Amazon EC2 - Cloud Hosting Reviews

Amazon EC2’s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change.

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Avg. Monthly Cost
Average
Service Uptime
Very Poor
Tech Support
Very Poor
Features Set
Very Poor
Overall Rating
Poor - 2 of 5 Stars
4
reviews

Amazon EC2 Review: Yuriy Pogosov

07/03/10

Pros:

Good control panel, more then 25 characters

Cons:

No support at all AND THE WORST CUSTOMER ATTITUDE I'VE SEEN ON THE NET. They can just shut you down without any notice, and you will be writing them letters for a couple of days to get the reason why did they do so

Other Thoughts:

Ok there wasn't a hosting from the 10 i worked with that've driven me into state of maddened rage except for Amazon.
2 hours after i registered and started my instance they just closed my account without any mail or other way of notification. After I've spent 3 hours checking my huge passwords list in case i entered another and forgot about it and after i've returned and changed my pass via password reminder feature i've sent them an e-mail with the question WTF it happening to my account I can't log in. And that's all in a middle of site transfer. Imagine, i got an answer _the next day_ stating that for some reason my cc couldn't be billed and that my account is suspended untill I provide billing statements via fax. After i did this they still didn't give me access to my account despite I offered to change a credit card to another, and requested MY BANK TO CALL THEM to USA from London so that they can process a f***ing 10 dollar payment..
I've written them a huge letter with a lot of bad words. and cancelled my account

Outstanding - 5 of 5 Stars
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Amazon EC2 Review: Dave Wilson

05/11/10

Pros:

Relatively inexpensive and fairly reliable.

Cons:

Very difficult to use interface. Can't/Won't tell you where data is located.

Poor - 2 of 5 Stars
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Amazon EC2 Review: Charles

07/28/09

Pros:

The product which started it all

Cons:

Still a complex interface which needs a programmer to understand. No support.

Average - 3 of 5 Stars
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Amazon EC2 Review: Sim City

02/17/09

Pros:

proven service that everyone else like mosso models after

Cons:

None listed

Other Thoughts:

great reliability

Outstanding - 5 of 5 Stars
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