We run everything on AWS. You can run anything on this, such as web servers, application servers, and containers as a service.
Senior Field Application Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
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?
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.
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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 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)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Consultant at Skill Orbit
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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Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist at WonderLend Hubs
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.
For how long have I used the solution?
More than five years.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Analyst at 1980
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
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.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
CTO at a tech company with 51-200 employees
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.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Director of IT at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Head of ICT Infrastructure at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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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.