#1 most frequent
United States of America
48.0%2,388,741 installations of 4,973,550
What is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)?
Amazon 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.
Categories & Use Cases
Product Demos
Top Performing Features
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
The service uptime as a percentage defined in the SLA
Category average: 8.6
Elastic load balancing
Automatic balancing and distribution of resources across multiple virtual computers
Category average: 8.5
Security controls
Compliance with security protocols like SSL and AES
Category average: 8.1
Areas for Improvement
Pre-defined machine images
Range of different server configurations available
Category average: 7.8
Pre-configured templates
Pre-defined templates for virtual machines
Category average: 7.5
Monitoring tools
Monitoring tools provide alerts when problems are detected
Category average: 7.8
Who Buys & Uses Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5.8%290,326 installations of 4,973,550
#3 most frequent
India
5.1%254,890 installations of 4,973,550
Pros
- Scalability and performance to handle varying workloads
- Flexibility in instance types to fit different needs
- Integration capabilities with other AWS services
Cons
- Complex instance management, particularly with Spot Instances
- Need for more flexible handling of Spot Instances, such as automatic switching to on-demand instances
- Setup and configuration process can be complex and require simplification
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) helps to achieve faster time-to-market with a scalable cost-effective infrastructure
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is the core piece of our backend. We run almost all of our applications there. Our business requirements meet what the AWS cloud offers to us in terms of scalable capacity, specially Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) because we can setup the software we need, set up the services we want to run, the firewalls and the security patches and in few minutes have a running service for our backend. Also, it connects perfectly with other AWS services.
Pros
- setup services
- preconfigured services in marketplace
- firewalls and security patches
Cons
- the amount of information spread out in the internet seems confusing
- there must be more real use case examples with real architectures
Return on Investment
- business agility
- faster time-to-market (in few days the app is in PROD)
- on demand resources
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Amazon CloudFront, Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Other Software Used
Google Compute Engine, Heroku Platform
Continuous Evolving Cloud
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) are being used for our production, sandbox, and development ERP environment, PRTG network monitoring and Veeam and Commvault backup solutions. It addresses the application performance issue comparing to other Cloud service provider which despite being configured with higher CPU and RAM resources still underperform Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Additionally, AWS regularly releases new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) with higher performance but at a lower cost.
Pros
- Instance type
- Storage options
- Purchase model
- Security
Cons
- Allow Spot instances to auto switch to on-demand when the capacity is need, instead of sudden interruption
Return on Investment
- Shorter ROI compare to other similar service provider
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Azure Cloud Services
Other Software Used
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365
Honest Review - AWS EC2
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our organization uses Amazon EC2 to operate highly scalable machines for various machine learning services. We use a fleet of EC2 cluster groups combined with an auto scaling group and reserved / spot instances configuration for high performance.
The service addresses the problems of manual maintenance by automatically scaling machines based on demand and traffic.
The service addresses the problems of manual maintenance by automatically scaling machines based on demand and traffic.
Pros
- Huge Diverse range of machine shapes are available which cater to our demand.
- Ability to combine the machines and integrate them with any other service in AWS (Ex: RDS, S3)
- Handling performance and scalability using auto-scaling, ELB configuration and high performance machine shapes.
Cons
- More options and affordability for GPU machines.
- Spot / Reserved Instances plans can be better
- More flexibility in AWS CLI to handle ec2 machines.
Return on Investment
- Positive impact: Using EC2 has reduced manual automation by 62%
- Positive Impact: Using EC2 Spot Instances reduced costs by 39%
- Negative Impact: Using EC2 microservices increased latency by 18%
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Azure VM Image Builder
Other Software Used
Azure VM Image Builder, VMware Fusion
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use our EC2 instances to host our backend app. It runs our web server that allows users to interact with our app via a browser. The product helps us deliver/process our user's designs and emails, send out automated emails and notifications, and run periodic security checks to ensure data integrity.
Pros
- Easy to interact with instances via ssh.
- Many different options and configurations to choose from.
- Widespread compatibility with other cloud services especially AWS.
Cons
- Interaction via amazon's console.
- Complex setup/configurations to get it running.
- Operating system versioning is done manually.
Return on Investment
- We can easily handle crunch periods where usage is at its peak due to its scaling functionality.
- We can ensure that the customer will have the fastest connection due to its availability worldwide and CDN support.
- It has been expensive to have custom configurations and not using predefined images.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
DigitalOcean Droplets
Other Software Used
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), IBM Cloud Functions, Google Cloud Run
Easy and flexible deployment solutions.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
EC2 allows us to scale our server usage as needed and automatically. There are a ton of price points and options for every need. We host several client sites on EC2 and can depend on it to be reliable and work. Upgrades and downgrades to server sizes are also straightforward.
Pros
- Changing instance sizes.
- Fast creation of new instances.
- Automated backups.
Cons
- Shutting down memory locked servers can be slow.
- Upgrades between different architectures is very tedious.
Return on Investment
- Less downtime resulting in less babysitting the servers at odd hours.
- Consolidated multiple hosting providers into one.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
WP Engine, DreamHost and DigitalOcean
Other Software Used
PhpStorm, Sequel Pro, Sublime Text, ClickUp, Zendesk Suite, JumpCloud