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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.

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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.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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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.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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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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it_user6696 - PeerSpot reviewer
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)
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1717506 - PeerSpot reviewer
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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reviewer1406874 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
Real User
Great performance, perfect for scaling, and offers good integration capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution offers easy provisioning and scaling on the fly."
  • "Identity and access management on AWS could be straightforward."

What is our primary use case?

I primarily use it as a cloud-based platform that's easy to scale. 

What is most valuable?

The solution offers easy provisioning and scaling on the fly.

The performance is great.

Everything is very clear and there are no complex procedures to follow. it's a very easy-to-use solution. 

The integration is very good. Integrating anything with it is easy to do. 

What needs improvement?

In IBM we have IM, identity access management. For all the solutions in AWS, identity access is not quite so straightforward. Identity and access management on AWS could be made to be much more straightforward. That is something that they could work on. If they could work on that and use it for load balancing, that would be ideal.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for a year and a half or so.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution performance well. The stability is very good. there are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is excellent. Whatever your needs are, if you need to grow, Amazon can handle it. 

We have 20 people working with the product currently.

How are customer service and technical support?

I've never gotten to the point where I needed to reach out to technical support. I cannot speak to how helpful or responsive they would be.

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

We also use IBM. 

How was the initial setup?

It's a cloud-based service. It's easy to set everything up. 

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

With the enterprise product, you have to pay for a license, however, if you are using the open-source version, you don't pay to license it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not evaluate any other products before choosing AWS. 

What other advice do I have?

As a cloud-based solution, we're using the latest version at all times. It's consistently updated.

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

I would 100% recommend this product to other users and companies. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Devops engineer with 1-10 employees
Real User
Easy to use, flexible, stable, and has good IAM functionality
Pros and Cons
  • "I like that is very easy to use and that it's flexible."
  • "The price needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use this solution for the EC2, and IAM Management, and Lambda. I am using this solution to gain more knowledge, to educate myself.

What is most valuable?

I like that is very easy to use and that it's flexible.

What needs improvement?

The price needs improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for one month.

We are using the latest version.

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?

It's a scalable product. I am the only user of this solution.

We plan to continue using this solution.

How are customer service and technical support?

I am a beginner, I am satisfied with the support.

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

I did not use any other solution.

How was the initial setup?

There is no installation, it's a cloud solution.

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

It's expensive.

It should be cheaper.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate Amazon AWS 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: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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