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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

    Azure Virtual Machines

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AVirtual Machines (VMs) are available on Microsoft Azure, providing what is built as a low-cost, per-second compute service, available via Windows or Linux.

    $0

    Per Hour

    Pricing
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Azure Virtual Machines
    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)
    3 Year Reserved - Burstable VMs - B1S
    $0.0038
    Per Hour
    Spot - General Purpose - Av2
    $0.005
    Per Hour
    1 Year Reserved - Burstable VMs - B1S
    $0.0059
    Per Hour
    Pay as You Go - Burstable VMs - B1S
    $0.0075
    Per Hour
    Spot - Compute Optimized - Fsv2
    $0.0104
    Per Hour
    Spot - General Purpose - Dv3
    $0.0125
    Per Hour
    Spot - Memory Optimized - Ev3
    $0.016
    Per Hour
    3 Year Reserved - Compute Optimized - Fsv2
    $0.0307
    Per Hour
    3 Year Reserved - General Purpose - Dv3
    $0.0369
    Per Hour
    3 Year Reserved - Memory Optimized - Ev3
    $0.0481
    Per Hour
    1 Year Reserved - Compute Optimized - Fsv2
    $0.05
    Per Hour
    1 Year Reserved - General Purpose - Dv3
    $0.0548
    Per Hour
    1 Year Reserved - Memory Optimized - Ev3
    $0.0753
    Per Hour
    Pay as You Go - Compute Optimized - Fsv2
    $0.0846
    Per Hour
    Pay as You Go - General Purpose - Dv3
    $0.096
    Per Hour
    Pay as You Go - Memory Optimized - Ev3
    $0.126
    Per Hour
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Azure Virtual Machines
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Azure Virtual Machines
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    - It's great as we can automate everything with API's and Terraform.
    - Cost wise very good as saves lot for Dev and QA etc.
    - Fasten the complete CI-CD pipeline and delivers product faster.
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    Amazon was the first one in the market to provide virtual machines in the cloud and certainly gained a lot of popularity before the rest even came to the picture. The different service providers are quite mutually exclusive, and one cannot easily use more than one at the same …
    Incentivized
    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
    Microsoft
    Chose Azure Virtual Machines
    Azure VM's are far way cost effective than the AWS EC2 service also Azure VM's provides up Smart Hybrid Cloud integration with the Existing on Prem architecture.
    One of the key feature of Azure VM are they provide High availability and data redundant zones for the VM to be hosted.
    Incentivized
    Chose Azure Virtual Machines
    We use both Azure and AWS VM services currently. AWS' EC2s have been around for longer an offer a much more reliable Linux OS support. But the gap getting smaller by the day, and Azure VMs are catching up nicely. In our case, we use a lot AWS for Linux-based applications …
    Incentivized
    Chose Azure Virtual Machines
    I have tested AWS EC2 instances, however, we chose Azure Virtual Machines as we use SCOM as an enterprise monitoring solution and it goes very well with Azure as monitoring. We have a lot of customers on Azure and monitoring the Azure environment with SCOM is easy through
    Incentivized
    Chose Azure Virtual Machines
    More or less these are comparable offerings in my opinion as a user of both the AWS and Azure Clouds in a business environment in which there's a use case for a multi-cloud environment. We were able to complete a feature parody between the Azure Cloud and AWS Cloud for key …
    Incentivized
    Chose Azure Virtual Machines
    Azure has a better interface than its competitors like Amazon and IBM. It is more intuitive and easier to use. It also has more features like connection troubleshooting, boot diagnostics, and running remote commands.
    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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    TrustRadius Insights
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Azure Virtual Machines
    Highlights

    TrustRadius
    Research Team Insight
    Published

    Users of both Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) and Azure Virtual Machines have found that these services meet their needs for flexible, scalable computing power. Customers have leveraged EC2 and Azure VM for diverse use cases, ranging from data processing and web hosting to running enterprise-scale applications. Both products have been particularly praised by users for their seamless scalability, helping organizations manage peak demand periods without investing in excessive physical infrastructure.

    The core difference between how users utilize Amazon EC2 and Azure VM lies primarily in platform preference. Users have noted that EC2 integrates well with other AWS services, and tends to be favored by organizations that are already heavily invested in the AWS ecosystem. On the other hand, Azure VM is generally preferred by users deeply integrated into Microsoft’s ecosystem, as it has a native advantage when it comes to interoperability with other Microsoft products, such as Windows Server, Active Directory, and SQL Server.

    Overall, users found that while both products provide robust and scalable virtual computing environments, the choice between the two often depends on the broader IT infrastructure and software landscape within the organization. This implies that users may opt for either EC2 or Azure VM based on their existing commitments and strategic alignment with Amazon’s or Microsoft’s suite of services and products. Thus, while individual product features play a role, the larger ecosystem in which these services are embedded significantly influences user preferences and usage.

    Features
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Azure Virtual Machines
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Azure Virtual Machines
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    9.5
    21 Ratings
    Azure Virtual Machines
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools9.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.320 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support9.620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation9.510 Ratings00 Ratings
    Server Virtualization
    Comparison of Server Virtualization features of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Azure Virtual Machines
    Feature
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
    -
    Ratings
    Azure Virtual Machines
    8.8
    23 Ratings
    Virtual machine automated provisioning00 Ratings9.323 Ratings
    Management console00 Ratings8.021 Ratings
    Live virtual machine backup00 Ratings9.319 Ratings
    Live virtual machine migration00 Ratings8.716 Ratings
    Hypervisor-level security00 Ratings8.616 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Azure Virtual Machines
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (67 ratings)
    7.1
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    9.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.5
    (12 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)