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What is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)?
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and…
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- Pre-configured templates (17)9.595%
- Dynamic scaling (17)9.393%
- Elastic load balancing (17)9.292%
- Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime (17)8.686%
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$0.00 - $0.09
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$0.0042 - $6.528
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$0.005
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- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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What is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)?
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and run images on multiple systems.
Key Features
Bare metal instances
Amazon EC2 Fleet (fleet management)
Pause and resume instances
GPU compute instances
GPU graphics instances
High I/O instances
Dense HDD storage instances
Optimized CPU configurations
Flexible storage options
Pay-as-you-go pricing
Place instances in multiple locations
Elastic IP addresses
Auto-scale capacity up or down
HPC clusters
Elastic Fabric Adapter
Available on AWS PrivateLink
Amazon Time Sync Service
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Users can launch instances with a variety of OSs, load them with custom application environments, manage network access permissions, and run images on multiple systems.
Reviewers rate Pre-defined machine images highest, with a score of 9.8.
The most common users of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Score 8 out of 10
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I found Microsoft Azure to be very very complex for new users. The dashboard is very intimidating.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud has more popularity and a bigger community to reach out to in case of any issues or help. Found Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud to be the most recommended by most people. Also, found some really good data integration tools with AWS that made it lucrative
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud has more popularity and a bigger community to reach out to in case of any issues or help. Found Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud to be the most recommended by most people. Also, found some really good data integration tools with AWS that made it lucrative
April 15, 2022
Great cloud service for flexible compute workloads
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Amazon EC2 is super flexible compared to the PaaS offerings like Heroku Platform and Google App Engine since with Amazon EC2, we have access to the terminal. In terms of pricing, it's basically just the same as Google Compute Engine. The deciding factor is Amazon EC2's native integration with other AWS services since they're all in the same cloud platform.
November 24, 2021
EC2 is expensive - expect cost overruns - but works as advertised
I did not select AWS EC2 as my final choice of infrastructure. I picked Linode. Linode, Digital Ocean, AWS EC2 all provide the VPS infrastructure we need. But because I'm a small company, the cost is very important. I also didn't need the other AWS features. I also want to make sure that there will be no surprises to my billing (ie. network costs). I found Linode to provide the best cost/dollar value. I also use Cloudflare CDN in front of my Linode to defend against DDoS attacks on my machine.
November 19, 2021
Highly Recommend AWS's EC2 Instances
We tried a few other competitors on the web hosting side of our company and ultimately decided to go with AWS EC2 instances. AWS had the most flexibility, the most choices for different types of instances, a variety of Operating Systems, an incredible infrastructure across multiple regions, and top-notch service/support ready to help with anything 24 hours a day. It also had the services that we needed across its other offerings that we were able to pair with our EC2 instances to create efficient cost-saving network infrastructure.
April 28, 2021
EC2 for Startups
The availability of AWS startup credits led my choice of AWS EC2.
November 25, 2019
The best and most scalable cloud infrastructure in the entire world!
AWS EC2 is fully interfaced with the Amazon Web Services platform and Google Compute Engine fits in more with Google. While either provider would have been fine, we are pretty much all built on top of AWS at this point barring some clients. It just flowed easier.
November 13, 2019
My wonderful EC2 Experience
Lambda great when serverless compute will work
October 31, 2019
Maximum flexibility. Competitive pricing. Great support.
Amazon was the first one in the market to provide virtual machines in the cloud and certainly gained a lot of popularity before the rest even came to the picture. The different service providers are quite mutually exclusive, and one cannot easily use more than one at the same time without dealing with network slowness, etc. So once some companies start with AWS EC2, it's very hard to switch seamlessly.
But AWS EC2 is quite good on its own compared to the others out there, and can provide almost everything a team needs with minimal efforts.
But AWS EC2 is quite good on its own compared to the others out there, and can provide almost everything a team needs with minimal efforts.
October 25, 2019
EC2 - Excellent Cloud Computing Service
EC2 has better modes, a variety of instances and UI support as compare to GCE. GCE is completely command driven. As compared to it EC2 provides a better user interface.
October 21, 2019
The de facto standard cloud VM host
We have been using EC2 for so much longer, that even though we use Azure's other features and services more then the equivalent AWS features and services, we don't usually go for Azure's VM offerings first over EC2. I guess that that means this recommendation is mostly based on familiarity but since EC2 works so well, we have very little reason to stray.
October 21, 2019
EC2 is my First choice for cloud
October 18, 2019
Amazon EC2 - Best Cloud Hosting Provider on the market
Amazon EC2 is the best cloud solution on the market. It has very competitive prices and an incredible number of services available for use. The billing is very efficient and details. EC2 is a great option for individuals, small groups, and large companies. As the needs of change, requiring up-scaling OR down-scaling, EC2 allows you to adjust your setup seamlessly.
- AWS Lambda and Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service)
Amazon's been leading the way in the past few years in cloud computing and have easily become a name we can trust. When we looked at options, nothing compared to EC2 when you looked at the scalability and flexibility of the product. For the needs we were trying to meet, these were our top two "must haves" and this product beat out the other contenders for this.
They are the same thing.
EC2 is a much more advantageous compared with the competitors because it has a much better console, configuration, auto-scalability, uptime, and many other features that are way better than other services I have seen so far. It also provides great backup services integrated with other services of AWS. Also, if your instance is not encountered with the traffic, you can always increase your instance volume without too much effort.
July 07, 2019
A Great Choice
In our eyes, Amazon has become the de-facto cloud provider. We have searched for other options, but none of them compare when you take documentation, training, support, ease of use all into account. Of all the cloud environments that our admins use daily, AWS is by far the favorite. I would recommend AWS over any other unless there is a specific use case that requires a different environment. You know AWS is here to stay and any time spent in training will pay off for years to come.
June 21, 2019
EC2: Game changer
- Azure Logic Apps, Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS), Microsoft Azure, Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Bot Service
All the services above can be built on a server vs using a service. It allows teams that have more breadth of development to dive deep into the implementation and tailor the performance based on the needs they have specifically. In addition, we can tear down failed experiments fairly quickly, while with some of these partners we are locked in after provisioning.
April 29, 2019
EC2 for scalable web apps
January 02, 2019
AWS EC2: Best IaaS Solution on the Market
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Still ahead of the rest of the pack.
September 15, 2018
Scale up with EC2!
I have used DigitalOcean and Google Compute Engine on a trial period. EC2 was the best choice for my team due to the level of features it offers plus the ability to integrate it quickly given that we were already using so many other AWS Microservices. Getting up and running with the team took no time at all.
September 07, 2018
EC2 is great when it comes to simplicity and performing
Performs well and competitive price. Clear Documentation would be another factor. I have found sometimes documentations are confusing and misleading.
September 04, 2018
Amazon: Big IaaS option for your business
Compared to other IaaS providers such as Google Compute Engine, EC2 stands out due to its ease of use, good performance, and low price.
Lately, Google Compute Engine seems to have improved noticeably, but we stack with EC2 for the trust and quality that has generated is in the last 6 years.
September 04, 2018
EC2 review from a small interactive shop
It stacks up at the top when you need overall server access and have someone available to manage every aspect of it. I use it on some projects, but for others it's better to choose another hosting option when you don't need as much control and would prefer a pre-defined interface
September 03, 2018
Cost Effective Virtual Machine AWS
- Microsoft Azure and Google App Engine
Security and cost are the major components which impact end users. We evaluated all the cloud platforms, and found AWS EC2 to be very cheap and more secure than GCP. Due to the improper configuration in AWS, we were compromised several times, then fixed it via some partners. Terminology is quiet confusing if compared to other cloud providers.
August 31, 2018
AWC EC2 for elastic compute
Azure VM and Google Compute Engine are alternatives to EC2. AWS EC2 is most matures and advanced of the 3. All these provide easy-to-deploy and automatically configured third-party applications, including single virtual machine or multiple virtual machine solutions.