easy to manage. We can use a wide range of technologies with AWS.
What needs improvement?
It's very easy to configure and to use the platform, but we would like to be notified about our consumption. The consumption is a critical point for us because we are not always using the platform, but sometimes we receive high charges — high amounts of money for services that we didn't even use during that month, for instance.
I would like to receive some alerts when my consumption is getting out of the normal range.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon AWS for roughly two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's pretty stable. We haven't had any problems with the platform. Overall, I think it's quite optimized.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Scalability-wise, haven't had any issues. We work with small to medium-sized solutions so we haven't really needed to test the limits.
How are customer service and technical support?
We haven't really had to contact technical support. The documentation is very complete and easy to understand.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We tried using a Google cloud platform, but we had some configuration problems with some programs like WordPress.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very straightforward. I wasn't involved in the deployment, but I believe it took less than four hours.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price could be lower. Currently, we spend between $300 to $1,000 dollars a month to use this solution. We try to avoid using a license if we can.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend AWS to other interested companies. It's a very stable platform. It's easy to use and you don't have to be an expert to deploy your first project. Obviously, you'll need to make use of some advanced features, but in that case, support is always available.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Architecture and Solutions Specialist at a marketing services firm with 10,001+ employees
Amazon AWS is fantastic.
Pros and Cons
- "Amazon for DevOps is fantastic. Amazon has fast clouds, and the process and the Dev is very good."
- "Amazon tools are for more mature DevOps. The process and the Dev is very good, but it doesn't compare to the ease of using the Google Cloud Platform."
What is most valuable?
Amazon for DevOps is fantastic. Amazon has fast clouds, and the process and the Dev is very good.
What needs improvement?
Amazon tools are for more mature DevOps. The process and the Dev is very good, but it doesn't compare to the ease of using the Google Cloud Platform. Google Cloud Platform is easier for the developer since it has many automation features. You can use the many tools to automate your info or create machines. Personally, I like using both.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using AWS for two years.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
AWS pricing is higher than other services.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate AWS a ten out of ten.
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Audit Manager at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
A stable and scalable cloud computing solution with useful advanced features
Pros and Cons
- "I like that it helps us do everything really fast, and its advanced services."
- "The price could be better."
What is our primary use case?
We use Amazon AWS because it has really advanced parameters and suits our business.
What is most valuable?
I like that it helps us do everything really fast, and its advanced services.
What needs improvement?
The price could be better.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Amazon AWS for about four months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon AWS is stable, and there aren't any issues that I know about.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Amazon AWS is scalable.
How are customer service and technical support?
I didn't notice any problems or issues related to this area, and everything was fine.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup wasn't easy because we implemented this process over two months, and it was a complex process.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It's an expensive product.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
My company considered not only one provider, and it was really a complicated process to review all the providers. We had our checklist of all necessary requirements, and it was quite complicated. We chose AWS because of its advanced features that let us do everything quickly.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to new users.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Amazon AWS a nine.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Gerente regional de tecnologÃa at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
Scales well and expands easily and offers good configuration
Pros and Cons
- "The scalability of the product is the solution's most valuable feature."
- "The technical support should be better than what is on offer right now."
What is our primary use case?
We are running everything on the cloud. That's our primary use case. All the servers we are using are on AWS. The only thing we have on SAP's cloud is the analytics part. Everything else is running on AWS.
What is most valuable?
The scalability of the product is the solution's most valuable feature. It expands very, very easily.
I don't have any complaints about the configuration capabilities or the interface.
The pricing seems to be good.
What needs improvement?
The technical support should be better than what is on offer right now.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for a while now. It's been about four years in total, from what I recall.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution scales very well. If a company needs to expand it, it's very easy to do. It's one of the solution's most striking features.
How are customer service and technical support?
The support could be better. It's an aspect of the solution that isn't as good as everything else. We aren't satisfied. They need to be more helpful and responsive.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We also use SAP. In terms of SAP, I'm running all my servers on this IP at this moment. We have our development, our quality, and also production sites on it.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We can't complain about the pricing. So far, it doesn't seem to be too expensive.
What other advice do I have?
We are a customer and an end-user. We don't have a business relationship with Amazon.
Overall, I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten overall. We've been very, very happy with the capabilities we've been able to experience so far.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
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Arquiteto de Soluções at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
A complete cloud infrastructure solution with many valuable features and great scalability and stability
Pros and Cons
- "It has several valuable features, but the load balancer, auto-scaling, and RDS database are the main ones. It is a complete cloud infrastructure solution."
- "In terms of technical features, I don't see anything missing. The only two points in favor of other providers are the price and local support. The main problem that we see here in Brazil is the price. It is much more expensive than any other cloud provider. Their local support can also be better. We get more support from some of the other providers here in Brazil as compared to AWS."
What is our primary use case?
We have migrated on-premises infrastructure for a customer to the AWS cloud with different workloads, such as Windows, Linux, Oracle, and SQL Server. It is a public and hybrid cloud deployment.
What is most valuable?
It has several valuable features, but the load balancer, auto-scaling, and RDS database are the main ones. It is a complete cloud infrastructure solution.
What needs improvement?
In terms of technical features, I don't see anything missing. The only two points in favor of other providers are the price and local support.
The main problem that we see here in Brazil is the price. It is much more expensive than any other cloud provider.
Their local support can also be better. We get more support from some of the other providers here in Brazil as compared to AWS.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is very stable. There are no problems with its stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Its scalability is perfect and great. We have around 300 users.
How are customer service and technical support?
Their technical support is okay, but it can be better. This is something for which there is room for improvement. We get more support from some of the other providers as compared to AWS.
How was the initial setup?
It had medium complexity. It was not too complex, but it is never simple to migrate to the cloud. It took three months.
Several people were involved in its deployment. We had 13 people in total. There were about eight people from our side and maybe five people from the customer side.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is much more expensive than any other cloud provider.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Amazon AWS a nine out of ten.
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Senior consultant at NTT Security
A well-built and logical ecosystem that is robust, secure, and scalable
Pros and Cons
- "Almost everything is good. It is a whole ecosystem. It is not only the storage, computing, or networking. It is interesting in the way all things are combined to form this ecosystem. It is a very well-built and logical ecosystem that has some small building blocks. These building blocks can be used in the right way to build a much bigger ecosystem that is robust, secure, scalable."
- "Its interface could be better because there are so many services right now in the product that it is quite difficult to navigate around in this. Its interface could be a subject of improvement."
What is most valuable?
Almost everything is good. It is a whole ecosystem. It is not only the storage, computing, or networking. It is interesting in the way all things are combined to form this ecosystem. It is a very well-built and logical ecosystem that has some small building blocks. These building blocks can be used in the right way to build a much bigger ecosystem that is robust, secure, scalable.
What needs improvement?
Its interface could be better because there are so many services right now in the product that it is quite difficult to navigate around in this. Its interface could be a subject of improvement.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for six years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It has good stability. In six years of working with Amazon AWS, I had only two major incidents, which are very few.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is very scalable. Our clients are enterprise businesses. There are some customers who put only a part of their business on Amazon AWS, and there are some customers who put everything on Amazon AWS. In some cases, a few applications are going to the cloud, whereas in other cases, everything is going to the cloud, and the migration is huge.
How are customer service and technical support?
Their technical support is good.
How was the initial setup?
Its initial setup is straightforward. You just need to create an account.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution. It is a cloud leader, and it is a safe bet.
I would rate Amazon AWS a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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Associate Director at Microland Limited
Helps us to provide clients with a cost-effective, end-to-end solution
Pros and Cons
- "As a service vendor, we have helped clients to achieve faster "go to market" on their products, and have provided highly flexible cost-effective system management solutions."
- "This solution would be improved with the inclusion of hybrid Kubernetes management."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case is an end-to-end cloud solution and design.
How has it helped my organization?
As a service vendor, we have helped clients to achieve faster "go to market" on their products, and have provided highly flexible cost-effective system management solutions.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable features of this solution are Compute, Security, Database, Media, Management, and Governance.
What needs improvement?
This solution would be improved with the inclusion of hybrid Kubernetes management.
For how long have I used the solution?
Seven years.
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