# What are the benefits of using 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.

##### Post Metadata
- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: NLP Intern | Machine Learning
- Net upvotes: 1


## Comments
### Comment 1

New opportunities for professional development
The growth of professional competence is the next inclusion on the list of the top AWS certification perks. As previously said, AWS certifications demand extensive study, practise, and dedication to understanding AWS technologies. Furthermore, worries about recertification mean that applicants must keep up with the current AWS trends. As a result, you will need to demonstrate your knowledge in order to obtain the certification, as well as spend time in keeping the certification.

Learn from AWS courses in Pune and expand your expertise to help your organization's cloud adoption and goals.
(https://www.iteducationcentre.com/amazon-web-services-training-institute-in-pune.php)

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: over 3 years ago



### Comment 2

You pay what you use and you can easily manage the hardware with few clicks and can have autoscale for a scalable project

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: almost 4 years ago
- Author title: Senior Loan Funder



### Comment 3

1). AWS ec2 can be used for multiple purposes such as hosting Web application.
2). AWS ec2 can be used to host migrated workloads  from the on-premise network.
3). AWS EC2 can be used for data mining, integration and transformation purposes.

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: over 4 years ago
- Author title: Don't complain about things , try to change it.🌟



### Comment 4

One of the main advantages of the EC2 is its Elastic Load Balancing. It automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple instances. With this feature EC2 can find unhealthy instances and seamlessly reroute traffic to healthy instances until the unhealthy ones are restored.

Regards : https://www.sevenmentor.com/amazon-web-services-training-institute-in-pune


##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: --



### Comment 5

What is your question?

There are many benefits to using cloud computing (not just AWS, but Azure, GCP, or other services like Heroku, Redshift, etc), but there are challenges as well. As with any situation you need to balance the benefits with the challenges based on your problem context before you make a decision about whether or not to use cloud computing resources and which one to use.

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: over 6 years ago
- Author title: President and Co-Founder, Bio::Neos, Inc.




## Related Product
[Amazon EC2](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-ec2/reviews)

## Related Category
[Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas)

## Related discussions
- [How well does Trello scale into a larger team?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/1-how-well-does-trello-scale-into-a-larger-team)
  - Posted at: about 13 years ago
  - Comments: 6
- [Can we please add a new section](https://www.g2.com/discussions/2-can-we-please-add-a-new-section)
  - Posted at: about 13 years ago
  - Comments: 0
- [Quantifiable benefits from implementing your CRM](https://www.g2.com/discussions/quantifiable-benefits-from-implementing-your-crm)
  - Posted at: about 13 years ago
  - Comments: 4