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reviewer1530834 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a media company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Easy to install
Pros and Cons
  • "The installation is quite straightforward."
  • "We like everything about the solution except for the general price."

What is our primary use case?

As the solution is cloud-based, we always use the latest version. 

We use the solution for our web platform business needs. 

What needs improvement?

We like everything about the solution except for the general price. Most of Amazon's products are quite expensive. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Amazon AWS for five years. 

How was the initial setup?

The installation is quite straightforward.

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What about the implementation team?

We only need a single administrator for the implementation. 

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

We are not happy with the general price and find most of Amazon's products to be quite expensive. 

What other advice do I have?

There are 50 users making use of the solution in our organization. 

I would recommend the solution to others. 

I rate Amazon AWS as 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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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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reviewer1561038 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
A stable cloud computing solution with a valuable load balancing feature
Pros and Cons
  • "I like S3, load balancers, and Route 53."
  • "The price could be better."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon AWS for storage, networking, and remote computing.

What is most valuable?

I like S3, load balancers, and Route 53.

What needs improvement?

The price could be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon AWS for six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon AWS is quite stable.

How are customer service and technical support?

There are so many references that I can refer to, and their technical support is great.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward.

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

The price, in general, could be better.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to potential users.

On a scale from 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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IT Architect at Orbis Data
Real User
A scalable and stable solution
Pros and Cons
  • "I am very impressed by the solution's stability."
  • "The response time of technical support could be better."

What is our primary use case?

In my role as an IT architect, I design solutions for many clients. We use the solution in mobile applications with a back-end solution

What needs improvement?

The response time of technical support could be better. It is not so good. While this can likely be attributed to our lack of a premium support contract, they should still show more consideration in their response time towards first time clients. 

Moreover, as things grow, the solution will need the scalability of Amazon services for it to be very secure. More scalability will be essential. It will be important for us to incorporate certain architecture-based ideas or configurations of the signature that would need to be included in our solutions or designs. 

As an example, we developed a mobile application that will reach 10,000 users of Amazon services within its first year. The following year, it is projected to reach around 100,000 users. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon AWS during the last 12 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I am very impressed by the solution's stability. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is very good, although having good security will require that its growth be in line with that of Amazon service. 

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support is not so good. 

How was the initial setup?

Use of the four quarters service posed a problem for us during the initial setup. The setup of the initial quarters of service should be more transparent and clear to the user. Certain limits should be set up to match the varying needs of the users. 

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

There are no additional costs beyond the standard licensing fees. 

What other advice do I have?

I feel the solution has been working very well. 

We have worked with around eight companies over the past year involving a variety of solutions. For some of these we implemented solutions that will be utilized by a large clientele. 

My role is that of an integrator. Editors and designers are other roles. As of now, we do not have a partner relationship with Amazon. 

I rate Amazon AWS as a nine 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)
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Integrator
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reviewer1406421 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Architect, Technology Transformation Group at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Easy to use with good performance and good technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The product is nice and stable. Its performance is great."
  • "The solution could offer better integration capabilities."

What is our primary use case?

Web developers use the solution for application building, modernization, cloud transformation, new development, and budget solutions. It has a wide variety of use cases.

What is most valuable?

The solution is very easy to use.

The product is nice and stable. Its performance is great.

The technical support has been good.

What needs improvement?

The solution could offer better integration capabilities.

The pricing is a bit high. It's an aspect they could improve upon.

For how long have I used the solution?

I don't use it in my current organization. I used to use it in my earlier organization. In fact, I don't really use it, however, we used to consult on it. I've been a consultant for about a year or so.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. The performance is great.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

At my organization, there are around 100 users on the solution.

How are customer service and technical support?

Technical support has been good. I have not heard of any customer complaints. It's my understanding that they are helpful and responsive and users are satisfied with their level of service.

How was the initial setup?

I was not a part of the installation process. I cannot speak to how easy or difficult the implementation was. I have no visibility on that aspect. I'm not sure what the makeup of the technical team was or how many people were used to deploy it.

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

The price of the solution can get expensive. They could work to lower it for their clients.

Those that use the licensing do need to pay a fee. It can be paid on a yearly or monthly basis.

What other advice do I have?

I've worked as a consultant. 

We've been quite pleased with its capabilities. I'd rate it at a nine out of ten.

I'd recommend the product to other users or companies. 

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?

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DevOps Engineer at Apptegy
Real User
Good backup of CRM data of SalesForce
Pros and Cons
    • "As far as the automation is concerned, the backups should be scaled."

    What is our primary use case?

    I use Amazon AWS for backing up our data from the customer relationship management solution of SalesForce. For the moment, we have not made use of it for the restoration of any routes or data that is involved. 

    What needs improvement?

    The solution should me made friendlier to use. 

    As far as the automation is concerned, the backups should be scaled. 

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

    The pricing of Amazon is higher than that of SalesForce. We thought that things would be cheaper when it comes to Mexico and that a connection would be made between the facilities and SalesForce. 

    What other advice do I have?

    I rate Amazon AWS as a nine out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Private Cloud
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    reviewer1470375 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Senior Field Application Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
    Real User
    A perfect solution with good features, security, integration, and support
    Pros and Cons
    • "They are enterprising and pretty good in terms of features. It has good security. Its availability is also pretty good. It is available everywhere in the world. It has pretty good integrations, and it is working well. They have done a lot of improvements, and its UI has improved a lot."
    • "They currently have fewer regions in Asia, especially in India, China, and other places. They can maybe put more data centers in this region."

    What is our primary use case?

    We run everything on AWS. You can run anything on this, such as web servers, application servers, and containers as a service. 

    What is most valuable?

    They are enterprising and pretty good in terms of features. It has good security. Its availability is also pretty good. It is available everywhere in the world.

    It has pretty good integrations, and it is working well. They have done a lot of improvements, and its UI has improved a lot.

    What needs improvement?

    They currently have fewer regions in Asia, especially in India, China, and other places. They can maybe put more data centers in this region.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using this solution for three to four months.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    It is very stable. They keep on improving it continuously.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    It is scalable. A lot of people are using it, especially DevOps.

    How are customer service and technical support?

    Their support is pretty fast and good. They provide worldwide support, and everything is taken care of.

    How was the initial setup?

    It is straightforward. You have all the documentation, so it is pretty good. For its deployment, two or three people should be more than enough.

    What other advice do I have?

    Everything is good in this solution. They are number one, and they have done everything. The number of services is very huge, and they have taken care of everything. We plan to keep using this solution.

    I would rate Amazon AWS a ten 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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    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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