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Amazon AWS vs Virtustream xStream comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon AWS
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
254
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (2nd)
Virtustream xStream
Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
23rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Amazon AWS is 15.3%, down from 22.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Virtustream xStream is 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

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Arun Srivastav - PeerSpot reviewer
Allows for automatic scaling of resources and provides built-in firewalls and security features, eliminating the need for external security solutions
One thing that's a bit different is that we're still accustomed to speaking to someone directly. AWS doesn't offer that kind of support. It's only through bots. You're speaking to chatbots, and that can sometimes be frustrating because there's no person on the other side. AI is not a substitute for a person. AWS marketplace is very strong, but somehow AWS doesn't promote it much. They have a huge customer base across the globe, and if products were launched in their marketplace, they could sell like hotcakes. They should improve their marketplace and promote the same product across the globe. They can take a cut, but they should promote it. That's something they don't do very much. So, AWS should promote its marketplace software. The company should promote it aggressively. Currently, they keep it very subtle. If you ask for it, they'll help you out. But they don't seem to advertise, "You're building a product on our platform? Why don't you sell it in our marketplace?" Improvement in AI: AWS is a little behind Microsoft Azure in terms of AI. AWS is still getting there, but the kind of examples and help files available in Azure for AI are much better. So AWS still needs to work on its AI functionality.
RH
Improves efficiencies, has encryption, and great mission-critical customer support
Previously we had an amateur solution where we were managing on our own data center but we had the management in-house. It was a strategic move to give people who were more competent and with business focus other core initiatives. It was a strategic outsource model. The equipment we were using was out date and at the end of its life cycle, we had to make some transitions, do a hardware replacement, or move on. We moved on to this solution.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I like S3, load balancers, and Route 53."
"This solution is used as the basic requirement for any virtual machines use cases, the storage is used for each use case."
"This solution offers a very detailed dashboard that has some metrics, such as performance and budget."
"The solution scales very nicely."
"The compute and the elasticness of the compute is really great. Whenever there's a load, it automatically adds the servers and then reduces the servers based on the configuration. This is really wonderful, more cost-effective, and it's been really good for us."
"The tool's most valuable features are AWS Security Hub and AWS GuardDuty."
"Works very quickly and is well managed."
"Friendly console for implementation."
"The solution has encryption which we did not have before."
 

Cons

"The pricing of AWS is very unclear. They make it quite confusing."
"The user interface (UI) needs improvement. Right now, it's not the best."
"The dashboard and interface need improvement."
"The availability could be better."
"We would like the system documentation for configuring this solution to be improved, in order to provide better process clarity."
"Some features may be better in Azure or some other portal. AWS could add some of those features."
"One of the problems that I have seen is that some of the products are not as mature as others."
"The pricing could be adjusted to provide more advantages versus current on-premise solutions for business applications."
"Our account representative was inexperienced, they could improve on how they are managing accounts."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's paid on a monthly basis and you have to pay for the resources that you use."
"The pricing may vary and is often influenced by marketing strategies."
"From a cost perspective, Amazon AWS is excellent. You need to pay for a license to use AWS, and the license could be cheaper, but in each of the cases and instances I've used AWS, there has been a good chance to save money."
"We need to pay for everything. If someone is a personal user, they get one year free. But if you are using this as a professional or enterprise solution, then your company has to pay. The license pricing is comparable to that of competitors'."
"I think they've done a pretty good job with their pricing."
"I find Amazon AWS very expensive compare to Microsoft Azure."
"The price could be lower."
"The solution is on a pay-as-use pricing model. The price of the solution could always be better but it is priced competitively."
"The solution is a bit expensive, we are still negotiating the price."
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Comparison Review

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Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
30%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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