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PROS

Amazon EC2 provides high scalability and elasticity, making it easy to adjust resources based on usage and market needs.
Amazon EC2 is highly reliable and secure, offering strong encryption and customer data protection.
Amazon EC2 offers flexible, cost-effective options to meet diverse server requirements with minimal upfront costs.
Amazon EC2's ease of setup and integration with other AWS services allows for seamless deployment of various applications.
Amazon EC2's computing power and server customization features are valuable for managing diverse workloads.

CONS

Amazon EC2's pricing is high compared to competitors, and it could be lowered for better affordability.
There are persistent issues with downtime, affecting stability and performance consistency.
Pricing clarity needs improvement as it is currently not transparent, making cost management complex.
Accessibility and the ability to integrate with other cloud systems should be enhanced.
Technical support could be more helpful, especially in addressing integration issues and OS-based problems.
 

Amazon EC2 Pros review quotes

BS
AWS Architect at Corvit Networks
Aug 7, 2025
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Shakir Bhatt - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 5, 2025
You can do anything with Amazon EC2 as you have a bare system in your hands.
MD
Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Mar 31, 2026
The most useful function of Amazon EC2 for us is compute, as we find it easy to deploy our database onto it and to integrate it with other AWS solutions without complexities or issues, and it provides us with cost savings by being more OpEx rather than CapEx for us.
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reviewer2783892 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 3, 2025
Amazon EC2 has positively impacted my organization because it is easy to deploy.
VP
Sr. Big data engineer at B-CITI Solutions Inc.
Aug 6, 2025
From the features perspective, I find the most beneficial features of Amazon EC2 for server management to be very impactful.
Raghuram K M - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Prognosys Medical Systems
May 2, 2025
Amazon EC2 makes it easy to deploy new servers and services quickly.
SK
senior Engineer manager at Poshmark Inc.
May 2, 2025
Amazon EC2 enables us to manage resources programmatically and has the largest market share, which brings a lot of innovations each year.
KatlegoMabila - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior AWS Account Manager at Silicon Overdrive
Jan 14, 2025
EC2 instances on AWS allow users to run virtual servers based on the CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity.
AS
DevOps Engneer at SCL IT Technologies Pvt Ltd
Dec 30, 2024
One of the most valuable features of EC2 is its accessibility; I can easily access it through various tools like GIT and use it on mobile devices.
Craig Kona - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer at SYNOVA CONSULTANCT
Apr 26, 2024
The tool's performance, reliability, security and flexibility are good. We can use it remotely. The autoscaling functionality of EC2 is quite good. I appreciate the DevOps suite for tracking development tasks. This functionality is important for pure software development.
 

Amazon EC2 Cons review quotes

BS
AWS Architect at Corvit Networks
Aug 7, 2025
The pricing of Amazon EC2 can be expensive, so I would rate the pricing seven out of ten, where one is very cheap and ten is very expensive.
Shakir Bhatt - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 5, 2025
I have heard from multiple people that if you have an Amazon EC2 instance running and you stop it, the billing continues unless you terminate the Amazon EC2 instance.
MD
Consultant at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Mar 31, 2026
The price for Amazon EC2 could be lower; it's not cheap, so when we want something cheaper, we do go serverless if we can.
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reviewer2783892 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 3, 2025
I think improvements can be made to Amazon EC2 by increasing the memory, offering more instance types, and including GPUs as mentioned in the keynote.
VP
Sr. Big data engineer at B-CITI Solutions Inc.
Aug 6, 2025
There are some specific features, such as ML features and AI features, that I would to see included in the next releases of Amazon EC2.
Raghuram K M - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at Prognosys Medical Systems
May 2, 2025
The main thing that needs improvement is the cost.
SK
senior Engineer manager at Poshmark Inc.
May 2, 2025
While Amazon EC2 offers reliability and stability, there are challenges with its cost, as EBS is relatively expensive.
KatlegoMabila - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior AWS Account Manager at Silicon Overdrive
Jan 14, 2025
One of the things that need to be looked into is the complex pricing, which is rather intense.
AS
DevOps Engneer at SCL IT Technologies Pvt Ltd
Dec 30, 2024
An area needing improvement is the time limitations when accessing EC2 instances.
Craig Kona - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer at SYNOVA CONSULTANCT
Apr 26, 2024
Amazon EC2's pricing could be better.