We performed a comparison between Amazon AWS and IBM SoftLayer based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle and others in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)."I like the storage, all the codes like Lambda and Amazon EMR."
"AWS is easier to implement than other solutions, and it's more reliable."
"Easy to deploy through the channel model for serverless architecture and easy to integrate through the organization model."
"The cutting-edge design is valuable."
"I am impressed with the solution's EC2 EKS."
"This solution features ease of use and market adaptability."
"AWS is known for its scalable cloud hosting and computing services. We use various features depending on our needs, including endpoint services, database instances, and EC2 instances."
"Cloud Trail API log storage."
"The ELT versus ETL extract, transform and load versus extract, load, and then transform, the ELT method is what really sells SoftLayer."
"The stability is the solution's most valuable aspect for our organization."
"Some of their well-listed services are not super configurable."
"This solution could offer more security."
"You'll probably experience some sticker shock with AWS. You attempt to understand the cost, but you don't realize what you're paying until you get your first bill. I don't know if Amazon does that on purpose, but costs can get out of control quickly if you don't have someone who specializes in AWS cost management."
"Accessing apps on AWS via my iPhone is awful."
"Amazon AWS could improve on security."
"The security right now needs improvement. It's not bad, per se. It's just that there's always room for improvement in security."
"Faster API response times and an improved console experience would be better. Enhanced performance across APIs and the console would streamline our workflows."
"The solution could have better security and more integration with other platforms."
"For us, the versioning was an issue."
"The interface is hard to use for us. It should be simplified."
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Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 250 reviews while IBM SoftLayer is ranked 21st in Public Cloud Storage Services. Amazon AWS is rated 8.4, while IBM SoftLayer is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Amazon AWS writes "Reliable with good security but is difficult to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM SoftLayer writes "Stable with excellent speed and agility". Amazon AWS is most compared with Linode, Microsoft Azure, Red Hat OpenShift, SAP Cloud Platform and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), whereas IBM SoftLayer is most compared with .
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