I'm not the developer, so I cannot judge the services provided by AWS, but we run our mobile banking application on AWS. Database-wise, it's heavily based on Elasticsearch, so this is probably one of the main features that we find most valuable. Aside from that, I'm not familiar with which AWS services we are using.
Managing Director at Erste Group
Good price, easy to set up and migrate, but could use some more integration
Pros and Cons
- "Setting up AWS was pretty easy. It was straightforward to set up, and it took us a year to develop and migrate our mobile banking solution to the AWS cloud. Our migration experience was quite positive."
- "In terms of additional features we'd like to see, the one thing that comes to mind is better integration with Oracle. We have a lot of Oracle databases, and there is no other option to either migrate to PaaS, stay on-prem, or use Oracle Private Cloud."
What is most valuable?
What needs improvement?
It's too early to say what needs to be improved, as we went live only at the beginning of this year. We started last year and went live at the beginning of this year, so it's still a work in progress. In terms of additional features we'd like to see, the one thing that comes to mind is better integration with Oracle. We have a lot of Oracle databases, and there is no other option to either migrate to PaaS, stay on-prem, or use Oracle Private Cloud. So better integration with Oracle is something we are looking into. It's the same story with AWS or Azure.
For how long have I used the solution?
We introduced AWS in production last year, so it's a relatively new development.
How was the initial setup?
Setting up AWS was pretty easy. It was straightforward to set up, and it took us a year to develop and migrate our mobile banking solution to the AWS cloud. Our migration experience was quite positive.
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What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing of AWS was attractive for us, so that's something that's okay at least for this transaction-based system. However, we still have some concerns about more data-driven applications or those that involve a lot of heavy uploading and downloading. So our whole data warehouse is still something that would not go into the cloud because of the pricing model. So if you stayed pretty much in the cloud, that's fine.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Amazon AWS seven out of 10. We're really satisfied.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Much faster than other solutions at a super low cost
Pros and Cons
- "Some of the introduced one-year and three-year reservations helped us reduce costs early on. With time, we learned how to minimize our at REST capacity, allowing us to scale up and scale down in near seconds."
- "Serverless computing: This can be more cost-efficient just regarding computing resources than renting or purchasing a fixed quantity of servers, which involves periods of underutilization or nonuse."
- "They are mainly generalists without access to the operating system. As such, they can provide container level insights,not necessarily at the application level."
- "Somehow Amazon associated their marketplace as a place to find images of various installs (preconfigured software) and was late in the game enabling and promoting SaaS-based solutions. Thus, the AWS marketplace has near zero awareness in the mind of the prospect to find solutions to various problems plaguing them."
What is our primary use case?
In recent years, we have use AWS primarily for its serverless capabilities. It has the ability to scale up from one to 10,000 vCPUs for a few brief seconds. The vCPUs perform intensive calculations with deep learning (artificial intelligence calculations), which is not possible via traditional computing approaches.
How has it helped my organization?
AWS helped us reduce costs from CapEx to OpEx. Some of the introduced one-year and three-year reservations helped us reduce costs early on. With time, we learned how to minimize our at REST capacity, allowing us to scale up and scale down in near seconds.
What is most valuable?
Serverless computing: This can be more cost-efficient just regarding computing resources than renting or purchasing a fixed quantity of servers, which involves periods of underutilization or nonuse. It can even be more cost-efficient than provisioning an autoscaling group, because even autoscaling groups are typically designed to have underutilization to allow time for new instances to start up.
Also, a serverless architecture means developers and operations specialists do not need to spend time setting up and tuning autoscaling policies or systems. The cloud provider is responsible for ensuring that the capacity meets the demand.
What needs improvement?
AWS Marketplace: Somehow Amazon associated their marketplace as a place to find images of various installs (preconfigured software) and was late in the game enabling and promoting SaaS-based solutions. Thus, the AWS marketplace has near zero awareness in the mind of the prospect to find solutions to various problems plaguing them.
For how long have I used the solution?
More than five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No stability issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No scalability issues.
How are customer service and technical support?
They are mainly generalists without access to the operating system. As such, they can provide container level insights,not necessarily at the application level.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have used AWS for the last eight years since 2010. Previously, we used various VPS, dedicated servers, and Amazon's solutions, which were crude but a promise for something beyond the traditional infrastructure options.
How was the initial setup?
It was straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
No vendor team was necessary.
What was our ROI?
We are reducing costs year-over-year.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Much faster than other solutions at a super low cost.
One of the best-kept ways to reduce costs is to develop it on serverless technologies with AWS Lambda, SNS, DynamoDB, and S3. Business example: By deploying our websites on Amazon S3 instead of the traditional Apache web servers, we eliminated many of the compute costs. Our WordPress site is served by a static S3 bucket. One of the benefits of this is our sites are superfast, especially with CloudFront. CloudFront makes the S3 hosted sites available across the world in milliseconds, reducing network hops and costs similar to that of Akamai.
Just imagine the headaches associated with Apache web servers, MySQL databases, and Nginx reverse proxies?
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Senior Software Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
A cost-saving tool that is stable and has good support
Pros and Cons
- "Using AWS is really helpful for saving costs."
- "There should be seminars and online training sessions available from AWS because a lot of people who are not using it would benefit from having the basic knowledge or basic hands-on experience."
What is our primary use case?
We use several tools that are part of AWS, which are onboarded to our infrastructure.
We have five or six EC2 instances that make up our AppDynamics component of the link. We are using Paperclip for restoring files, and we use other scripts as well. These are tools that we use from day-to-day.
What is most valuable?
Using AWS is really helpful for saving costs. We used to have to budget a lot for hardware costs, but now we have EC2 instances that are based on the requirements. For example, if you want one CPU then the cost is based on that, whereas if you require more, then it is automatically included.
What needs improvement?
There should be seminars and online training sessions available from AWS because a lot of people who are not using it would benefit from having the basic knowledge or basic hands-on experience. If they gain experience with it, then they will be happy to use it in the future.
Training could be in the form of more documentation or training videos. Any increase would make this solution easier to handle.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Amazon AWS for almost two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We use AWS on a daily basis and it is really stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have more than 10,000 users on AWS and we are definitely planning to increase usage. We are the MNP and we have close to one million users in our India location.
Currently, we are introducing our web support and once we need infrastructure to be installed, we will create more instances.
How are customer service and technical support?
The technical support is really good because whenever we we need help, we just raise a ticket and we get a solution.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I know a little bit about Azure and GCP, but I am only really familiar with AWS. From our perspective, 60% of users implement AWS.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. We have the guidelines and documents from AWS, so it is easy for us. AppDynamics is also supporting us for the installation of their components.
The time required for deployment is not long. Creating an EC2 instance only takes between 15 and 20 minutes.
What about the implementation team?
We no longer need a team for the installation. When we first started, they guided us, and now we have the experience that allows us to do it on our own.
What other advice do I have?
AWS and its cloud platform are getting to be well known through social sites and other sources. It is definitely a product that we recommend. We have experience with it and encourage other people to use it as well.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Founder and Managing Director at Analytic Brains Technologies Private Limited
Quick deployment and offers automated vulnerability audits, ensuring system security
Pros and Cons
- "Security, quick deployment, and scalability are the top three features for me."
- "Pricing is the one feature everyone wants AWS to improve."
What is our primary use case?
It is primarily for cloud hosting. If you're developing a solution for a customer who wants it on the cloud, then AWS and Microsoft Azure are two major choices. There are other providers too, but AWS is quite user-friendly.
We use AWS for scalable cloud hosting and computing services. We store all our customer data on Amazon EC2 Instances.
How has it helped my organization?
We haven't had any security problems, and Amazon offers automated vulnerability audits. This helps us test our solutions for vulnerabilities and show customers that our systems are secure.
What is most valuable?
Security, quick deployment, and scalability are the top three features for me.
What needs improvement?
Like every other customer, I'd suggest pricing is the one feature everyone wants AWS to improve.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using it for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable solution. We've worked with about five customers so far.
How are customer service and support?
We haven't needed technical support.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Sometimes, customers ask for AWS solutions, but we offer choices based on their needs. Price and geographical preferences can influence their decision. Sometimes, the customers can go for a cheaper product. We don't force them, but we make recommendations.
How was the initial setup?
The quickest way to set it up is the most beneficial feature. We can set up resources quickly and scale them as needed, starting small and growing as requirements increase. That's very helpful. It saves us a lot of time.
The initial setup is straightforward if you spend some time learning it. They're improving the user interface, which helps.
What about the implementation team?
My team takes care of the implementation. They find it easy to deploy. We haven't faced any issues so far.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It's not very pricey, but it could be cheaper. There are other options like GoDaddy and HostGator.
There are various options, and some can be cheaper than paying a full license.
What other advice do I have?
Read the documentation carefully before starting. Preparation saves time in the long run. For example, the ease of integrating different AWS services depends on your expertise.
Overall, I would rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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Scalable, easy to deploy, and makes a lot of sense if you are growing
Pros and Cons
- "Scalability is one of the biggest benefits we have."
- "We have a very good approach internally with what we have developed. It involved overcoming some hurdles regarding the single point of truth or single point of configuration, which is sometimes not that easy for AWS. There are dashboards and you have your web service, but bringing all these together and orchestrating is sometimes quite difficult."
What is our primary use case?
We're a native AWS customer and a provider as well. We have multiple solutions running in there, and we are also doing infrastructure as a code and infrastructure as a service. For example, we can offer you lower prices than the price that you would pay for an AWS instance because we are an official partner of Amazon. So, we are taking all the advantages of what we currently have with AWS.
It is being used for ECM. In terms of deployment, from an AWS perspective, it is partly self-developed based on Terraform, and we are also using services like S3, S9, and all the things we have in AWS for DNS, but it is highly automated. When a customer comes in and says that they need an instance clustered with certain options and a certain amount of service, it's usually firing up one line of code, and then everything gets set up, including the infrastructure.
We're working with its newer version.
What is most valuable?
Scalability is one of the biggest benefits we have.
What needs improvement?
We have a very good approach internally with what we have developed. It involved overcoming some hurdles regarding the single point of truth or single point of configuration, which is sometimes not that easy for AWS. There are dashboards and you have your web service, but bringing all these together and orchestrating is sometimes quite difficult.
For how long have I used the solution?
My estimate is six years, but it might be way earlier. We ramped up way early with AWS on the market and developed together with them.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is very scalable. Our customers are from every corner you can imagine. There is no specific type of customers we are serving.
How are customer service and support?
We have a direct relationship with AWS. We are not running with the usual support with AWS. We have other possibilities and are directly integrated.
How was the initial setup?
It is easy. With our solution, it's really a piece of cake. Even my seven-year-old would be able to set up a cluster with high availability, as long as I tell her what to enter.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
It is quite expensive in my very personal opinion. Going on-prem in a data center is, for sure, not as expensive as going to AWS, but when it comes to a point where you are raising and growing, it simply makes a lot of sense to stay in AWS. It is awesome in that way. I am not aware of any extra costs.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Azure is something that we are currently looking into as a second option, but there are no concrete actions planned.
What other advice do I have?
It boils down to two points. The first point would be to have correct planning. You need to know what you want to do and you need to be familiar with what you can do in AWS. The second very important point is that you need very stable and very good monitoring of your AWS instances. This is mandatory because if you fire up a very expensive environment and forget it over weeks, you need to pay for that. I've seen a lot of companies struggling to get an overview of all these AWS machines. It starts by tagging and so on.
I would rate it an eight out of ten.
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Global Data Architecture and Data Science Director at FH
Great cloud platform with scalability a key feature
Pros and Cons
- "Great scalability."
- "Could be more user friendly and include additional applications."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for all modern application development and data-led processes as well as for building architecture, AWS Lambda and more scalable solutions for our clients on AWS cloud. I'm a practice partner of data analytics and AI.
What is most valuable?
This is a great cloud platform and scalability is an outstanding feature. It's very useful.
What needs improvement?
I think the solution could be more user-friendly, like Microsoft products. They could include a lot more applications and make free resources available. I'd like to see more code application within AWS to build modern and good applications. A lot of cases we deal with need to write a lot of code in AWS and it would be helpful if there were designer functionalities.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for six years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a very scalable solution. Most of the enterprises use AWS today, it's the number one cloud provider today.
How are customer service and technical support?
AWS technical support is good. They have a partner that provides us with technical support. It's managed either by AWS or by partner support, and it's good.
How was the initial setup?
Because the solution is on cloud, there's no real installation. You download to the cloud and login. When it comes to infrastructure positioning you need to have different teams. It requires some infrastructure support but it's fully managed by AWS. We plan to increase usage.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Licensing options are either a monthly pay for use option or a contract option.
What other advice do I have?
I would definitely recommend this solution.
I rate this product a nine out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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IT Director at IT-Flow ltd
Flexible and offers a wide range of services, but the support could be improved
Pros and Cons
- "AWS has a lot of flexibility, which is great."
- "In terms of improvement, they should try to give more emphasis to the VoIP system."
What is our primary use case?
I use Amazon AWS to host services for my clients, as well as creating SMTP services for them. These are the main two use cases. AWS offers a wide range of services, but I do not use them all.
What is most valuable?
AWS has a lot of flexibility, which is great.
What needs improvement?
Recently tried the boot on the desktop, which is where you create a virtual desktop, on a laptop for example. You provide this, and you can use a laptop on the cloud and have everything safe, without having to purchase an expensive laptop.
When I tried with another company, from Azure, which uses the same thing, that with the boot as desktop they had some work needed to make some changes to the AWS desktop. They are not as flexible or powerful as a platform as Azure on this subject.
Previously, they had great VoIP software that they used in AWS, and when I created an account, they didn't have the option to assign too many numbers, local numbers, that could be used for hosting.
In terms of improvement, they should try to give more emphasis to the VoIP system.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Amazon AWS for the last two years.
You can deploy and create any number of virtual machines to meet your needs.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon AWS is very stable.
When I'm setting up SMTP servers for clients. They use SMTP as the main platform, but for example, on their CRM, and to be honest, I never go back to that to check for any issues from the day one that I finish the task and provide everything to the CRM developers to proceed with the integration.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We have over 60 companies in our portfolio, and I would estimate that half of them use AWS services.
How are customer service and support?
Going through the chats has left me a little disappointed. It's taking far too long, and I have to come back with questions. The reason could be that they have too many departments internally, so they assign a ticket from one department to another, and it takes a long time to complete the task and provide an accurate solution.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I'm using both Microsoft Azure and AWS at the same time.
I am a Microsoft Azure certified technician, and some of my clients have asked me about some potential within the product. Based on my research, I discovered that this project can be easily designed using AWS rather than Microsoft Azure. This is why I'm learning more about AWS. It is similar to that of Microsoft Azure, and I'm using it, that we can, say, shut down Microsoft Azure completely and then send all of my clients to AWS.
Half of them are AWS, half are Microsoft Azure, and sometimes there are internal IT departments, which need to follow this path, to create the architecture on Microsoft Azure or AWS based on their architecture.
How was the initial setup?
They are difficult to set up. Before you can start using AWS, you must first read the documentation and learn a lot about it.
I would rate the initial setup a three out of five.
It is not very easy, and difficult to complete some of the tasks.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
They have a pay-as-you-go subscription. You pay only for the time you use the service. By service, I mean that they are not frequently used by clients. It's the best idea because they are very expensive to them because if it's a small company and you have the option of pay as you go as a solution, it would be less expensive, and better for the company in terms of saving money.
However, if some large clients, for example, use AWS as a hosting provider and compare their prices with other hosting providers, other hosting providers are more affordable.
I believe that a pay-as-you-go solution is very inexpensive, but not for monthly or fixed prices.
What other advice do I have?
I am a partner and reseller.
I would advise them, before they use the account before they open an account with Amazon, to do their account around just to learn a bit about that solution and then start using it, because it will take a long time to understand how that platform works, how you're going to create a VM on there, how you can create an SMTP.
It is not a simple procedure that we point to and then follows some steps to complete. You must be familiar with information technology. You must have at least basic IT knowledge of a hosting site. This is a platform, and before they begin using it, they must check a number of things and understand how they will proceed.
I would rate Amazon AWS a seven out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Feature-rich, flexible, simple to install, and easy to use
Pros and Cons
- "It scales well and is flexible."
- "As a result of the competency, I believe that most people are now leaning toward Azure rather than AWS."
What is our primary use case?
We use Amazon AWS for provisioning and the majority of our deployments.
We support and provide services for our clients who lean towards using AWS.
What is most valuable?
Amazon AWS is easy to use.
It scales well and is flexible.
When compared to Google Cloud Platform or Microsoft Azure, it has almost all of the features.
What needs improvement?
As a result of the competency, I believe that most people are now leaning toward Azure rather than AWS. That is also according to Gartner's forecast, more people are turning to Microsoft Azure.
The price could be better.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Amazon AWS for more than three years.
We are always using the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Amazon AWS is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a scalable product.
When the number of users increases, the bandwidth automatically increases, and when the number of users decreases, the bandwidth decreases.
We have a large organization with over 3,500 users, and more than 60 customers.
Our organization has an AWS center of excellence that increases our usage.
How are customer service and support?
I personally have not contacted technical support.
We contact our own center of excellence team, who would then contact the AWS support team for any information we required. That is the order in which we must proceed. It's the hierarchy that we must adhere to.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I am also, familiar with Splunk.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
The installation is done through the AWS Cloud and is so simple that it only took me 15 minutes to create instances, possibly even less than 10 minutes.
We have 200 engineers who are responsible for both the development tasks and the maintenance.
What about the implementation team?
I was able to complete the installation myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
When compared to GCP, Google, or Azure, the price could be lower.
As a company and a platinum sponsor, we know exactly where management will make a decision on getting the best price for us.
A monthly fee is a good option for a startup company or an individual, and it is paid yearly for larger organizations.
What other advice do I have?
I would recommend this solution to others because I am not familiar with Azure and only have experience with AWS.
We don't have any issues with this product. I would rate Amazon AWS a ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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