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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAmazon EC2 Auto Scaling helps users maintain application availability and allows users to automatically add or remove EC2 instances according to definable conditions.N/A

    cPanel

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AcPanel headquartered in Houston provides website hosting providers with workload and server automation, as well as a management console for creating and launching websites, managing email and web files, and other administrative tasks.

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    Amazon EC2 Auto ScalingcPanel
    Editions & Modules
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    cPanel Solo
    $15.99
    per month for 1 account
    Admin
    $24.99
    per month up to 5 accounts
    Pro
    $35.99
    per month up to 30 accounts
    Premier (on cloud)
    $53.99
    per month up to 100 accounts
    Premier (on metal)
    $53.99
    per month up to 100 accounts
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon EC2 Auto ScalingcPanel
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon EC2 Auto ScalingcPanel
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    No answer on this topic
    cPanel
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    91%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    10 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
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    .NET
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    AWS Auto Scaling
    Score9.2 out of 10
    VMware vCenter
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Apache HTTP Server
    Score8.4 out of 10
    VMware vCenter
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon EC2 Auto ScalingcPanel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (15 ratings)
    9.2
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.3
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon EC2 Auto ScalingcPanel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    If you need to establish a system right away, in the past it took weeks or months to request a quote from the vendor and receive the equipment. Now, with Amazon EC2 in less than tens of minutes or hours, you can create a test environment and test it without any inconvenience.
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    cPanel
    I personally use it for any website hosting I do for me and others. There are a few others but I have stuck with the old tried and true and it always works for me and I know how to get around it so it has become a breeze for me. For those who are extremely new to websites and hosting or to those with very little technical know how cPanel could be very overwhelming and they might want to do like a managed WordPress hosting where they don't really have to see or deal with cPanel. I also probably wouldn't use it for straight email hosting. If you have thousands of cPanel accounts it may get very expensive and that could be a factor.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Dynamic scaling can be configured to respond to a wide variety of metrics and alerts
    • Predictive scaling allows one to get ahead of high traffic events rather than simply reacting to them
    • Health checks are configurable based on the needs of your application and architecture
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    cPanel
    • The dashboard is very intuitive. Even beginners can figure out how to do things without very much help.
    • The online community is very helpful and the online documentation makes administering any tasks a lot easier.
    • User creation and administration for FTP access is also very simple.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Sometimes, Auto scaling takes time to spin up your instances if your traffic is so high in short span of time.
    • And, Auto scaling can be more efficient if we have only Load balancer in our architecture.
    • It has some limitations on setting up the Auto scaling infra.
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    cPanel
    • The costs can be a limiting factor for some businesses if you are not using a web hosting company that uses it. I have been experimenting with Cloud hosting, which can be very daunting for the novice. There is an option to install it on the cloud but it is expensive.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    Usability is good since we already know how AWS works. For those that are new it might be a little bit confusing at the beginning but they are improving it at a fast pace. Even though AWS keeps changing the user interface constantly, it is still powerful, understandable and easy to use. For technical people, they still offer the CLI.
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    cPanel
    Although it can be a little bit bloated with a lot of options and configurations, it's very straightforward to use and maintain. So it's a great option even if you don't have large experience in hosting configuration. The WHM tool is more suited to heavy users since it requires more expertise, so it has a steep learning curve to better understand how to use it.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    The platform works as is. The help and tutorials on the help page can help you to setup the entire platform without problems, and also provides help on a huge variety of problems. Amazon also provides support plans. We have the basic support plan, but Amazon offers three support tiers, and we know that it works perfect.
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    cPanel
    The support comes in the form of an extensive library of how to articles and community input. For most situations this will give you plenty of information and resources to trouble shoot. Live support really then would need to default to the hosting provider who provides the cPanel for your use.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    On the servers with fixed resources, Microsoft IIS was installed. In terms of storage capacity, the server has a predetermined limit. It's possible to run out of money before the next billing cycle begins. A higher price tag or more resources may be necessary to ensure everything works as expected. Oracle Compute Instance Autoscaling works like AWS once. But AWS EC2 Autoscaling has many more configuration options. AWS EC2 Automatic Scaling eliminates the need to visit the server and assess its performance physically.
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    cPanel
    The direct server management tool access provided by cPanel hosting accounts is far superior to any shared or "standard" web site hosting packaged offered by any of the numerous web host providers I have used and or evaluated over the 20+ years of my experience working in the internet industry.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • There is no need to maintain infrastructural equipment.
    • There is no need to switch the electricity off or on in the case of a legitimate power outage.
    • The system frequently had issues when turned on, and labor frequently continued on all night, but by transferring to the cloud, that effort might be spared.
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    cPanel
    • cPanel makes back end server administration easy. This saves time and overall effort.
    • cPanel is readily available with most hosting packages. It integrates with both Apache and Nginx.
    • cPanel allows you to perform some of the same functions as WHM, but with an easier interface.
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