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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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AWS EC2 is so e-c-2-use!

Rating: 10 out of 10
September 25, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use EC2 for almost all our operations, they are an excellent option for workloads like Web Servers like Apache and nginx, Application Servers like WebLogic, Java Servers, a...
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Iván García
Consultant - Professional Services
Consultant
Datum, S.A.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)6 years of experience

Highly available, instant access servers for your workloads!

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 27, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We primarily use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances for running our Splunk deployments on AWS, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) gives us the flexibility to choose ...
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Verified user
Director
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)5 years of experience

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) - A Great Solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 26, 2024
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
- Cloud Linux Virtual Machines- Cloud Windows Virtual Machines- VPC and Security Groups- Key Pairs- LoadBalancers
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Sagar Mehta
Consultant - Information Technology
Consultant
Atgen Software Solutions LLP
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)14 years of experience

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud review for Machine Learning Developers

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 8, 2024
Vetted ReviewVerified User
I use it for training machine learning models. I use the Deep Learning AMIs available to spin up Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instances and then use that to train large models...
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Verified user
Employee
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)2 years of experience

EC2 - All in one solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 11, 2023
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use EC2 to rapidly and efficiently scale up or down as needed for our customers while still providing a secure and dependable environment. It enables us to swiftly supply n...
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Neel Shah
Team Lead - Engineering
Head Android
engineerHUB
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)1 year of experience
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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

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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

9.3
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 Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime 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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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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AWS EC2 is so e-c-2-use!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
September 25, 2024
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS EC2 is well suited for almost any scenario, you can run any software that is compatible (x86_64, arm, mac), and you have plenty of instances types to choose with little or massive memory, the same for CPU and disk space.
You even can run in a non-virtual EC2, that is a physical server we you have all the resources available to you, perfect for some very strict industries or by some licenses rules.

I can't think of an scenario where EC2 is not appropriate.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) - A Great Solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 26, 2024
SM
Sagar Mehta
Consultant
Atgen Software Solutions LLP (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
14 years of experience
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Perfect for Virtual Machine Environment on Cloud with Security in Place
- Perfect for automations with API's or Terraform
- Perfect for multi-user Cloud Management platforms.
- Perfect for flexible Security Groups with Ports and Rules controlled by Engineers.
- Great for easy setup and migrations with databases and dynamic functions.

Highly available, instant access servers for your workloads!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
June 27, 2024
Verified User
Director in Professional Services
Computer & Network Security Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
5 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is particularly good for running monolithic workloads which are not easy to containerise or run on microservices with other AWS services. This includes off-the-shelf applications from vendors who supply closed-source software and expect a full server for installation. There are other benefits depending on instance types which are an advantage over function-as-a-service type resource, such as direct attached fast storage, high memory, network or graphics requirements.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud review for Machine Learning Developers

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 08, 2024
Verified User
Employee in Research & Development
Information Technology & Services Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
2 years of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
It is good for training big models when getting access to GPU is not possible. If you've access to GPU, then training them on the computer makes more sense as it helps in reducing the cost.

Prefer it when you just can't manage on-premise machines as they require a lot of maintenance and get down quite often. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud takes off that burden from head, i.e. no worry of maintenance and is always ON. Also provide the functionality of scaling up when required.

EC2 - All in one solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 11, 2023
NS
Neel Shah
Head Android
engineerHUB (E-Learning, 201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
1 year of experience
Likelihood to Recommend
Good Scenario : EC2 is a wonderful option when you need to execute a lot of compute-intensive tasks, like producing videos or performing scientific calculations. It is the best option for applications that call for a lot of processing power due to its fast CPUs and potent GPUs.Bad Scenario : The best option for conducting lengthy tasks might not be EC2. Since EC2 instances are made to be quickly spun up and down, they might not be the greatest option for jobs that call for prolonged compute cycles.
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