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Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist at WonderLend Hubs
User
It offers durability, high availability, fault tolerance, and a high TCO benefit
Pros and Cons
  • "It offers durability, high availability, fault tolerance, and a high TCO benefit."
  • "AWS should provide even more support and engagement to accelerate the adoption of new services and features."

What is our primary use case?

IaaS, PaaS, and a wide range of AWS services, including Aurora Postgre.

We use this for two solutions that we provide to our clients.

  • Channel Management automation
  • Digital Lending Hub

How has it helped my organization?

We are an ISV. AWS helped us to dramatically transform our business model into a cloud based subscription service.

What is most valuable?

RDS (Relational database service), specifically Aurora. It offers durability, high availability, fault tolerance, and a high TCO benefit.

What needs improvement?

The rate of new services and features released by AWS has dramatically accelerated. AWS should provide even more support and engagement to accelerate adoption.

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For how long have I used the solution?

More than five years.
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Leaderboard
This solution features ease of use and market adaptability
Pros and Cons
  • "This solution features ease of use and market adaptability."
  • "The cutting-edge design is valuable."
  • "The use of this tool should be extended to Google and Apple operating systems."

What is our primary use case?

This tool is indispensable, and must be taken into account when designing. It is the best platform on the market today.

How has it helped my organization?

Our organization has benefited tremendously with Amazon AWS since its implementation as we race to find new digital marketing strategies.

What is most valuable?

  • Cutting-edge design
  • Ease of use
  • Market adaptability
  • Accessibility
  • Creator guarantee

What needs improvement?

In the next editions, the use of this tool should be extended to Google and Apple operating systems.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Trends are stable in Amazon AWS.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

No specifics relating to scalability can be given.

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

I have never used a tool like this, and since its implementation I have seen great results. 

What was our ROI?

The return on investment is positive in terms of short-term results. 

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

Before choosing you can read other opinions and opt for the best tool that has aesthetic value and focus that is on par with Amazon AWS.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I was evaluating other avant-garde options but none were better than Amazon AWS.

What other advice do I have?

It is a platform of high quality and commercial versatility. It is of the best that exist in the market.

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System Developer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Consultant
The EC2 Container Service is one of the most valuable features.

What is most valuable?

  • EC2 Container Service
  • RDS
  • SQS
  • SNS
  • SWF
  • DynamoDB
  • Elastic Beanstalk
  • S3
  • Cloudwatch

How has it helped my organization?

  • Management of code and assets has become extremely simple.
  • Faster development time.
  • Applications are extremely scalable.
  • Round-the-clock monitoring ability.

What needs improvement?

  • Latency: EC2 Container Service is not quite zero downtime as claimed.
  • Not enough or in-clear documentation for some products.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for two years.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

Deployment was fairly simple.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability was never an issue.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not encountered any scalability issues.

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

Cloud is the way to go and it had more features than the competitors.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing this product, we also evaluated Microsoft Azure.

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CTO at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Vendor
Great for experimenting with different setups and rolling out solutions effectively but monitoring could be better

What is most valuable?

All of them in different scenarios, hard to tell.

How has it helped my organization?

Yes. It allows us to cheaply experiment with lots of different setups, evaluate prices and business ROI, and rollout solutions effectively.

What needs improvement?

Monitoring could be better IMHO. We currently hack together an extra monitoring piece into the puzzle for each project.

For how long have I used the solution?

Since 2008

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

When the service started it had a few issues, it kept improving drastically.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Not in the past couple of years.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Not in the past couple of years.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service: Excellent.Technical Support: Excellent.

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

We used sporadic in-house machines, hosted services with different vendors. Reliability and ease of use were key.

How was the initial setup?

There was a learning curve, starting to work with the service, too many 3 letters in the lingo. Courses and training and books and a podcast really help.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Different cost analysis of hosted services and co-locations.

What other advice do I have?

Take it slow, there is a learning curve, but you get a return on your time for every hour you invest in learning to use this service.
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Director of IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
Great platform, but needs a lot of attention.

Valuable Features:

Comprehensive Cloud platform offering, with a huge ecosystem of ISV partners, great selection of pre-built images, and much more!! Pricing cannot be beat, and new features and reduction in price are always in the works.

Room for Improvement:

It is a highly complex product, and requires training and familiarization before use.

Other Advice:

To optimally use this product, invest in training and development projects initially.
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it_user6579 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user6579Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Consultant

Nice Review by author.

No doubt, AWS as a product is one of the great cloud platform. But there customer support is also great. It also offers the feature to scale any portion of your stack. Starting with Route 53 for DNS, moving to an ELB for load balancing, and going to RDS for backend.

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reviewer1045770 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of ICT Infrastructure at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
The integration is good, and their security products are interesting
Pros and Cons
  • "AWS is constantly growing in features with every new version. It's a good cloud provider with excellent availability. The integration is good, and their security products are interesting. Amazon is always innovating and delivering new products to customers."
  • "I'd love to see an Amazon data center here in Peru."

What is our primary use case?

I use AWS for web services and platforms as well as a digital channel to buy my programs.

What is most valuable?

AWS is constantly growing in features with every new version. It's a good cloud provider with excellent availability. The integration is good, and their security products are interesting. Amazon is always innovating and delivering new products to customers.

What needs improvement?

I'd love to see an Amazon data center here in Peru.

For how long have I used the solution?

We started using AWS nearly six years ago. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon is expanding its presence in Latin America, including Chile, Brazil, and Peru. The latency and communication will be fast with all these new data centers in South America.

What other advice do I have?

I rate AWS nine out of 10. 

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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Microsoft 365 Technical Solution Architect at a marketing services firm with self employed
Real User
Stable and easy to use
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are how stable and easy to use Amazon AWS is."
  • "Amazon AWS could be improved by lowering the general storage price."

What is our primary use case?

My primary use case of Amazon AWS is doing my Mac backup. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are how stable and easy to use Amazon AWS is. 

What needs improvement?

Amazon AWS could be improved by lowering the general storage price. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon AWS for a couple of years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This solution is stable. 

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

I didn't previously use a different solution. 

How was the initial setup?

This solution is easy to install. It's quite straightforward since it's cloud-based. It took half an hour at most. 

What about the implementation team?

I implemented this solution myself. 

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

I pay for a yearly license to use this product. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution a 10 out of 10. I would recommend it to others who are considering implementation. 

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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Assistant Professor at a university with 51-200 employees
Real User
User friendly, scalable, and simple installation
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon AWS is very user-friendly."

    What is our primary use case?

    I do research and I am using Amazon AWS for storage in the cloud.

    What is most valuable?

    Amazon AWS is very user-friendly.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using Amazon AWS for approximately one year.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Amazon AWS is stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I have found Amazon AWS to be scalable.

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

    I have used Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS together.

    How was the initial setup?

    The implementation is straightforward.

    What about the implementation team?

    I did the implementation of the solution myself.

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

    The license for Amazon AWS is expensive. I am currently using the free version.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would recommend this solution to others.

    I rate Amazon AWS an eight out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud
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