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Acquia Cloud vs Amazon AWS comparison

 

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Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Acquia Cloud
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (20th)
Amazon AWS
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
258
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (2nd), PaaS Clouds (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Acquia Cloud and Amazon AWS aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Acquia Cloud is designed for Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) and holds a mindshare of 3.2%, down 4.2% compared to last year.
Amazon AWS, on the other hand, focuses on Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS), holds 16.2% mindshare, up 13.0% since last year.
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Acquia Cloud3.2%
Adobe Experience Manager12.5%
Liferay Digital Experience Platform9.5%
Other74.8%
Digital Experience Platforms (DXP)
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon AWS16.2%
Microsoft Azure9.0%
Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode)8.7%
Other66.1%
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user674091 - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Delivery Lead at a leisure / travel company with 10,001+ employees
It provides a consolidated platform to manage content for the content editors.
Hosting support is the most valuable feature. Acquia provides a standard for the support and the incident requests. Their knowledge of Drupal as a CMS has enabled us to focus on developing business outcomes rather than focusing on the IT operations. Acquia has provided a resilient hosting infrastructure that allows our people to focus on delivering value to our customers.
Asif  Meem - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at sportsbet
Managed cloud services have helped accelerate experiments with flexible configuration options
Sometimes the costs associated with spinning up a service, especially managed services, have implications. For example, if I create a Glue job, that will create S3 buckets and other resources that have cost implications, but once I clean up a Glue job, it does not delete the other accessory resources. Sometimes, I have to go hunting for what resources Amazon AWS might have provisioned and how it is costing behind the scenes. It can be complex depending on your level of expertise. It is not as easy to get started, especially when it comes to secure practices. Amazon AWS is more hands-on than other platforms.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Acquia has provided a resilient hosting infrastructure that allows our people to focus on delivering value to our customers."
"The performance of AWS is excellent."
"Scalability is one of the biggest benefits we have."
"This solution is a good option if you are looking for cloud-based storage. Using a cloud-based solution, it is not required to accommodate a full workload. You can start with a basic version and scale up as needed."
"The most valuable features I have found are the Database Migration Service (DMS) for monitoring the host and routing, Route 53, and EC2 tools. The DMS is not available in any other solution that I am aware of. They have a very flexible and professional solution."
"The most important feature is deploying our production in multi-data regions around the world."
"For testing, it is a cheap alternative to having to build your own labs."
"Stable platform with a straightforward setup. It's user-friendly, with more reliable servers compared to the competition."
"The technical support of AWS is very good; when I need something, they reach out to me fast."
 

Cons

"The automation tools need to improve."
"Setup is somewhat complex."
"If you are familiar with other cloud infrastructures, you can see that it is in need of some enhancements."
"AWS is very expensive. It's paid on a monthly basis and you have to pay for the resources that you use."
"The pricing could be more competitive."
"The pricing structure can be improved and made more straightforward."
"I'd like to see AWS implement consolidated billing for businesses operating under one group. We want to consolidate the functionalities but keep the billing separate. That is a challenge we've faced, and I feel it's something they can improve on. For example, maybe you have three businesses that are operating under one group, and you want each entity to have a separate bill for the respective workload that they're using."
"Their support can be improved. In some cases, their support is not as proficient as it can be. They should be quicker at getting back."
"I'd like the solution to be more plug-and-play."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing may vary and is often influenced by marketing strategies."
"If you can plan capacity for one or three years, you can use the upfront payment option which allows you to save up to 50%."
"It is comparable if you add in the price structure to an on-prem solution."
"It's paid on a monthly basis and you have to pay for the resources that you use."
"The Oracle licensing is higher than it is with Amazon AWS."
"It is much more expensive than any other cloud provider."
"The price of the solution is fair compared to competitors."
"The pricing is fair."
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Comparison Review

it_user8586 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees
Aug 14, 2013
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Healthcare Company
9%
University
9%
Retailer
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
6%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business131
Midsize Enterprise48
Large Enterprise114
 

Questions from the Community

What is the structure of Acquia Cloud DXP?
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Also Known As

No data available
Amazon Web Services, AWS
 

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Sample Customers

Weather.com, Princess Cruises, City of LA, Lush
Pinterest, General Electric, Pfizer, Netflix, and Nasdaq.
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