What is Amazon Web Services?
Amazon 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.
Categories & Use Cases
Top Performing Features
Elastic load balancing
Automatic balancing and distribution of resources across multiple virtual computers
Category average: 8.5
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
The service uptime as a percentage defined in the SLA
Category average: 8.6
Dynamic scaling
Ease of scaling up or down in response to customer needs
Category average: 8.2
Areas for Improvement
Pre-configured templates
Pre-defined templates for virtual machines
Category average: 7.6
Monitoring tools
Monitoring tools provide alerts when problems are detected
Category average: 7.9
Pre-defined machine images
Range of different server configurations available
Category average: 7.8
