Technical and Solutions Executive at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Reseller
User-friendly, scale as you require, easy to setup, and the support is good
Pros and Cons
  • "It's very user-friendly."
  • "The interface could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

I use this solution to build IoT products.

I am a customer and I have a reselling agreement.

How has it helped my organization?

We use this product to build our products and services, which is what we sell.

What is most valuable?

I like that all of the features are complimentary. I use all of the features together.

It's very user-friendly.

There is nothing that needs changing.

What needs improvement?

The interface could be improved.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon AWS for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a very stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Amazon is based on scalability. You can scale as you require. We have no issues with scalability.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is very good.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy.

What about the implementation team?

I completed the installation myself.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Pricing is good.  It's average.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I also evaluated Microsoft Azure.

What other advice do I have?

I would advise others to use the platform.

I would rate Amazon AWS an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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it_user907665 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at a tech vendor with 1-10 employees
Real User
Pay-as-you-go allows us to scale up as needed, giving us a lot of agility in our IT
Pros and Cons
  • "With the pay-as-you-go model, we don't have to predict future IT needs. We can just scale up as we want. That helps with a lot of agility in deploying stuff in our IT infrastructure."
  • "They release new solutions almost every quarter and you don't get that kind of innovation from an enterprise company."
  • "The AWS documentation is written in a way that is not very intuitive. That's an area they can improve."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case is that we run all our IT on it. The performance has been okay so far.

How has it helped my organization?

With the pay-as-you-go model, we don't have to predict future IT needs. We can just scale up as we want. That helps with a lot of agility in deploying stuff in our IT infrastructure.

What is most valuable?

  • It's pay-as-you-go.
  • It has a breadth of solutions for databases, data mining, AI.
  • They release new solutions almost every quarter and you don't get that kind of innovation from an enterprise company.

What needs improvement?

The AWS documentation is written in a way that is not very intuitive. That's an area they can improve.

For how long have I used the solution?

One to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability is really good. We have not had downtime so far.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Ours is a new company and we decided to go with AWS right from the beginning.

The most important criterion when selecting a vendor is their ability to help us get started as soon as we can. From the time we decide to deploy something to the time when the application is deployed, we look at which vendor will help us reduce that time.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I think the pricing becomes a problem as the IT organization grows. They need to give better pricing when companies grow.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We looked at all the cloud platforms. AWS had more breadth in the services they offered.

What other advice do I have?

Look for what is required to deploy the apps in your particular organization. For example, if it's AI-driven then probably Google is a better cloud to go after. If there are a lot of Microsoft applications or if developers or the IT staff were trained in Microsoft software, then Microsoft Azure is a better fit.

I would rate AWS an eight out of 10 because it helps companies get started fast.

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CloudOps Leader at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Ever-improving, stable solution but could use APM monitoring
Pros and Cons
  • "Since AWS came a bit later to the market, they are always improving and upgrading their platform."
  • "They do not yet have a complete solution for APM monitoring. But this, along with real user monitoring, is something that they are actively working on improving."

What is our primary use case?

I am the leader of a team that runs cloud operations for our clients. We work with AWS on a daily basis using it for synthetic and real use monitoring. Our company is partnered with AWS.

What is most valuable?

Since AWS came a bit later to the market, they are always improving and upgrading their platform.

What needs improvement?

They do not yet have a complete solution for APM monitoring. But this, along with real user monitoring, is something that they are actively working on improving.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using AWS for about a year. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is easily scalable.

How are customer service and support?

My team and I have not needed to contact support.

How was the initial setup?

In general, the initial setup was quite easy.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate this product 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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System Analyst and Team Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Stable and provides smooth service for our customers
Pros and Cons
  • "AWS is stable."
  • "AWS could be more scalable."

What is our primary use case?

We had previously been working on a local office server. Our local server wasn't performing well, so we switched to the AWS cloud service. We want to provide smooth service from our application to our end-users.

For how long have I used the solution?

We first deployed Amazon ASW five or six months ago.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

AWS is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

AWS could be more scalable. We have two versions of our product: desktop and cloud. And there are approximately 100 to 200 users there. 

How are customer service and support?

We get our first-line support from our in-house support, and they deal with Amazon support.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon AWS eight out of 10

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IT Project Manager / Manager / Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Consultant
Reliable, scalable, and simple installation
Pros and Cons
  • "We found the solution to be reliable."
  • "The customization could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution only internally as a private cloud to store our files, our projects, and to keep our servers running.

What needs improvement?

The customization could be improved. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We found the solution to be reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

In my experience the scalability is good. We have six people using the solution in my organization.

How are customer service and technical support?

We never had to use the support but I have heard the support was good.

How was the initial setup?

The installation was simple because we already have set it up before, it was very quick.

What about the implementation team?

We did the deployment ourselves. Since we only use the solution for our internal files it allowed us to do the deployment in just one day. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price could be better.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Amazon AWS a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Content Writer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Feature-rich, stable, good pricing, and responsive support
Pros and Cons
  • "It has good reporting and documentation."
  • "The dashboard and interface need improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We are a car company and we use this solution for our customers.

What is most valuable?

It has a lot of features to keep up with.

It has good reporting and documentation.

What needs improvement?

The dashboard and interface need improvement.

It could be more user-friendly.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon AWS for half a year.

We are using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's highly stable. We have not had any issues with stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have not explored this area yet.

My department is quite small. We have three to five people in my team who are using this solution.

How are customer service and technical support?

My experience with technical support has gone very well. They are very responsive. They are pretty cool.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We are using OpenShift to combine two platforms.

How was the initial setup?

It's pretty hard to deploy. Our IT takes care of this area.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We are happy with the pricing.

What other advice do I have?

Definitely, I would recommend this solution to others.

I would rate Amazon AWS an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Founder & Chief Operating Officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Stable, easy to use, with good support, and it is priced well
Pros and Cons
  • "It's very easy to use."
  • "Integration with in-house applications could be simplified."

What is our primary use case?

The primary use case of this solution is for hosting your infrastructure.

What is most valuable?

It's very easy to use.

What needs improvement?

The activation process can be improved. Sometimes, the activation takes a lot of time. There are many components of the infrastructure.

Integration with in-house applications could be simplified.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been dealing with Amazon AWS for one year.

We are using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable product. We have 30 users in our organization.

We plan to continue to use Amazon AWS.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have never had a problem with technical support.

How was the initial setup?

There is no installation for this solution. It's a cloud solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is a cost for any components you get.

AWS is not an expensive product.

What other advice do I have?

I absolutely recommend this product.

I would rate Amazon AWS an eight out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Full Stack Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Consultant
Manages ELB with less configuration from the users' side.

What is most valuable?

Elastic Load Balancer: AWS completely manages ELB with less configuration from the users' side. Setting up the load balancer manually is really a headache.

How has it helped my organization?

Deploying to the elastic cloud is much easier now with AWS. This makes the go-live process easy.

What needs improvement?

Billing: They should make billing more simplified. It would be great if they could explain how deploying to elastic cloud is much easier now with AWS. Elastic beans command line interface [eb cli]: You can easily deploy code straight from your code IDE.

The billing calculator has lot of options which confuses the user. If they could provide some template for billing and directly execute those template, that would be great.

For example, the billing template for the standard WordPress Server with Load Balancer and S3 Connectivity: Users could just change the parameters inside the template and execute to see their estimated billing.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I did not encounter any issues with stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I did not encounter any issues with scalability.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were using only AWS.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was straightforward in all ways.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Free tier is always there for demo and testing. Pricing is based on the usage.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated Microsoft Azure.

What other advice do I have?

AWS is good for any kind of requirements.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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