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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) vs. Amazon Web Services

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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

    Score8.9 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon 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.

    $0.01

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

    Amazon Web Services

    Score8.6 out of 10
    		N/AAmazon 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.

    $100

    per month

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Amazon Web Services
    Editions & Modules
    Data Transfer
    $0.00 - $0.09
    per GB
    On-Demand
    $0.0042 - $6.528
    per Hour
    EBS-Optimized Instances
    $0.005
    per IP address with a running instance per hour on a pro rata basis
    Carrier IP Addresses
    $0.005 - $0.10
    T4g Instances
    $0.04
    per vCPU-Hour Linux, RHEL, & SLES
    T2, T3 Instances
    $0.05 ($0.096)
    per vCPU-Hour Linux, RHEL, & SLES (Windows)
    Free Tier
    $0
    per month
    Basic Environment
    $100 - $200
    per month
    Intermediate Environment
    $250 - $600
    per month
    Advanced Environment
    $600-$2500
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Amazon Web Services
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—AWS allows a “save when you commit” option that offers lower prices when you sign up for a 1- or 3- year term that includes an AWS service or category of services.
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Amazon Web Services
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Patrick Plaisance
    CTO (Chief Technical Officer) in Information Technology at Pachyderm Consulting (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    We have been using EC2 for so much longer, that even though we use Azure's other features and services more then the equivalent AWS features and services, we don't usually go for Azure's VM offerings first over EC2. I guess that that means this recommendation is mostly based …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for me is the easy choice for servers. There are so many tools out there, specifically terraform and packer, that allow easy integration with EC2. It is great for any sized company. I have also used Google and Digital Ocean, but my first …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    AWS is by far the most mature platform, but others are catching up. We will be keeping a close eye on the competition and using them whenever they're a better fit for the workload than AWS.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    It is better than other products in terms of their support team, documentation and initially, you can set up your services almost without paying anything. Apart from them, AWS services do have the best availability in any region in compared to other cloud products available …
    Incentivized
    Craig Nash
    Sr. Solutions Architect in Engineering at FreeTheHustle.Com (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
    Chose Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    When it comes to AWS EC2, the technical aspects are about equal to many of the other cloud services, but where AWS EC2 shines at is its management, and growth capabilities. You can start your web based business using AWS for literally zero start-up costs: you use the same …
    Incentivized
    Amazon AWS
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    AWS provides a vast array of services and, compared to Microsoft Azure licensing costs, is a cheaper alternative.
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    OCI and Google Compute Engine are a bit cheaper than AWS but AWS has better chargeback and more granular monitoring of various KPIs. But at the same time, AWS has a learning curve while GCE especially is much easier to use. Microsoft Azur has a much better partner and developer …
    Incentivized
    Verified User
    Chose Amazon Web Services
    Azure is the other product that we have used for some of our clients. In certain places Azure was very competitively priced and clients chose to go with Azure as a platform. Billing by the minute is definitely a competitive advantage in certain cases. AWS pricing structures …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Amazon Web Services
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Amazon Web Services
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    9.5
    21 Ratings
    Amazon Web Services
    8.3
    68 Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.020 Ratings9.364 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.620 Ratings9.065 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.820 Ratings9.761 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.120 Ratings7.557 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.120 Ratings7.065 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.320 Ratings6.758 Ratings
    Operating system support9.620 Ratings8.463 Ratings
    Security controls9.820 Ratings8.366 Ratings
    Automation9.610 Ratings8.717 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Amazon Web Services
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (67 ratings)
    9.0
    (80 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.4
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    7.2
    (24 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)