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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Deep Learning AMIs

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AAMIs are Amazon Machine Images, virtual appliance deployed on EC2. The AWS Deep Learning AMIs provide machine learning practitioners and researchers with the infrastructure and tools to accelerate deep learning in the cloud, at scale. Users can launch Amazon EC2 instances pre-installed with deep learning frameworks and interfaces such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Apache MXNet, Chainer, Gluon, Horovod, and Keras to train sophisticated, custom AI models, experiment with new algorithms, or to learn new…N/A

    Amazon S3

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAmazon S3 is a cloud-based object storage service from Amazon Web Services. It's key features are storage management and monitoring, access management and security, data querying, and data transfer.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    38 Answers
    Features
    Amazon Deep Learning AMIsAmazon S3
    Data Center Backup
    Comparison of Data Center Backup features of Amazon Deep Learning AMIs and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
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    Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.6
    11 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Universal recovery00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Instant recovery00 Ratings8.310 Ratings
    Recovery verification00 Ratings8.47 Ratings
    Business application protection00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
    Multiple backup destinations00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
    Incremental backup identification00 Ratings9.14 Ratings
    Backup to the cloud00 Ratings8.511 Ratings
    Deduplication and file compression00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Snapshots00 Ratings8.67 Ratings
    Flexible deployment00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Management dashboard00 Ratings7.610 Ratings
    Platform support00 Ratings8.510 Ratings
    Retention options00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Encryption00 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Enterprise Backup
    Comparison of Enterprise Backup features of Amazon Deep Learning AMIs and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
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    Ratings
    Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
    8.5
    11 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Continuous data protection00 Ratings9.510 Ratings
    Replication00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Operational reporting and analytics00 Ratings7.811 Ratings
    Malware protection00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Multi-location capabilities00 Ratings8.511 Ratings
    Ransomware Recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Deep Learning AMIsAmazon S3
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.7
    (77 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Amazon AWS
    Amazon AMIs has been very useful for the quick setup and implementation of deep learning for data analysis which is something I have used the service for in my own research. We commonly use the service to enable students to run intensive deep learning algorithms for their assessments. This service works well in this scenario as it allows students to quickly set up a suitable environment and get started with little hassle. If you are looking to run simple, surface level deep learning algorithms (kind of contradictory statement I know) then AMI is more complicated than most will need. When it comes to teaching the basics of Machine Learning, this kind of system is unnecessary and there are other alternatives which can be used. That being said this service is a must if you are looking to run complex deep learning via the cloud.
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    Amazon AWS
    Amazon S3 is a great service to safely backup your data where redundancy is guaranteed and the cost is fair. We use Amazon S3 for data that we backup and hope we never need to access but in the case of a catastrophic or even small slip of the finger with the delete command we know our data and our client's data is safely backed up by Amazon S3. Transferring data into Amazon S3 is free but transferring data out has an associated, albeit low, cost per GB. This needs to be kept in mind if you plan on transferring out a lot of data frequently. There may be other cost effective options although Amazon S3 prices are really low per GB. Transferring 150TB would cost approximately $50 per month.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Setting up environment
    • Support for different types of machines
    • Perfect for Machine Learning / Deep Learning use cases
    • Nvidia / Cuda / Conda support easily
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    • Fantastic developer API, including AWS command line and library utilities.
    • Strong integration with the AWS ecosystem, especially with regards to access permissions.
    • It's astoundingly stable- you can trust it'll stay online and available for anywhere in the world.
    • Its static website hosting feature is a hidden gem-- it provides perhaps the cheapest, most stable, most high-performing static web hosting available in PaaS.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Some aspects of the User Interface are quite confusing and activating packages can be a bit convoluted
    • It can be a bit confusing to switch between frameworks for novice users
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    Amazon AWS
    • Web console can be very confusing and challenging to use, especially for new users
    • Bucket policies are very flexible, but the composability of the security rules can be very confusing to get right, often leading to security rules in use on buckets other than what you believe they are
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Amazon AWS
    Due to princing, availability and scalability.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
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    Amazon AWS
    It is tricky to get it all set up correctly with policies and getting the IAM settings right. There is also a lot of lifecycle config you can do in terms of moving data to cold/glacier storage. It is also not to be confused with being a OneDrive or SharePoint replacement, they each have their own place in our environment, and S3 is used more by the IT team and accessed by our PHP applications. It is not necessarily used by an average everyday user for storing their pictures or documents, etc.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
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    Amazon AWS
    AWS has always been quick to resolve any support ticket raised. S3 is no exception. We have only ever used it once to get a clarification regarding the costs involved when data is transferred between S3 and other AWS services or the public internet. We got a response from AWS support team within a day.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Both of these services provide similar functionality and from my experience both are top class services which cover most of your needs. I think ultimately it comes down to what you need each service for. For example Amazon DL AMIs allows for clustering by default meaning I am able to run several clustering algorithms without a problem whereas IBM Watson Studio doesn't provide this functionality. They both provide a wide range of default packages such as Amazon providing caffe-2 and IBM providing sci-kitlearn. My main point is that both are very good services which have very similar functionality, you just need to think about the costs, suitability of features and integration with other services you are using.
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    Amazon AWS
    Overall, we found that Amazon S3 provided a lot of backend features Google Cloud Storage (GCS) simply couldn't compare to. GCS was way more expensive and really did not live up to it. In terms of setup, Google Cloud Storage may have Amazon S3 beat, however, as it is more of a pseudo advanced version of Google Drive, that was not a hard feat for it to achieve. Overall, evaluating GCS, in comparison to S3, was an utter disappointment.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Saves a lot of Infra Costs
    • Saves a lot of time in handling environment issues
    • Easy to start a new instance
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    Amazon AWS
    • It practically eliminated some real heavy storage servers from our premises and reduced maintenance cost.
    • The excellent durability and reliability make sure the return of money you invested in.
    • If the objects which are not active or stale, one needs to remove them. Those objects keep adding cost to each billing cycle. If you are handling a really big infrastructure, sometimes this creates quite a huge bill for preserving un-necessary objects/documents.
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