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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Overview

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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Recent Reviews

EC2 for Startups

9 out of 10
April 28, 2021
Incentivized
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Popular Features

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  • Pre-configured templates (17)
    9.5
    95%
  • Dynamic scaling (17)
    9.3
    93%
  • Elastic load balancing (17)
    9.2
    92%
  • Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime (17)
    8.6
    86%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Pricing

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Data Transfer

$0.00 - $0.09

Cloud
per GB

On-Demand

$0.0042 - $6.528

Cloud
per Hour

EBS-Optimized Instances

$0.005

Cloud
per IP address with a running instance per hour on a pro rata basis

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Training @ VICTORYSOST

YouTube
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Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

IaaS provides the basic building blocks for an IT infrastructure like servers, storage, and networking, in an on-demand model over the Internet

9.1
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

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 TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

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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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (9)
92.22222222222221%
9.2
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
100%
10.0
Dynamic scaling
100%
10.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
100%
10.0
Monitoring tools
70%
7.0
Pre-defined machine images
100%
10.0
Operating system support
100%
10.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Automation
60%
6.0
Neel Shah | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (9)
28.88888888888889%
2.9
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
80%
8.0
Dynamic scaling
N/A
N/A
Elastic load balancing
90%
9.0
Pre-configured templates
N/A
N/A
Monitoring tools
N/A
N/A
Pre-defined machine images
N/A
N/A
Operating system support
N/A
N/A
Security controls
N/A
N/A
Automation
90%
9.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (9)
81.11111111111111%
8.1
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
100%
10.0
Dynamic scaling
80%
8.0
Elastic load balancing
N/A
N/A
Pre-configured templates
90%
9.0
Monitoring tools
100%
10.0
Pre-defined machine images
100%
10.0
Operating system support
90%
9.0
Security controls
90%
9.0
Automation
80%
8.0
Sunny Hemnani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (9)
90%
9.0
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
90%
9.0
Dynamic scaling
80%
8.0
Elastic load balancing
90%
9.0
Pre-configured templates
90%
9.0
Monitoring tools
80%
8.0
Pre-defined machine images
100%
10.0
Operating system support
100%
10.0
Security controls
90%
9.0
Automation
90%
9.0
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (9)
87.77777777777779%
8.8
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
80%
8.0
Dynamic scaling
100%
10.0
Elastic load balancing
80%
8.0
Pre-configured templates
80%
8.0
Monitoring tools
90%
9.0
Pre-defined machine images
80%
8.0
Operating system support
80%
8.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Automation
100%
10.0
Michael Weisel | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (9)
88.88888888888889%
8.9
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
100%
10.0
Dynamic scaling
100%
10.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
100%
10.0
Monitoring tools
100%
10.0
Pre-defined machine images
100%
10.0
Operating system support
100%
10.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Automation
N/A
N/A
Ana Baker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (9)
77.77777777777777%
7.8
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
90%
9.0
Dynamic scaling
80%
8.0
Elastic load balancing
90%
9.0
Pre-configured templates
80%
8.0
Monitoring tools
70%
7.0
Pre-defined machine images
70%
7.0
Operating system support
70%
7.0
Security controls
70%
7.0
Automation
80%
8.0
Jacob Biguvu | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (9)
98.88888888888889%
9.9
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
100%
10.0
Dynamic scaling
100%
10.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
100%
10.0
Monitoring tools
100%
10.0
Pre-defined machine images
90%
9.0
Operating system support
100%
10.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Automation
100%
10.0
April 28, 2021

EC2 for Startups

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
76.25%
7.6
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
70%
7.0
Dynamic scaling
70%
7.0
Elastic load balancing
80%
8.0
Pre-configured templates
80%
8.0
Monitoring tools
80%
8.0
Pre-defined machine images
70%
7.0
Operating system support
80%
8.0
Security controls
80%
8.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
87.5%
8.8
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
100%
10.0
Dynamic scaling
80%
8.0
Elastic load balancing
70%
7.0
Pre-configured templates
60%
6.0
Monitoring tools
90%
9.0
Pre-defined machine images
100%
10.0
Operating system support
100%
10.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Mark Freeman, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
87.5%
8.8
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
70%
7.0
Dynamic scaling
90%
9.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
90%
9.0
Monitoring tools
90%
9.0
Pre-defined machine images
80%
8.0
Operating system support
90%
9.0
Security controls
90%
9.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
93.75%
9.4
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
100%
10.0
Dynamic scaling
100%
10.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
90%
9.0
Monitoring tools
80%
8.0
Pre-defined machine images
100%
10.0
Operating system support
80%
8.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Apurv Doshi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
91.25%
9.1
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
90%
9.0
Dynamic scaling
90%
9.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
80%
8.0
Monitoring tools
80%
8.0
Pre-defined machine images
90%
9.0
Operating system support
100%
10.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
85%
8.5
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
80%
8.0
Dynamic scaling
80%
8.0
Elastic load balancing
80%
8.0
Pre-configured templates
90%
9.0
Monitoring tools
80%
8.0
Pre-defined machine images
90%
9.0
Operating system support
100%
10.0
Security controls
80%
8.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
78.75%
7.9
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
N/A
N/A
Dynamic scaling
100%
10.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
80%
8.0
Monitoring tools
80%
8.0
Pre-defined machine images
80%
8.0
Operating system support
90%
9.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Gabriel Samaroo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
100%
10.0
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
100%
10.0
Dynamic scaling
100%
10.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
100%
10.0
Monitoring tools
100%
10.0
Pre-defined machine images
100%
10.0
Operating system support
100%
10.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
88.75%
8.9
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
90%
9.0
Dynamic scaling
100%
10.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
100%
10.0
Monitoring tools
80%
8.0
Pre-defined machine images
60%
6.0
Operating system support
80%
8.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (8)
100%
10.0
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
100%
10.0
Dynamic scaling
100%
10.0
Elastic load balancing
100%
10.0
Pre-configured templates
100%
10.0
Monitoring tools
100%
10.0
Pre-defined machine images
100%
10.0
Operating system support
100%
10.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
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