I've been overcharged for over a year... and I'm surprised to find that AWS isn't helping to make things right.
January 30, 2020

I've been overcharged for over a year... and I'm surprised to find that AWS isn't helping to make things right.

Allan Staker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Web Services

We're using AWS primarily for web hosting.
  • The technology is great. I've never had technical issues.
  • They have been incredibly slow to respond to a billing dispute. Over a year ago, we erroneously signed up for a service that we never used. It was a total 'gotcha,' and it added $800/mo to our monthly invoices. Shortly thereafter we noticed the huge credit card bill and asked them to remove the service. We're a small education company, and we're spread pretty thin- and I'm embarrassed to admit that when I asked them to turn it off, I naively believed that they would do so. When we noticed last month that they were still auto-billing us $800/mo for the entire past year, we were stunned. I again asked for them to honor our original, well-documented request, and this time we asked them to help make things right for us. We've corresponded 2-3 times/week over the last 30 days and I still can't get a response from their Finance department. I'm surprised and disappointed - I was expecting AWS to be much more responsive and helpful than this. I still trust that they'll make things right - but as of now they're still billing us for this.
  • We've been overpaying - and we're still overpaying. As a small education startup, it's really hurt us.
I love them from a technical standpoint, but I don't feel like they've treated us right as a customer.

Do you think Amazon Web Services delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Amazon Web Services's feature set?

Yes

Did Amazon Web Services live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Amazon Web Services go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Amazon Web Services again?

No

I might revise this based on the outcome of this dispute. I love them technically - but this has been very frustrating customer service.

Amazon Web Services Feature Ratings

Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
9
Dynamic scaling
9
Elastic load balancing
9
Operating system support
10
Security controls
10