I use Amazon AWS in a Windows environment.
Assistant Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Easy to install, good dashboards, and good reporting
Pros and Cons
- "I am happy with the dashboard."
- "I have trouble with the AWS command-line interface."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
I like everything about AWS, especially the reporting.
I am happy with the dashboard.
What needs improvement?
I have trouble with the AWS command-line interface.
The security could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon AWS for approximately three months.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
AWS is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have not tried to scale when using AWS.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is easy.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price is good and licensing fees are paid on a monthly basis.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution 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: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Database Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Creates less work for DBAs but they should offer more upgrading guidance
Pros and Cons
- "There is less work for the DBAs. Everything is handled in AWS itself."
- "We don't know whether to increase server capacity or alert notifications. We don't know which hard disc to purchase or what the next recommended CPU is. There should be an indicator. We would like to have more guidance."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case is for cloud storage.
What is most valuable?
There is less work for the DBAs. Everything is handled in AWS itself.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We don't have issues with stability or scalability.
How are customer service and technical support?
We manage support issues, we don't depend on others for technical support.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate it a seven out of ten.
In an RDS environment, we only get the CPU utilization and this thing. The growth rate and free space increases. Getting the CPU utilization is 99% or 90% sometimes.
We don't know whether to increase server capacity or alert notifications. We don't know which hard disc to purchase or what the next recommended CPU is. There should be an indicator. We would like to have more guidance.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
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President at Advanced Computation and Storage LLC
Overpriced solution which we use to run small instances for our back office applications
Pros and Cons
- "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."
- "The pricing could be adjusted to provide more advantages versus current on-premise solutions for business applications."
What is our primary use case?
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.
How has it helped my organization?
It did not improve our organization.
What is most valuable?
There are no particular 'features' which stand out.
What needs improvement?
The pricing could be adjusted to provide more advantages versus current on-premise solutions for business applications.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
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.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Founder at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Pay-as-you-go allows us to scale up as needed, giving us a lot of agility in our IT
Pros and Cons
- "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."
- "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."
What is our primary use case?
The primary use case is that we run all our IT on it. The performance has been okay so far.
How has it helped my organization?
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.
What is most valuable?
- 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.
What needs improvement?
The AWS documentation is written in a way that is not very intuitive. That's an area they can improve.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Stability is really good. We have not had downtime so far.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
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.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I think the pricing becomes a problem as the IT organization grows. They need to give better pricing when companies grow.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We looked at all the cloud platforms. AWS had more breadth in the services they offered.
What other advice do I have?
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.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
CloudOps Leader at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Ever-improving, stable solution but could use APM monitoring
Pros and Cons
- "Since AWS came a bit later to the market, they are always improving and upgrading their platform."
- "They do not yet have a complete solution for APM monitoring. But this, along with real user monitoring, is something that they are actively working on improving."
What is our primary use case?
I am the leader of a team that runs cloud operations for our clients. We work with AWS on a daily basis using it for synthetic and real use monitoring. Our company is partnered with AWS.
What is most valuable?
Since AWS came a bit later to the market, they are always improving and upgrading their platform.
What needs improvement?
They do not yet have a complete solution for APM monitoring. But this, along with real user monitoring, is something that they are actively working on improving.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using AWS for about a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is easily scalable.
How are customer service and support?
My team and I have not needed to contact support.
How was the initial setup?
In general, the initial setup was quite easy.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this product a seven 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: Partner
System Analyst and Team Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Stable and provides smooth service for our customers
Pros and Cons
- "AWS is stable."
- "AWS could be more scalable."
What is our primary use case?
We had previously been working on a local office server. Our local server wasn't performing well, so we switched to the AWS cloud service. We want to provide smooth service from our application to our end-users.
For how long have I used the solution?
We first deployed Amazon ASW five or six months ago.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
AWS is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
AWS could be more scalable. We have two versions of our product: desktop and cloud. And there are approximately 100 to 200 users there.
How are customer service and support?
We get our first-line support from our in-house support, and they deal with Amazon support.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Amazon AWS eight out of 10
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Data Analyst at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Very well managed, efficient, and accessible from anywhere
Pros and Cons
- "Works very quickly and is well managed."
- "Configuration could be simplified."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for our web application and we have around 20 users in the company.
What is most valuable?
The solution works very quickly compared to the SQL Server on Tran, and we can access it from anywhere. It's very well managed.
What needs improvement?
I think the product could be improved by simplifying the configuration. I would also like to see a reporting feature included, like you find in SQL Server.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for several months.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution a nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Content Writer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Feature-rich, stable, good pricing, and responsive support
Pros and Cons
- "It has good reporting and documentation."
- "The dashboard and interface need improvement."
What is our primary use case?
We are a car company and we use this solution for our customers.
What is most valuable?
It has a lot of features to keep up with.
It has good reporting and documentation.
What needs improvement?
The dashboard and interface need improvement.
It could be more user-friendly.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon AWS for half a year.
We are using the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's highly stable. We have not had any issues with stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have not explored this area yet.
My department is quite small. We have three to five people in my team who are using this solution.
How are customer service and technical support?
My experience with technical support has gone very well. They are very responsive. They are pretty cool.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We are using OpenShift to combine two platforms.
How was the initial setup?
It's pretty hard to deploy. Our IT takes care of this area.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We are happy with the pricing.
What other advice do I have?
Definitely, I would recommend this solution to others.
I would rate Amazon AWS an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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To use Amazon Web Services, you need to build a Business Case First. Go to the Amazon Web Services. Look at the number of Customer Success Stories. Then ask questions like is your business like that of those customers who made success with Amazon Web Services.
You have to answer questions like:
1) Does your application has servers,
2) Does it have variable demand on the servers ??
3) Does the demand need you to scale up/down the servers ??
4) Do you have a large storage requirements ??
5) Do you use large databases ??
6) Are you bringing a new product to the market for which you do not know the customer response ??
7) Are you a Corporate Web site ??
There are many questions like this which you need to answer and show the demand for you to be able to need and use AWS.