What is Amazon EC2?

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a versatile cloud service that provides secure and scalable computing resources. Its design focuses on making large-scale cloud computing more accessible for developers. The intuitive web service interface allows for quick acquisition and setup of capacity with ease. Users maintain complete control over their computing resources, functioning within Amazon's robust computing ecosystem. EC2 presents a wide array of compute, networking (with capabilities up to 400 Gbps), and storage solutions tailored to optimize cost efficiency for machine learning projects. Moreover, it enables the creation, testing, and deployment of macOS workloads whenever needed. Accessing environments is rapid, and capacity can be adjusted on-the-fly to suit demand, all while benefiting from AWS's flexible pay-as-you-go pricing structure. This on-demand infrastructure supports high-performance computing (HPC) applications, allowing for execution in a more efficient and economical way. Furthermore, Amazon EC2 provides a secure, reliable, high-performance computing foundation that is capable of meeting demanding business challenges while remaining adaptable to shifting needs. As businesses grow and evolve, EC2 continues to offer the necessary resources to innovate and stay competitive.

Pricing

Price Overview:
There are five ways to pay for Amazon EC2 instances: On-Demand, Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, and Spot Instances. You can also pay for Dedicated Hosts which provide you with EC2 instance capacity on physical servers dedicated for your use.
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Amazon
Date Founded:
1994
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
aws.amazon.com/ec2/

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Webinars
Support
Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Amazon EC2 Categories and Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Provider

Analytics / Reporting
Configuration Management
Data Migration
Data Security
Load Balancing
Log Access
Network Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
SLA Monitoring

Amazon EC2 Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: Aman V.
    Position: Technical Lead
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
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    Comprehensive cloud server solution

    Date: Apr 03 2022
    Summary

    EC2 is probably the most important service in the AWS suite and rightly so. It is a highly customizable server solution on AWS cloud that lets you spin up a new instance or scale up instantly.

    Positive

    High availability.
    Seamless integration with other AWS services.
    GPU instances available for graphically-intensive tasks.
    Lots of customizable options.
    Included in the free tier of AWS.
    Pay as you use pricing model.
    Better pricing than competitors (like Azure).

    Negative

    It may take time for new users to set it up as there are lot of options and no 'wizard' setup guide.

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  • Reviewer Name: A Verified Reviewer
    Position: Software Developer
    Has used product for: 2+ Years
    Uses the product: Daily
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    The gold standard for cloud instances

    Date: Jun 10 2020
    Summary

    Amazon EC2 forms the backbone of Amazon Web Services. It is one of the best (if not the best) service to run virtual instances on cloud. It has multiple options to choose from based on speed, memory and other requirements, making it cost-effective.

    Positive

    Easy to setup & use.
    Various categories of hardware with multiple pricing options.
    Highly scalable with Auto Scaling Groups.
    Large number of pre-built machine images (AMIs).
    Ability to create custom images.
    Secure & high availability.

    Negative

    Although there has been a recent overhaul of the interface, there could be more improvements to make various options and features easier to understand and use.

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