G2 Vendor Directory

Red Hat OpenStack Platform vs. Amazon EC2

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

MetricRed Hat OpenStack Platform

by Red Hat

Amazon EC2

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.34.6
Review count141,203
Ease of use8.48.8
Ease of setup7.18.7
Quality of support8.68.9
Meets requirements8.79.3
NPS61.53846275.328084
Small Business7.1%39.7%
Mid-Market35.7%34.7%
Enterprise57.1%25.6%
Total page views751,331
Total LLM citations994,562

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

    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