We performed a comparison between Amazon AWS and DigitalOcean based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The whole solution is well designed and AWS has decent documentation, which is not to be taken for granted. I've also found that AWS is easy to use."
"It's a flexible solution."
"User friendly solution."
"Since AWS came a bit later to the market, they are always improving and upgrading their platform."
"I like that it helps us do everything really fast, and its advanced services."
"The most important feature is deploying our production in multi-data regions around the world."
"The AWS feature that I most enjoy is Lambda functions. I primarily use serverless components because they allow you to process things without having to compromise on resources like when running EC2 instances or virtual machines. With minimal effort, you can scale up an unlimited number of processes, even concurrently, to process things. I frequently work with web APIs, so I use Lambda a lot in this area."
"The most valuable features are how stable and easy to use Amazon AWS is."
"The solution is very stable."
"The user interface is nice, and it is very easy to use. Anyone can use it."
"The solution is easy to set up."
"The customer support team are very responsive."
"The most valuable feature is the ease with which you can create a phishing server and use it."
"I like Kubernetes integration."
"It's been a good choice for us for some services. We generally have several deployments. For instance, for some static Angular applications, it was a clear choice to run them on Cloudflare, which performs very well in this context. All the assets go on DigitalOcean."
"The most outstanding aspect of DigitalOcean is its user interface and ease of use. Compared to more complex solutions, such as AWS, DigitalOcean's platform is highly intuitive and user-friendly."
"This solution could be improved by a better licensing model, especially for third-party software. Amazon AWS could also potentially be improved by more free storage, but I think that it's okay when compared to competitors' products."
"Price can always be cheaper."
"The AWS documentation is written in a way that is not very intuitive. That's an area they can improve."
"AWS should provide even more support and engagement to accelerate the adoption of new services and features."
"In some areas, more transparency on what is persistent towards novice users."
"The user interface (UI) needs improvement. Right now, it's not the best."
"The networking models used in AWS, while functional, do have room for improvement. This is especially the fact, considering that they are built/presented from a systems perspective."
"An integrated platform would make it easier for administrators to monitor and manage."
"I would like to see improvements to the logging and user interface. The verification process could be more streamlined."
"Other solutions are proving the monitoring feature, like AWS having GuardDuty and SAP having services for logs and monitoring. DigitalOcean doesn’t have any other benefits."
"The solution could improve by having integration with GitHub."
"We found the solution to be a bit expensive."
"The issue with DigitalOcean is primarily the latency. So, when you have a mixed system with some components staying here, and then we encounter network latency, it's not optimal. Our"
"I think something needs to be done in terms of technical support."
"The technical support for this solution could be improved."
"I would like to see an automation feature added to send emails out using the open-source solution."
Amazon AWS is ranked 2nd in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 250 reviews while DigitalOcean is ranked 11th in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) with 9 reviews. Amazon AWS is rated 8.4, while DigitalOcean is rated 8.4. 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 DigitalOcean writes "Testing new systems is affordable. Backup/snapshots does not always restore properly". Amazon AWS is most compared with Linode, Microsoft Azure, Red Hat OpenShift, SAP Cloud Platform and Salesforce Platform, whereas DigitalOcean is most compared with Google Firebase, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Alibaba Cloud and SAP S4HANA on AWS. See our Amazon AWS vs. DigitalOcean report.
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