Item: Amazon Web Services
Rating: 9
Author: Sean Patterson

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Amazon Web Services is being used internally and with clients to provide top-quality solutions that are cloud-based. The wide variety of services available allows us to customize the scale and type of solutions our clients need. Anything from web hosting to ML needs are available to us. Large and small problems are being solved through Amazon Web Services offerings.
It is of tremendous value.

Pros and Cons

Availability
Scalability
Flexibility

Web Interface
Documentation
IAM Documentation

Return on Investment

Established trust with clients
Lower costs
Wider variety of offerings

Support Rating

Amazon Web Services is a solid and powerful platform. As outlined before, there is nothing it can't do. Its free tier also allows you to try out a solution as a proof of concept before going to full implementation. The only things that stop it from a 10 rating is the web console that could be a little more user-friendly. Additionally, the IAM security model is immensely popular and granular but could use a little more documentation/support to assist those that aren't security experts.

Key Insights

Do you think Amazon Web Services delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Amazon Web Services's feature set?

Yes

Did Amazon Web Services live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Amazon Web Services go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Amazon Web Services again?

Yes

Usability

Similar to the previous answer, Amazon Web Services is a solid and powerful platform.

Likelihood to Recommend

Amazon Web Services is well suited for nearly any kind of web application or cloud-connected solution you are looking to build. Amazon Web Services provides various scaling options for nearly all of its services, so you can optimize your cost by not using too much power until necessary. Amazon Web Services has a rich API to all of its services, making it very flexible and powerful from a developer perspective. The web interface to manage resources is still a little outdated, so if you have clients that are reliant upon it, you may look into other options as not to intimidate them.

Power, Scaling, Versatility at a Competetive Price

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Web Services