G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon EC2 vs. Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon EC2

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

by Alibaba

Overall rating4.64.3
Review count1,20360
Ease of use8.89.1
Ease of setup8.78.7
Quality of support8.98.7
Meets requirements9.39.0
NPS75.32808441.509434
Small Business39.7%30.0%
Mid-Market34.7%25.0%
Enterprise25.6%45.0%
Total page views1,331116
Total LLM citations4,56284

Amazon EC2

AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (AWS - EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers. AWS EC2۪s 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 Amazon۪s proven computing environment. AWS 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.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Scalability
  • Flexibility
  • Features
  • Cloud Storage
  • Reliability

Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) provides fast memory and the latest Intel CPUs to help you to power your cloud applications and achieve faster results with low latency. All ECS instances come with Anti-DDoS protection to safeguard your data and applications from DDoS and Trojan attacks.

Pros

  • Cloud Storage
  • Scalability
  • Features
  • Security
  • Cost Efficiency
  • Cloud Computing