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Amazon EC2

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

766 Reviews Write a Review

What is Amazon EC2?

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) offers the broadest and deepest compute platform, with over 500 instances and choice of the latest processor, storage, networking, operating system, and purchase model to help you best match the needs of your workload. We are the first major cloud provider that supports Intel, AMD, and Arm processors, the only cloud with on-demand EC2 Mac instances, and the only cloud with 400 Gbps Ethernet networking.

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Awards & Recognition

Amazon EC2 won the following awards in the Cloud Infrastructure as a Service category

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2026 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2026

11 Top Rated Capabilities

14 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

10 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

10 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

9 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

2023

Amazon EC2 Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Amazon EC2?

2% Negative

4% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Respectful
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Capacity Management

Systems Performance Management

Cloud Backup

Access Management

Data Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

Regulatory Compliance

Analytics and Reporting

SLA Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Amazon EC2 Reviews

Vishal R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Security makes it a popular choice for businesses

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

Due to its extensive scalability, flexibility and integration with other AWS offerings.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Global reach

What do you dislike most about this product?

Would like to see more upgrades

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Amazon ec2: designed to amaze you

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Manish K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2026

Great product by AMAZON for deploying Application

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Amazon EC2 from other similar products?

Amazon EC2 is great product i am using it since 2016 and till now i haven't moved to any other vendors since it is always stay upto date and always updated with the new functionalities and gives very flexibility in terms of funtionalities like:- 1.Elasticity 2.Workload distribution 3.Pricing 4.Avalibility all these are of top notch and always liked it.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

There are multiple aspect which i like: 1.Quite open for any distribution either it is linux, window, redhat linux 2.UI is good and simple 3.Tracking of usage is easy 4.Pricing is good 5.Integration with other products are easy 5.99.99% availability

What do you dislike most about this product?

As it is growing with market so fast it is also adaption AI and new suggestion to select image at times it get confusing and documentation is not every time up to date.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Amazing product by AWS to host all your application without any hassle and downtime.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

Amazon EC2 Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Amazon EC2?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Load Balancing Allows distribution of workloads across multiple computing resources.

Cloud Integration Includes real-time data integration, APIs, and data quality.

Capacity Management Monitor system utilization and provide alerts when pre-defined thresholds are reached.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Cloud Backup Includes backup schedules, encryption algorithms, and data support.

Access Management Includes social sign-on, external authorization, and fraud detection.

Data Migration The ability to select and extract data from one storage system to another

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Regulatory Compliance Includes compliance with regulations and standards such as SOX, HIPPA, NIST, PCI-DSS etc.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

SLA Management Includes a contracted delivery time, automated escalations, and timely resolutions.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Amazon EC2 Reviews

Vishal R.

Security makes it a popular choice for businesses

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Amazon ec2: designed to amaze you

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Manish K.

Great product by AMAZON for deploying Application

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Load Balancing

Cloud Integration

Capacity Management

Systems Performance Management

Cloud Backup

Access Management

Data Migration

Encryption and Decryption Support

Regulatory Compliance

Analytics and Reporting

SLA Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training