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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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Continuous Evolving Cloud

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 8, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) are being used for our production, sandbox, and development ERP environment, PRTG network monitoring and Veeam and Commvault backup solution...
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Verified user
Manager
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)8 years of experience

Honest Review - AWS EC2

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 30, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Our organization uses Amazon EC2 to operate highly scalable machines for various machine learning services. We use a fleet of EC2 cluster groups combined with an auto scaling ...
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Verified user
Engineer
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)3 years of experience

Excellent platform for scalable on-demand compute servers

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 9, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
For hosting our web platform on multiple Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances with the use of launch templates and auto scaling groups. This helps whenever we get a sp...
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Consultant
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)7 years of experience

userec2.aws.

Rating: 7 out of 10
March 27, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use our EC2 instances to host our backend app. It runs our web server that allows users to interact with our app via a browser. The product helps us deliver/process our use...
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Verified user
Engineer
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)4 years of experience

Easy and flexible deployment solutions.

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 27, 2025
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
EC2 allows us to scale our server usage as needed and automatically. There are a ton of price points and options for every need. We host several client sites on EC2 and can de...
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Verified user
Director
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)12 years 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

8.9
Avg 8.2
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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 9.7.

The most common users of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Continuous Evolving Cloud

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
May 08, 2025
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Building Materials Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
8 years of experience
Pros
  • Instance type
  • Storage options
  • Purchase model
  • Security
Cons
  • Allow Spot instances to auto switch to on-demand when the capacity is need, instead of sudden interruption

Honest Review - AWS EC2

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 30, 2025
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Online Media Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
3 years of experience
Pros
  • Huge Diverse range of machine shapes are available which cater to our demand.
  • Ability to combine the machines and integrate them with any other service in AWS (Ex: RDS, S3)
  • Handling performance and scalability using auto-scaling, ELB configuration and high performance machine shapes.
Cons
  • More options and affordability for GPU machines.
  • Spot / Reserved Instances plans can be better
  • More flexibility in AWS CLI to handle ec2 machines.

userec2.aws.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
March 27, 2025
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
4 years of experience
Pros
  • Easy to interact with instances via ssh.
  • Many different options and configurations to choose from.
  • Widespread compatibility with other cloud services especially AWS.
Cons
  • Interaction via amazon's console.
  • Complex setup/configurations to get it running.
  • Operating system versioning is done manually.

Easy and flexible deployment solutions.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 27, 2025
Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
12 years of experience
Pros
  • Changing instance sizes.
  • Fast creation of new instances.
  • Automated backups.
Cons
  • Shutting down memory locked servers can be slow.
  • Upgrades between different architectures is very tedious.

Excellent platform for scalable on-demand compute servers

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
April 09, 2025
Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
7 years of experience
Pros
  • Customising virtual machines with your own scripts and packages.
  • Auto scaling the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances based on events and thresholds
  • Creating multiple Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances in a single go with launch templates
Cons
  • Portal to check all Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances from different regions at single place
  • Configuration page for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances can be made simpler. Make required fields as mandatory.
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