Cloud architect at Freebyte
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Top 5
Highly scalable and stable solution
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution has good performance."

    What is our primary use case?

    We deploy applications inside the EC2.

    What is most valuable?

    The solution has good performance. 

    What needs improvement?

    I would like fewer updates.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using this solution for six months. We use the latest version.

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    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. 

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten.

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial setup is straightforward. 

    What about the implementation team?

    I deployed the solution myself. One might require engineers and developers for the deployment process. 

    What other advice do I have?

    Overall, I would rate the solution a ten out of ten. All the current features are perfect.

    I would definitely recommend using the solution.

    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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    Director Technology at a tech vendor with 501-1,000 employees
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    Top 10
    A highly scalable and easy-to-use solution with zero downtime and an excellent support team
    Pros and Cons
    • "In seven years, we have not faced a single second of downtime."
    • "Billing is extremely complex."

    What is our primary use case?

    We host our production application on EC2. We host the application and take regular backups to create mirrors for our customers. We also use the solution’s firewall to save us against any threat.

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable feature of the tool is its ease of usage. We spin off new servers and host our applications on those servers. The best thing I like about the product is hosting. It is super easy. Features for creating a server and hosting it is all builtin within the solution. I don't have to build a backup service. It is already available. I don't have to build a database as well. It is already built. I can just use any existing DB and then connect it directly to the DB instances and use it. Everything is ready to use.

    We’ve been hosting our production application on the product. The most important criterion for us is downtime. In seven years, we have not faced a single second of downtime. It is the greatest thing. We have had zero downtime in the last seven years. Nothing can be better than that.

    What needs improvement?

    Billing is extremely complex. The whole concept of billing is so complicated that we never understand it. There is an upfront cost, and there is a network cost. It is impossible for me to calculate the cost, understand it, and inform the client about it.

    We are never sure of our end cost. Sometimes the cost blows up and ends up being five times more than what we calculated. There is no way to understand the cost. I want the solution to have a better billing system and dashboard to understand the billing.

    The solution could be more intuitive. If I'm using a service and my backup has gone down, there should be a notification or suggestion to help me understand what I can do. It should explain how I could have avoided the issue. EC2 is huge, and we'll never know all its services. The tool should have a way of suggesting to me what I can do better.

    It can be through notifications, tutorials or through their customer service team. The product could provide CI/CD services in the future.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using the product for seven years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The tool’s stability is perfect.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The tool is scalable. It can be scaled according to our needs. I rate the scalability a ten out of ten. In our company, more than 100 people use the solution.

    How are customer service and support?

    The technical support team is pretty good. The response time is very quick.

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

    We have used Azure, and it provides similar services. However, we do not have a lot of experience in Azure.

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial setup is super simple.

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

    I rate the pricing a five out of ten.

    What other advice do I have?

    The billing is really painful. The product must provide some intuitive notification to inform us if we are not doing something the best way. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Private Cloud
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    Managing Partner, Senior Consultant and Software Expert. at CTGI
    Consultant
    Top 10
    Reliable backup solution with valuable features
    Pros and Cons
    • "The most valuable feature, after using Amazon EC2 Container Service for two years, is to set the availability and also for network throughput."
    • "There is room for improvement in the pricing of Amazon EC2 Container Service."

    What is our primary use case?

    Our primary use case for this tool is mainly for backup from operational data.

    How has it helped my organization?

    It has helped the company provide a stable and reliable environment.

    What is most valuable?

    The most valuable feature, after using Amazon EC2 Container Service for two years, is to set the availability and also for network throughput.

    What needs improvement?

    There is room for improvement in the pricing of Amazon EC2 Container Service. Also, mainly on the network issues to access the container.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    We have been using Amazon EC2 Container Service in a specific project here for two years. However, we don't use the latest version. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Amazon EC2 Container Service is stable. I would rate the stability ten out of ten.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The solution has some limitations. Mainly the network issues with accessing the container. Hence, I would rate the scalability of Amazon EC2 Container Service a seven out of ten.

    How are customer service and support?

    The customer service and support team is good. We can find all the information on the online portal.

    How was the initial setup?

    Amazon EC2 Container Service is very good and easy to use. It also integrates with Okta Solutions.

    What was our ROI?

    It was really important to our project to have a stable environment on the cloud that would be reliable. It was important. It is not easy to give a number to this, but for sure, it has value.

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

    We emphasize that utilizing any cloud solution with payments in dollars is a huge amount for our liaison here.

    What other advice do I have?

    For someone who wants to use Amazon EC2 Container Service, I would say it is a very good solution. Especially for people who have to plan a lot in advance to define exactly what they need and to plan the capacity and also the way they will use the institute and also order possible solutions connected to them so they can plan for their costs.

    Overall, I would rate Amazon EC2 Container Service solution as an eight out of ten

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    Theodoros Konstantinidis - PeerSpot reviewer
    DevOps Engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
    Real User
    Top 20
    A flexible solution with high availability for Kubernetes and website hosting
    Pros and Cons
    • "Amazon EC2 Container Service is a flexible product from Amazon. You can put it in the Auto Scaling group for high availability. There are also a lot of choices for pricing."
    • "The product can become expensive if you don't choose what you want."

    What is our primary use case?

    We use Amazon EC2 Container Service for Kubernetes and hosting sites. 

    How has it helped my organization?

    Amazon EC2 Container Service is a flexible product from Amazon. You can put it in the Auto Scaling group for high availability. There are also a lot of choices for pricing. 

    What needs improvement?

    The product can become expensive if you don't choose what you want. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using the product for two years. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service's stability a nine out of ten. 

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    I rate the tool's scalability a nine out of ten. 

    How was the initial setup?

    Amazon EC2 Container Service's deployment is easy and takes three minutes to complete. 

    What other advice do I have?

    I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service an eight out of ten. 

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    Senior Software and Cloud Engineer at Velocis Technologies LLC
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    Top 5Leaderboard
    Offers per second billing, has excellent support, and is easy to set up
    Pros and Cons
    • "I like the per-second billing."
    • "The solution can still be expensive, even with per-second billing."

    What is our primary use case?

    The solution is to compute instances. Basically, it's a debit. It's a host. For example, if you need a computer that you want to install your enterprise application, instead of buying a server on-premise, you can spin up an instance online.

    What is most valuable?

    I like the per-second billing. Every second I use is billed. Any other time I am not using it, it's not billed, so it's better. It’s cheaper. It's good.

    It’s easy to set up.

    The solution is stable.

    What needs improvement?

    The solution can still be expensive, even with per-second billing.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    We’ve used the solution for the last year.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The solution is extremely stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn’t crash or freeze.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    It is very scalable.

    We started with AWS this year. We have one client so far.

    How are customer service and support?

    Technical support is perfect.

    How was the initial setup?

    The solution is very straightforward. The initial setup is very cheap also.

    It's very easy to replace. You don't need a lot of teams to do it. One person can do everything.

    What about the implementation team?

    We are integrators and can handle the initial setup.

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

    You pay for only the time you have used the on-demand service. For example, if you are using software that does a lot of computation or analyzing your data for your company, you only pay for that time spent analyzing that data. The rest of the time, you don't pay for it.

    Although I like the per second billing, the cost of it, even if you are being billed per second, it is still higher than competitor products.

    What other advice do I have?

    We are integrators. We use a lot of Amazon products.

    I would rate the solution eight out of ten.

    I would recommend a competitor's product. I would recommend, for example, Oracle Compute Instances or Oracle Cloud. I wouldn't recommend AWS EC2 due to the cost. It can get out of control. For example, once I left my EC2 on for a few days with some services running, and in three days I lost a thousand dollars. It's quite costly if you are not very careful.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud
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    Good security, easy to set up and use
    Pros and Cons
    • "What I really like about Amazon ECS is its simplicity and ease of use. Amazon also has really good security."
    • "In the next release, they could add some customization options for high computer workloads."

    What is our primary use case?

    It lets us manage a cluster of containers in the cloud without really having to worry about managing the platform. We're currently serving around 50 customers.

    How has it helped my organization?

    Amazon ECS reduces the overhead required to manage a Kubernetes cluster relative to on-premise deployment.

    What is most valuable?

    The Kubernetes platform is managed by AWS, so we only have to use those containers that we need to run our applications. What I really like about Amazon ECS is its simplicity and ease of use. Amazon also has really good security. They have certifications from all the security standards and governing agencies.

    What needs improvement?

    In the next release, they could add some customization options for high computer workloads.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    We've been using Amazon ECS since 2017, so about four years now.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    Amazon ECS is absolutely stable. Very, very stable.

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    Amazon ECS has great scalability and performance.

    How are customer service and technical support?

    Amazon support is awesome. We've had no issues.

    How was the initial setup?

    Setup was simple and very easy. There's nothing complex about the ECS itself. It may take longer to set up if the applications you are using are more complex and require more customization. We use a team of around 50 engineers for deployment and support.

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

    All of our contractors are on a yearly license.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would rate Amazon ECS nine out of 10. Amazon is amazing. I give them full marks all around.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud
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    Saif Ullah Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
    Security Engineer at Ebryx
    Real User
    A highly scalable solution that can be used to host applications, perfectly manage the workload by scaling up and down.
    Pros and Cons
    • "The solution is quite scalable and allows you to launch multiple EC2s within minutes."

      What is our primary use case?

      We use the solution to host applications and run applications.

      What is most valuable?

      The solution is quite scalable and allows you to launch multiple EC2s within minutes.

      For how long have I used the solution?

      I have been using Amazon EC2 Container Service for more than three years.

      What do I think about the stability of the solution?

      I rate the solution a nine out of ten for stability.

      What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

      Amazon EC2 Container Service is a highly scalable solution. A lot of users are using the solution in our organization.

      I rate the solution ten out of ten for scalability.

      How was the initial setup?

      The solution’s initial setup is pretty easy.

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

      Amazon EC2 Container Service is worth the money.

      What other advice do I have?

      Amazon EC2 Container Service is a cloud-based solution. I would recommend the solution to other users because it is scalable and stable. We can turn down the solution and start it again in a minute.

      Overall, I rate Amazon EC2 Container Service ten out of ten.

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      Operations Director, India at INTELLIGAIA, INC
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      Top 20
      A scalable solution that helps with website and email database hosting
      Pros and Cons
      • "We use the product for website and email database hosting."
      • "The solution is expensive compared to other alternatives like Azure."

      What is our primary use case?

      We use the product for website and email database hosting. 

      What needs improvement?

      The solution is expensive compared to other alternatives like Azure. 

      For how long have I used the solution?

      I have been using the product for five years. 

      What do I think about the stability of the solution?

      The tool is straightforward. 

      What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

      The product is scalable. My company has five to ten users for the tool. 

      How was the initial setup?

      The tool's setup is straightforward. We have around three to four people to manage the tool's deployment and maintenance. 

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

      The tool's licensing is monthly. 

      What other advice do I have?

      I would rate the overall product a nine out of ten. 

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