Amazon AWS Reviews

Our primary use case is to use the solution for running many relatively small instances for back office applications and various other business important applications.

It did not improve our organization.

There are no particular 'features' which stand out. 

The pricing could be adjusted to provide more advantages versus current on-premise solutions for business applications.

AWS is much too expensive compared to current on-premises solution for this type of work. AWS IaaS is a very generic service, which is extremely overpriced.  

The RDS renders deployment agility and there is an on-demand database-as-a-service for MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.

Among other benefits, one salient benefit for many Pythian customers is the option of spinning up a new instance whenever needed. This can be done with a few clicks.

RDS doesn't have shell access, which could be especially beneficial for Oracle databases.

I have used this solution for the past 2 years.

I have not really encountered any issues with stability.

I have not really encountered any issues with scalability.

The tech support is good and prompt.

For many of Pythian's clients, this solution is an amalgmation of on-premis and the cloud. Pythian enables its customers to reap the benefits of both worlds.

Due to Pythian's expertise and experience, the initial setup was a breeze.

Read the fine print carefully and always engage experts to carry out migration.

Having your database on RDS doesn't mean that you don't need DBA anymore. Mission critical and important databases must be handled by a DBA, even if the database resides on the cloud like RDS.

AWS has a wide selection of technologies for various use cases. 

The whole solution is well designed and AWS has decent documentation, which is not to be taken for granted. I've also found that AWS is easy to use.

I have been using AWS for about a year.

We have no problems with the stability. The issue we've had is that the deployment of services took a bit long in some cases. 

We haven't deployed anything where scalability was an issue so far.

Deploying AWS solutions is reasonably straightforward. Of course, with all these technologies, you have to understand their vocabulary and like the topology of the thing that they are offering. Implementing AWS IAM was a bit complex. Other than that, AWS stands out for usability.

AWS is a cloud service, so it's pay-as-you-go.  Some of the storage services could be cheaper.

I rate AWS eight out of 10. It's well designed and well documented. Overall, AWS is a good public cloud platform.  Before signing up for AWS, it's probably a good idea to think about pricing because some of their services can be obtained elsewhere for a better price.

We're using the solution for version codes for various types of services. We also use the solution as a database. We use the platform to analyze data services.

The solution is very good at analyzing data services.

The initial setup is easy. The deployment is fast.

We really enjoy working on something that is based in the cloud. It makes things easier.

The pricing could be a bit high at times. It's something they could improve upon.

We aren't missing any features right now. For us, the solution is perfect as it is. We don't feel anything is lacking.

While my organization has been using the solution for years at this point, I have not been using it for the same length of time. It's been a while, however, it hasn't been that long.

The solution is very stable. It doesn't crash or freeze. There aren't bugs or glitches. The performance is good. All of the services and requirements for our clients are currently working without any issue.

The scalability of the product is okay. You can expand it if you need to.

We only have a few people currently using the solution in our organization. There aren't a lot of us using it.

We've used technical support in the past. We've made tickets. Largely, it's been helpful. The response time is reasonable. We're largely satisfied with the level of support provided.

We've found that, overall, the initial setup isn't too complex. It's straightforward and very easy. A company shouldn't have any issues with the implementation process. We didn't have trouble.

Deployment times vary. It often depends on the services involved. We did an implementation in February and it was only five minutes. It can be very quick. It doesn't take too long.

We are an AWS partner.

I'd recommend the solution. Having a cloud available has been great. It makes things faster and easier and the deployment is pretty quick and very straightforward.

I would rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I've been extremely happy with the product so far.

The primary use case is that we run all our IT on it. The performance has been okay so far.

With the pay-as-you-go model, we don't have to predict future IT needs. We can just scale up as we want. That helps with a lot of agility in deploying stuff in our IT infrastructure.

• It's pay-as-you-go.
• It has a breadth of solutions for databases, data mining, AI.
• They release new solutions almost every quarter and you don't get that kind of innovation from an enterprise company.

The AWS documentation is written in a way that is not very intuitive. That's an area they can improve.

Stability is really good. We have not had downtime so far.

Ours is a new company and we decided to go with AWS right from the beginning.

The most important criterion when selecting a vendor is their ability to help us get started as soon as we can. From the time we decide to deploy something to the time when the application is deployed, we look at which vendor will help us reduce that time.

The initial setup was straightforward.

I think the pricing becomes a problem as the IT organization grows. They need to give better pricing when companies grow.

We looked at all the cloud platforms. AWS had more breadth in the services they offered.

Look for what is required to deploy the apps in your particular organization. For example, if it's AI-driven then probably Google is a better cloud to go after. If there are a lot of Microsoft applications or if developers or the IT staff were trained in Microsoft software, then Microsoft Azure is a better fit.

I would rate AWS an eight out of 10 because it helps companies get started fast.

EC2, EBS, Security, and RDS services are all good.

Currently I'm using the product for learning purposes.

I have used if for over a year.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

Not yet.

Very nice.

Very good.

Yes I used Microsoft Azure but it only provides a free trial for one month. This duration is not sufficient to learn cloud services. Hence I switched to AWS as Amazon provides AWS cloud as a free trial for one year. That is an ample amount of time to grasp the cloud concepts and gain hands-on experience.

The product is simple and can be learned with online documentation.

Very convenient.