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Amazon Web Services

Overview

What is Amazon Web Services?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.

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Recent Reviews

Great for remote access desktops

9 out of 10
November 04, 2022
I use AWS to access a remote desktop which I require to access Microsoft-based applications that I need for my day to day use. It was a …
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AWSome

10 out of 10
December 28, 2021
Incentivized
We have a product that is a distributed system, SaaS on AWS. We use Route53 to register our domain and configure subdomains. We use EC2 to …
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Do NOT use AWS

1 out of 10
November 29, 2021
Domain registration for my small business. AWS system, processes, and staff cause me to lose money and they did not take responsibility …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Security controls (65)
    9.3
    93%
  • Monitoring tools (64)
    9.1
    91%
  • Dynamic scaling (64)
    9.1
    91%
  • Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime (63)
    8.8
    88%

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Pricing

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Free Tier

$0

Cloud
per month

Basic Environment

$100 - $200

Cloud
per month

Intermediate Environment

$250 - $600

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.clickittech.com/aws/aws…

Offerings

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

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $100 per month
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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 8.1
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Product Details

What is Amazon Web Services?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools. According to Amazon, AWS is suitable for organizations of any size, and helps to efficiently power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. AWS is also known for its service coverage, with over 69 Availability Zones across the world, allowing for users to experience lower latency and prevent their data centers from failing, which is important for cloud computing services.

AWS product range covers, but is not necessarily limited to, the following categories:

  • Analytics

  • Application Integration

  • AR & VR

  • AWS Cost Management

  • Blockchain

  • Business Applications

  • Compute

  • Customer Engagement

  • Database

  • Developer Tools

  • End User Computing

  • Game Tech

  • Internet of Things

  • Machine Learning

  • Management & Governance

  • Media Services

  • Migration & Transfer

  • Mobile

  • Networking & Content Delivery

  • Robotics

  • Satellite

  • Security, Identity, & Compliance

  • Storage

Pricing varies greatly across their vast scope of products, but AWS does provide an “AWS Free Tier” offering of services. Depending on the product, users can use the product for free indefinitely, a year, or in shorter-term trials.


Amazon Web Services Integrations

Amazon Web Services Competitors

Amazon Web Services Technical Details

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.

Amazon Web Services starts at $100.

DXC Managed Cloud Services, 9STAR EasyIdentity Cloud, and 9STAR Elastic SSO are common alternatives for Amazon Web Services.

Reviewers rate Elastic load balancing and Security controls highest, with a score of 9.3.

The most common users of Amazon Web Services are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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January 31, 2018

Amazon Web Services -- Easy to setup, difficult to manage

Michael Timms | TrustRadius Reviewer
Michael Timms
IT Specialist
iQor (Telecommunications, 10,001+ employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS would be perfect for a small to medium size startup that does not want to put up a ton of money for IT infrastructure. AWS is NOT for someone just wanting to host a small website, as there are much cheaper alternatives for this. It is very easy to spend more than expected.
August 16, 2017

AWS is the industry leader

Jeff Stockamp | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jeff Stockamp
AWS Systems Engineer
Concur (Information Technology and Services, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited to elastic workloads where compute needs are dynamic. Great fit for applications which will scale horizontally (out) vs. vertical (up).

Not well suited for forklift migrations to the cloud. If you try to move your existing application to the cloud without re-architecting you'll get none of the cost benefits of dynamic workloads and your infrastructure will be less stable.
February 22, 2017

AWS for the win!

Rebekah Madonia | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rebekah Madonia
Video Team Lead
Central Christian Church of Arizona (Media Production, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
In my opinion, the more a company uses the web for media and broadcasting the more of a need they have for Amazon Web Services. It's great for storage and organization along with making things simple to upload and even simpler to grab an embed link. My company goes through changes every year or two but this is one thing that hasn't changed!
December 23, 2016

My personal experience working with AWS

Billy Tiangco | TrustRadius Reviewer
Billy Tiangco
Infrastructure Lead - (Global Hosting Platform Engineering)
SC Johnson (Consumer Goods, 10,001+ employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS is good to use for application services that require an instant infrastructure build. Having this available minimizes the waiting time in putting up the needed systems to allow applications to run. For those systems that require very high computational requirements and security, I think it's still recommended to run it on-premise.
April 29, 2016

Amazon built for tomorrow's needs

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
As already mentioned, it is critical to meet the demands of PII information to have a local presence everywhere. I have run into scenarios where I had to find other partners. In China, few years back, that was the case, but I guess Amazon has already addressed the issue. Amazon should keep continuing to cover all geographies.
April 27, 2016

Scale your business with AWS

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I only have experience using Amazon Web Services for image uploading, background jobs and push notifications so I can only speak to those - it makes it very easy to keep everything under the same umbrella (console).
April 15, 2016

AWS for all your needs

Miguel Angel Merino Vega | TrustRadius Reviewer
Miguel Angel Merino Vega
Analista de Sistemas
Consultor independiente de software (Computer Software, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It all depends on the restrictions of your customers. If the customer gives you carte blanche to manage hosting resources, AWS is an excellent alternative for almost any scenario. If on the other hand the customer has its own infrastructure they want to use, AWS is probably not the best alternative. Given the approach that we use IaaS, AWS covers 100% of our needs, and we do not have the budget or resources to maintain physical servers.
March 01, 2016

Global reach and scale at bargain prices

Glen West | TrustRadius Reviewer
Glen West
Chief Customer Officer
Niche Video Media (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
If you don't already have your own infrastructure, why would you ever build it these days? Pay for what you use. The jump to dedicated servers is necessary when you provide a global 24x7 SaaS product, but the price differential when usage is very low is significant. If you need global access to your product/service/data, it comes as standard functionality with AWS.
February 10, 2016

Amazon hasn't let me down

Verified User
Contributor in Marketing
Education Management Company, 1-10 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon Web Services is a great options when you want to make sure you data is secure. It is also a good option for people on a budget. There are a LOT of different services provided, so if you are only interested in one of them, it might be better to go elsewhere so you aren't overwhelmed
November 06, 2015

AWS infrastructure with respect to HIPAA

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon Web Services is well suited for companies that don't want to have deal with physical infrastructure and want a high level of security and availability. In most cases Amazon Web Services is a great option for most, but may not be an option if you have met the tipping point of physical cost vs. Amazon Web Services cost. It may end up being a better option in the long run to manage the infrastructure yourself if the cost per hour of Amazon Web Services is greater than what you can provide if your level of availability is equal to or greater than Amazon Web Services.
October 30, 2015

AWS is powerful, flexible and infinitely scalable platform

Verified User
Manager in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It's great for larger applications that need the support, but offers enough in the way of tools that it doesn't take a system admin to setup. For smaller projects, we generally tend to prefer other services that are not quite as vast.
October 28, 2015

AWS automated my development and deployment processes of highly available applications

Andres Gonzalez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Andres Gonzalez
Senior Software Developer
swapps.co (Telecommunications, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Can I increase resources independently?
A difference with other providers is you have enough flexibility with the machines you use, you can configure each machine as you want.
Does it have multiple zones of availability?
It has multiple zones of availability around the world, so you can pick the most convenient for your case.
Does it have good support?
There is plenty of documentation, and a big community supporting it.
April 08, 2015

Amazon Web Services

Doug Symes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Doug Symes
Senior Systems Administrator
Qualbe Marketing Group, LLC (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Autoscaling is very handy with AWS EC2 instances for web servers. AWS is well suited to such scenarios. Software development is a great use for AWS EC2 and RDS instances. You can bring up servers and deploy different revisions of an application for testing and debugging.
August 23, 2014

AWS - This is where your cloud journey begins

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
If an organization does not have the time or resources to ramp up and learn cloud culture, tools, technologies and methodologies, then Amazon Web Services may not give instant results which many expect out of it. Clustered run time stack, multi regions, security groups and IAM roles - all of these are new for many conventional developers and must be learned to get the best out of AWS.
May 17, 2014

AWS fits like a glove

Verified User
Consultant in Engineering
Utilities Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS is a very scalable Platform as a Service (PaaS) -- making it usefull for all sizes. With AWS the failover model can be complicated in terms of selecting the right option for you. Failover within a distribution center is one level, while zone level fail over is a larger one. Be sure to understand your capability needs and discuss with AWS these different choices.
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