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it_user717240 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT Projects - AngularJS developer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Consultant
Makes Maintenance And Creation Of New Clone Environments Easier

What is most valuable?

AWS provides a lot of solutions to design secure, elastic and serverless software architectures.

How has it helped my organization?

More than 30 BBVA Group web pages are working without servers, saving costs and reducing security problems, with AWS services like CloudFront, WAF, S3, Lambda, SQS, and API Gateway.

All our infrastructure is defined in JSON files, thanks to CloudFormation, which makes maintenance and creation of new clone environments easier.

What needs improvement?

Lambda@Edge, for example, it's new and has a lot of room for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

Four years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is usual with new functionalities, but AWS does resolve stability issues quickly.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

With CloudSearch; the service finally autoscales but in excessive time. You never lose information, but you can't access new data when there are peaks of requests for creation of new documents.

How are customer service and support?

Seven out of 10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Yes, I used OVH and other cloud providers like Azure or Google. AWS is much better. It is a complete platform.

How was the initial setup?

Required some service, but in general there is a lot of documentation and there are training courses.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

AWS is appropriate for professional solutions. For other types of projects it's a bit expensive.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Azure, Google Cloud. AWS is years ahead of its rivals.

What other advice do I have?

Think "serverless". With AWS you can design your architecture, thinking distinct and oriented to events, decoupling processes, solving possible errors, multi-region or Multi-AZ.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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AWS is a great Infra Solution. Need more adoption by businesses.

Sundaresan Subramanyan - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder and Managing Director at Analytic Brains Technologies Private Limited
Real User
Great option for cloud-based storage where usage can be increased as the demand increases
Pros and Cons
  • "This solution is a good option if you are looking for cloud-based storage. Using a cloud-based solution, it is not required to accommodate a full workload. You can start with a basic version and scale up as needed."
  • "This solution could offer more security."

What is our primary use case?

This solution is a good option if you are looking for cloud-based storage. Using a cloud-based solution, you can start with a basic version and scale up as needed. 

It is possible to scale up the server capacity on demand. That is a big advantage as far as a cloud system is concerned. Backup of the systems can be done easily and can be automated. There are automation tools within this solution that help us manage deployment.  

What needs improvement?

This solution could offer more security. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used this solution for five years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. 

What other advice do I have?

We would recommend Amazon Web Services to someone who is looking for a global rollout or deployment.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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reviewer1759671 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solution Architect
Real User
Good functionality and UI with quick-responding technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The initial implementation process is not difficult or complex."
  • "The availability could be better."

What is our primary use case?

We are primarily using the solution for evaluation purposes.

What is most valuable?

The functionality and the UI are both very straightforward.

The initial setup is straightforward.

The stability is good.

Technical support is quick to assist.

What needs improvement?

The pricing could be better. It's a bit expensive. 

The availability could be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for about two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I haven't had any issues that would bring stability into question. there are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I can't speak to the scaling. It's not something I've attempted. I just use it myself.

I can't say that there are plans to increase usage right now. 

How are customer service and support?

Technical support has been great. They are helpful and responsive. They are very fast.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

This is my first cloud product. I did not use something previously.

How was the initial setup?

The initial implementation process is not difficult or complex. It's straightforward. It's basically having the computing power, the storage, S3, and the database.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was handled in-house. We did not use an external integrator, reseller, or consultant.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's a costly product.

We pay a monthly licensing fee. It's below $100 a month.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I haven't done any evaluations or comparisons with other products.

What other advice do I have?

We are customers.

We are using the latest version of the solution.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.

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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reviewer1716381 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Has excellent cloud storage and compute services
Pros and Cons
  • "The features that I have found most valuable are its cloud storage and compute services."
  • "Its only cons are on the data warehouse side. AWS' data warehouse Redshift is not as good as it should be."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon AWS as a data platform.

What is most valuable?

The features that I have found most valuable are its cloud storage and compute services.

What needs improvement?

Amazon AWS could improve on its data warehousing appliance.

Its only cons are on the data warehouse side. AWS' data warehouse Redshift is not as good as it should be.

In terms of what should be in the next release, I would say nothing much other than that AWS has a lot of services doing similar work. If they could consolidate and make sure that the services are defined appropriately, that would be an improvement. Currently, there is a duplicacy of work.

For how long have I used the solution?

I'm working with AWS for almost five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is very good.

You do not need tons of people for maintenance, because a lot of automation will be brought in by AWS, and you can have one or two people to manage the platform.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon AWS' scalability is very good.

There are a lot of features that require scaling - the scale up and scale down aspects of load balancer, Spot Instances, On-Demand Instances, and all those things. You can configure your limits, and based on that, the computer infrastructure can be scaled up.

There are tons of users using it. Whatever the project I work on, there are almost 200 users using it.

There are lot of data engineers, data scientists, and business users using it.

How are customer service and support?

Customer and technical support are very good.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing costs are all similar. All charges are similar in nature, such as storage cost, compute cost, VM cost, or VP costs, and all those things. Two advantages on this point here are whether you take Spot Instances or if you reserve for long term usage, then you'll get a lot of benefit.

If you want to use any third party services you have to pay from the Marketplace, but the other things are all pay-as-you-go kind of a model.

What other advice do I have?

Amazon has a great customer base and lot of success stories. That is one advantage that AWS has, whereas the others are catching up. Recently they have more case studies, but for overall breadth of the industry and breadth of the customer experiences, AWS has more customers. AWS has more services than the other competitors.

My advice to anyone thinking about using Amazon AWS is that they need to set up the foundation well, and they need to choose the right partner to do the implementation. The more experience the partner has, the better the implementation will be.

On a scale of one to ten, I would give Amazon AWS an eight.

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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reviewer1669608 - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate (System Planning) at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Easy to manage
Pros and Cons
  • "AWS is easy to manage."
  • "Some features may be better in Azure or some other portal. AWS could add some of those features."

What is most valuable?

AWS is easy to manage.

What needs improvement?

Some features may be better in Azure or some other portal. AWS could add some of those features.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using AWS for three to four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

So far, I've had no issues with stability or scalability.

How was the initial setup?

AWS was already installed when I started working at this company, so I don't know.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon AWS eight out of 10.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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reviewer1558359 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Meets our needs in terms of features, good pricing, and reliable
Pros and Cons
  • "It is enough for us in terms of features. We don't have too many transactions, and it is sufficient for our current needs."
  • "Our API Management solution is integrated with Lambda, and last year, we had an issue while upgrading Lambda from version 8.0 to version 10. It seemed like Lambda runtime was changed by AWS, and there was a bug that caused the downtime. The loading of the dashboard is slow. It could be because I am located in China."

What is our primary use case?

We need to do the ticket exchange with external customers for the ITSM domain. There is an exchange of the service requests between our customer and our company.

What is most valuable?

It is enough for us in terms of features. We don't have too many transactions, and it is sufficient for our current needs.

What needs improvement?

Our API Management solution is integrated with Lambda, and last year, we had an issue while upgrading Lambda from version 8.0 to version 10. It seemed like Lambda runtime was changed by AWS, and there was a bug that caused the downtime.

The loading of the dashboard is slow. It could be because I am located in China.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for about two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is reliable. We had a downtime only once. The issue was not with the production environment. It was with the lower environment.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

There are a lot of people who are using this solution in our organization. There are not many transactions between the customers and our internal system, and we don't have a high workload.

How are customer service and technical support?

I had contacted them for another solution, and they got back just in a day.

How was the initial setup?

It was easy for us.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is subscription-based, and we are happy with its pricing.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others. I would rate Amazon AWS an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Gajanan Shalgar - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at OMFYS Technologies India Pvt.Ltd
Real User
Top 10
Stable, easy-to-use and technical support is helpful
Pros and Cons
  • "It is stable. For the cloud version, we require some installation platforms and we don't have a server with us right now. We require it from Amazon AWS. We can just plan and get the AWS server."
  • "It should be more secure and have more integrations."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon AWS for cloud deployment of Automation Anywhere tool.

What needs improvement?

It should be more secure and have more integrations. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I used Amazon AWS for about three months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable. For the cloud version, we require some installation platforms and we don't have a server with us right now. We require it from Amazon AWS. We can just plan and get the AWS server.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's scalable.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have one contact person for our organisation. Through him, we gave him our requirements, and he arranged all those things about AWS for our installation. We gave him the details of the quantity of RAM & hard disks, and our expectations.

What other advice do I have?

It's perfect to use.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Consultant at Skill Orbit
Real User
Feature-rich, stable, and it is easy to expand our service offering
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are load balancers, databases, and S3 buckets."
  • "There are some limitations for certain applications that happen regionally and it is an issue for us."

What is our primary use case?

We are a solution provider and we use this solution to host applications for our customers. Their use cases are related to legal and advisory matters.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are load balancers, databases, and S3 buckets.

What needs improvement?

I have found some problems related to the database.

The price of this solution could be reduced to make it more competitive.

There are some limitations for certain applications that happen regionally and it is an issue for us. If we work with an application that is set up in New York, for example, then it has to be able to work in Pakistan.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon AWS for between six and eight months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not experienced any issues in terms of stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scalability is not a problem. We are currently extending our use of Amazon AWS and have acquired a partnership with them. With this, we are creating a cloud department for which we will offer Amazon Web Services.

How are customer service and technical support?

I did not have to call technical support.

How was the initial setup?

Our deployment took between five and ten months.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I find that Amazon AWS is expensive.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I recently evaluated the Oracle Cloud Platform, and I find that Amazon is more expensive.

What other advice do I have?

My advice to anybody who is researching AWS is to consider their budget. If the budget is available then it is a good choice, whereas, for those who want to spend less, I would suggest using Oracle instead.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
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