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PROS

Amazon AWS provides high scalability, allowing users to scale resources up or down as needed.
The platform offers a cost-effective pay-as-you-go model, which helps in reducing IT costs significantly.
Amazon AWS provides a comprehensive ecosystem with an extensive range of services, from storage to advanced computing like AI and ML.
Its global availability ensures seamless deployment and management of applications across different regions.
Amazon AWS supports a wide range of integrations, enhancing flexibility and compatibility with existing systems.

CONS

Amazon AWS pricing is often considered high and confusing, and customers would appreciate clearer billing and more competitive pricing structures.
Many users express a desire for enhanced support services, including faster responses and more effective customer support, particularly for complex configurations and troubleshooting.
AWS could improve ease of use and provide more thorough documentation, training resources, and tutorials to help users navigate the complex array of services available.
There's a need for AWS to enhance its integration capabilities with other platforms and cloud solutions to provide a more seamless experience.
Data management features in AWS require improvement, with calls for better support and functionality in data analytics comparable to competitors like Azure.
 

Amazon AWS Pros review quotes

it_user72771 - PeerSpot reviewer
Info Sec Consultant at Size 41 Digital
Jun 1, 2017
Cloud Trail API log storage.
it_user660045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Google Cloud Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
May 7, 2017
Elasticity has always been AWS's mandate. The flexibility of their platform from a systems perspective lives up to its claims.
GK
IT Solution Architect at HCS
May 29, 2017
It has helped reduce the cost by rationing the computing power and paying only on a per usage basis, instead of provisioning unneeded, idle, or unutilized computing power that is used only at 20% of its capacity or time.
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it_user177156 - PeerSpot reviewer
COO at a tech vendor
Jun 15, 2017
The cloud storage based on S3 is one the most valuable services we have deployed since it allows us infinite scale in storage and extremely high durability.
it_user787548 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder with 51-200 employees
Dec 12, 2017
It improves the speed for us to access vendors.
AM
Network & Server Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Jan 31, 2018
We can spin up the server anytime and have root access to it.
it_user836085 - PeerSpot reviewer
I help CTOs/Managed Service Providers save 7%-55% on AWS bills with AI. at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Mar 14, 2018
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.
it_user843717 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior TV and Media Consultant at Ericsson
Mar 23, 2018
For testing, it is a cheap alternative to having to build your own labs.
it_user859389 - PeerSpot reviewer
President at Advanced Computation and Storage LLC
Apr 19, 2018
Our primary use case is to use the solution for running many relatively small instances for back office applications and various other business important applications.
JC
Works at Ti Consultores SAS
Jun 14, 2018
IaaS with easy management and rapid implementation using Python Django Mezzanine.
 

Amazon AWS Cons review quotes

it_user72771 - PeerSpot reviewer
Info Sec Consultant at Size 41 Digital
Jun 1, 2017
It can be daunting because of the number of AWS products there are.
it_user660045 - PeerSpot reviewer
Google Cloud Solutions Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
May 7, 2017
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.
GK
IT Solution Architect at HCS
May 29, 2017
Many of our clients prefer in-house cloud rather than the application data sitting in the infrastructure owned and managed by Amazon.
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it_user177156 - PeerSpot reviewer
COO at a tech vendor
Jun 15, 2017
There was some new learning in terms of IOPS on the EBS storage. The concept of burstable IOPS was new and we did have a few outages when we ran out of IOPS.
it_user787548 - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder with 51-200 employees
Dec 12, 2017
Accessing apps on AWS via my iPhone is awful.
AM
Network & Server Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Jan 31, 2018
It has the technical support features, but they need to be improved. It has lots of users, but they need to be managed accordingly.
it_user836085 - PeerSpot reviewer
I help CTOs/Managed Service Providers save 7%-55% on AWS bills with AI. at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Mar 14, 2018
They are mainly generalists without access to the operating system. As such, they can provide container level insights,not necessarily at the application level.
it_user843717 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior TV and Media Consultant at Ericsson
Mar 23, 2018
In some areas, more transparency on what is persistent towards novice users.
it_user859389 - PeerSpot reviewer
President at Advanced Computation and Storage LLC
Apr 19, 2018
The pricing could be adjusted to provide more advantages versus current on-premise solutions for business applications.
JC
Works at Ti Consultores SAS
Jun 14, 2018
More complete and specific training for many of the technologies, specifically with Python Django and the CMS (Mezzanine).