G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon EC2 vs. Red Hat OpenStack Platform

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

MetricAmazon EC2

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Red Hat OpenStack Platform

by Red Hat

Overall rating4.64.3
Review count1,20314
Ease of use8.88.4
Ease of setup8.77.1
Quality of support8.98.6
Meets requirements9.38.7
NPS75.32808461.538462
Small Business39.7%7.1%
Mid-Market34.7%35.7%
Enterprise25.6%57.1%
Total page views1,33175
Total LLM citations4,56299

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

Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Red Hat OpenStack Platform is a cloud computing platform that virtualizes resources from industry-standard hardware, organizes those resources into clouds, and manages them so users can access what they need—when they need it.

Pros