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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Web Services

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.

    $100

    per month

    AWS Fargate

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAWS Fargate is a compute engine for Amazon ECS that allows the user to run containers without having to manage servers or clusters. With AWS Fargate there is no need to provision, configure, and scale clusters of virtual machines to run containers.

    $0

    *per hour

    Huawei Cloud Network Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AVirtual Private Cloud (VPC) from Huawei Cloud enables users to create a secure, private, and isolated virtual network. The user can customize IP address ranges, subnets, security groups, and bandwidths, and assign Elastic IP (EIP) addresses.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon Web ServicesAWS FargateHuawei Cloud Network Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Editions & Modules
    Free Tier
    $0
    per month
    Basic Environment
    $100 - $200
    per month
    Intermediate Environment
    $250 - $600
    per month
    Advanced Environment
    $600-$2500
    per month
    Fargate Spot per GB
    $0.00138679
    *per hour
    per GB
    $0.004445
    *per hour
    Fargate Spot per vCPU
    $0.01262932
    *per hour
    per vCPU
    $0.04048
    *per hour
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Web ServicesAWS FargateHuawei Cloud Network Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAWS allows a “save when you commit” option that offers lower prices when you sign up for a 1- or 3- year term that includes an AWS service or category of services.*based on US East rates. Price varies region to region.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    38 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon Web ServicesAWS FargateHuawei Cloud Network Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Web Services and AWS Fargate and Huawei Cloud Network Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Feature
    Amazon Web Services
    8.6
    79 Ratings
    4% above category average
    AWS Fargate
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Huawei Cloud Network Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.273 Ratings8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.974 Ratings9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.470 Ratings9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates7.567 Ratings7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.774 Ratings7.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images8.367 Ratings6.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.273 Ratings6.53 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls8.875 Ratings8.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation8.126 Ratings6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon Web ServicesAWS FargateHuawei Cloud Network Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (91 ratings)
    7.1
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (22 ratings)
    8.6
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (24 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Amazon Web ServicesAWS FargateHuawei Cloud Network Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    This is something that is actually common across most cloud providers. A comprehensive understanding of one's use cases, constraints and future directions is key to determining if you even need a cloud solution. If you are a 2-person startup developing something with a best-scenario audience of 1k DAU in a year, you would very likely best served by a dirt-cheap dedicated Linux server somewhere (and your options to graduate to a cloud solution will still be open). If, however, you are a bigger fish, and/or you are actively considering build-vs-buy decisions for complicated, highly-loaded, six-figure requests per minute systems, global loadbalancing, extreme growth projections - then MAYBE you solve all or part of it with a cloud provider. And depending on your taste for risk, reliability, flexibility, track record - it might be AWS.
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    Amazon AWS
    Fargate is well suited for web APIs, microservices, background jobs, and applications with changing traffic. It is useful when teams want to run containers without managing servers. It is less appropriate for workloads that run constantly at large scale, need special hardware, require deep server control, or depend on very low costs and highly customized networking or storage requirements.
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    Huawei Technologies
    I honestly believe that it is well suited for companies, whose sole requirement is robust accessibility. Since the training part for admin takes a lot of time, I feel that it might not be suitable for small companies who are still looking to grow. Also, the product sometimes faces scaling issues and I feel like it might not be appropriate for smaller companies as they might look to expand in the future.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • During the month-end, we experience high resource utilization; however, with AWS's scalability, we can effectively tackle the peak load.
    • With AWS IAM, we don't need to set up complete infrastructure for identity and access management, as AWS provides end-to-end IAM services.
    • With AWS, development has become very easy as it's very quick to spin up and destroy the environment, which saves costs.
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    Amazon AWS
    • scalability
    • ease of use
    • agility to up or downsize
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    Huawei Technologies
    • Isolated private networks on the cloud
    • Two-way migration feature
    • Flexible network deployment
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • When there is any misconfiguration of EC2 related to SSM Connect. It doesn't clearly states that what particular configuration is missing.
    • Debugging networking related issues could be improved.
    • From the security group page, it's difficult to determine which resource a security group is associated with.
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    Amazon AWS
    • Offers less control over the underlying server.
    • Storage options are more limited than EC2.
    • Large numbers of tasks may hit launch-rate limits.
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    Huawei Technologies
    • It's a little tricky to use, you will need training for maintenance
    • UI can be changed a bit in order to make it more user-friendly
    • Sometimes has scaling issues
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    We are almost entirely satisfied with the service. In order to move off it, we'd have to build for ourselves many of the services that AWS provides and the cost would be prohibitive. Although there are cost savings and security benefits to returning to the colo facility, we could never afford to do it, and we'd hate to give up the innovation and constant cycle of new features that AWS gives us.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    AWS offers a wide range of powerful services that cater to various business needs which is significant strength. The ability to scale resources on-demand is a major advantage making it suitable for businesses of all sizes. The sheer volume of options and configurations can be overwhelming for new users leading to a steep learning curve. While functional the AWS management console can feel cluttered and less intuitive compared to some competitors which can hinder navigation. Although some documentation lacks clarity and practical examples which can frustrate users trying to implement specific solutions.
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    Amazon AWS
    It's a very practical service to use. If you need to deploy any application with a Database, disk storage, you're pretty much set.
    Everything around that can be taken care of using other AWS services. Like secrets manager, certificate manager, RDS ...
    And the CI/CD part is also very easy to setup, you only need on AWS CLI command to trigger a deployment, and done !
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    Availability is very good, with the exception of occasional spectacular outages.
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    AWS does not provide the raw performance that you can get by building your own custom infrastructure. However, it is often the case that the benefits of specialized, high-performance hardware do not necessarily outweigh the significant extra cost and risk. Performance as perceived by the user is very different from raw throughput.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    The customer support of Amazon Web Services are quick in their responses. I appreciate its entire team, which works amazingly, and provides professional support. AWS is a great tool, indeed, to provide customers a suitable way to
    immediately search for their compatible software's and also to guide them in a
    good direction. Moreover, this product is a good suggestion for every type of
    company because of its affordability and ease of use.
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    AWS provides different support tiers. They are usually very reactive and are able to help solve the issues very quickly.
    As for everything, the higher the support tier you get, the better and faster support you get.
    If you're also a part of big company, you probably have solution architects at your disposal to help you with any inqueries.
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
    The API's were very well documented and was Janova's main point of entry into the services.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Web Services fits best for all levels of organisations like startup, mid level or enterprise. The services are easy to use and doesn't require a high level of understanding as you can learn via blogs or youtube videos. AWS is Reasonable in cost as the plan is pay as you use.
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    Amazon AWS
    We found the extra cost saved us frustration and time and ultimately money in the long run
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    Huawei Technologies
    I'd like to point out that Huawei Cloud Network Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is very simple to use and operate, and we can easily perform operations on it using the documents that are available on its support site. We can easily download the documents from the site, which are very useful for doing any configuration on the cloud and for operations.The security level is very good; enabling traffic and defining security rules is extremely simple utilizing their cloud portal in GUI form, which makes it simple to use, and the performance is also good; they provide a variety of solutions to meet customer needs.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Amazon AWS
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    Amazon AWS
    Pricing and billing of AWS Fargate is loosely tied to your exisiting AWS billing. You're unlikely to only use Fargate in your AWS subscription, so you get billed for everything alltoghter.
    Fargate is naturally a bit more expensive that usuel docker services, but with careful planning and architecturing, you can have a very manageable cost.
    You can also rely on Saving plans to reduce your bill.
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    Huawei Technologies
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Using Amazon Web Services has allowed us to develop and deploy new SAAS solutions quicker than we did when we used traditional web hosting. This has allowed us to grow our service offerings to clients and also add more value to our existing services.
    • Having AWS deployed has also allowed our development team to focus on delivering high-quality software without worrying about whether our servers will be able to handle the demand. Since AWS allows you to adjust your server needs based on demand, we can easily assign a faster server instance to ease and improve service without the client even knowing what we did.
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    Amazon AWS
    • Has made seasonal apps/tools cheap to run/maintain.
    • Pay for what you use helps compare many A/B tests.
    • No server management means faster deploys.
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    Huawei Technologies
    • Solved a huge issue of accessibility from different geographical zones
    • Since it was cheaper than the current one, this business decision did save some costs
    • Helped solving concurrent transaction saving issues
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