Amazon Web Services vs LightEdge

• AWS (Amazon Web Services) is not the easiest virtual service to set up but once you get the hang of it, it's fairly easy to install new instances (servers) and stop them. This is good for multiple reasons e.g we run multiple tests and live production servers for our different services. When we are done with one we can easily turn it off. The cost of the specifications on our virtual servers is only a fraction of the cost of what we would get locally or even on most traditional web services companies.
• Amazon Web Services can be relatively cost efficient depending on where you are coming from. For our smaller organization, we felt the cost was worth it as other alternatives were not as affordable. The good thing with AWS is you only pay for what you use. If you want S3 (Simple Storage Service), you can pay for that. If you want to run a compute engine, EC2 can be paid for. At the end of the month, you get one bill based on your usage.
• Because of our size as a company, AWS was easier to deploy compared to local dedicated solutions. All we had to do was take our development team through a simple 2-day course to get them on board. The ease of deployment means that we do not have to hire a specialist to deploy servers for us.

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• OnRamp does a great job at pulling up specific contact information about our donors
• OnRamp allows for us to find detailed payment information regarding postings to our general ledger
• It is very easy to run various reports with OnRamp

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• Better user support would be nice. It seems hard to find help when you need something specific from an Amazon employee.
• Even though the prices are set up for enterprise they do seem high for small to mid level businesses, compared to other alternatives.
• It would be nice to be able to have some type of DB security built in to the EC2s or as a default.

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• I hear complaints from our donations department on how extractions can be difficult at times when pulling multiple years information
• OnRamp can make room for improvement by allowing us to make changes from an admin standpoint on how we pull up certain reports

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• We are able to test new ideas quickly using AWS hosting.
• We are able to move from conceptual POC to fully hosted/architected cloud solution in minimal time.
• We are able to build solutions that are 100% cloud as well as cloud-hybrid that orchestrate between our datacenters and the AWS cloud.

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• OnRamp saves us time on retrieving data
• OnRamp helps us organize payment information and makes it easily accessible for users
• The security of using OnRamp is the best investment a company can make.

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