# Alibaba Elastic Compute Service, Virtual Machine Manager vs Amazon EC2 Comparison

| | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.3 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 60 | 29 | 1,191 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Impresa (45.3% delle recensioni) | Piccola Impresa (38.5% delle recensioni) | Piccola Impresa (40.2% delle recensioni) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | Nessun prezzo disponibile | Nessun prezzo disponibile | Nessun prezzo disponibile | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

Pros:
- Cloud Storage (6 reviews)
- Scalability (5 reviews)

Cons:
- Poor Customer Support (4 reviews)
- Security Issues (4 reviews)

### Virtual Machine Manager

**Not enough data**

### Amazon EC2

Pros:
- Ease of Use (55 reviews)
- Scalability (37 reviews)

Cons:
- Complexity (25 reviews)
- Expensive (25 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
  | **Soddisfa i requisiti** | 8.9 (46 reviews) | 8.5 (18 reviews) | 9.2 (1008 reviews) | 
  | **Facilità d'uso** | 8.9 (46 reviews) | 8.6 (18 reviews) | 8.6 (1015 reviews) | 
  | **Facilità di configurazione** | 8.5 (14 reviews) | 8.1 (13 reviews) | 8.5 (540 reviews) | 
  | **Facilità di amministrazione** | 8.7 (14 reviews) | 7.9 (13 reviews) | 8.7 (479 reviews) | 
  | **Qualità del supporto** | 8.4 (44 reviews) | 8.3 (14 reviews) | 8.7 (969 reviews) | 
  | **Ritiene che the product sia stato un valido partner commerciale?** | 8.5 (14 reviews) | 7.9 (12 reviews) | 9.0 (468 reviews) | 
  | **Direzione del prodotto (% positivo)** | 9.0 (45 reviews) | 10.0 (16 reviews) | 9.2 (925 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### Virtual Machine Manager

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### Amazon EC2

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

Yes

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Cloud Privato Virtuale (VPC)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Alibaba Elastic Compute Service** | 8.7/10 | 9 |
| **Virtual Machine Manager** | N/A | N/A |
| **Amazon EC2** | N/A | N/A |

#### Personalizzazione

| Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Macchine virtuali personalizzate** | 9.2 (6 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Configurazione della Console** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Sistemi Operativi** | 8.1 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 

#### Infrastruttura

| Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Gestione della rete** | 8.8 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Macchine Virtuali** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Sicurezza** | 8.8 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Manutenzione** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Scalabilità** | 9.0 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 

#### Gestione

| Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Migrazione al cloud** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Gestione dello Storage** | 8.8 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Analitica** | 7.9 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Gestione del Database** | 9.0 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 
| **Registrazione** | 8.6 (7 reviews) | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 

### Infrastruttura come Servizio (IaaS)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Alibaba Elastic Compute Service** | 8.4/10 | 9 |
| **Virtual Machine Manager** | 8.4/10 | 19 |
| **Amazon EC2** | 8.9/10 | 242 |

#### Fornitura di infrastrutture

| Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Cloud Pubblico** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 8.2 (11 reviews) | 9.3 (199 reviews) | 
| **Cloud Privato** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 8.8 (12 reviews) | 8.9 (181 reviews) | 
| **Cloud ibrido** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 8.1 (9 reviews) | 8.7 (167 reviews) | 
| **Metallo Nudo** | 8.0 (5 reviews) | 8.1 (13 reviews) | 8.1 (142 reviews) | 
| **Calcolo ad Alte Prestazioni (HPC)** | Dati insufficienti | 8.1 (12 reviews) | 9.1 (166 reviews) | 
| **Macchine Virtuali (VMs)** | 8.3 (5 reviews) | 9.0 (16 reviews) | 9.4 (210 reviews) | 
| **Edge Computing** | 7.8 (6 reviews) | 7.9 (11 reviews) | 8.8 (157 reviews) | 
| **Reti Virtuali** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 9.0 (15 reviews) | 9.0 (186 reviews) | 

#### Gestione

| Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Paga in base all'uso** | 8.9 (6 reviews) | 8.3 (9 reviews) | 8.8 (209 reviews) | 
| **Monitoraggio dell'uso** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 8.6 (12 reviews) | 8.6 (187 reviews) | 
| **Monitoraggio delle prestazioni** | 8.3 (6 reviews) | 8.6 (14 reviews) | 8.8 (182 reviews) | 

#### Funzionalità

| Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Ridimensionamento automatico delle risorse** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 8.3 (13 reviews) | 9.2 (191 reviews) | 

### AWS Marketplace

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Alibaba Elastic Compute Service** | N/A | N/A |
| **Virtual Machine Manager** | N/A | N/A |
| **Amazon EC2** | 9.3/10 | 8 |

#### Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace

| Feature | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Esecuzione autonoma dei compiti** | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 9.2 (6 reviews) | 
| **Pianificazione a più fasi** | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 9.3 (5 reviews) | 
| **Integrazione tra sistemi** | Dati insufficienti | Dati insufficienti | 9.5 (7 reviews) | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Fornitori di Infrastruttura come Servizio (IaaS)](https://www.g2.com/it/categories/infrastructure-as-a-service-iaas)

**Unique to Alibaba Elastic Compute Service (1):** [Software per Cloud Privata Virtuale (VPC)](https://www.g2.com/it/categories/virtual-private-cloud-vpc)


**Unique to Amazon EC2 (1):** [Software del Marketplace di AWS](https://www.g2.com/it/categories/aws-marketplace)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Alibaba Elastic Compute Service | Virtual Machine Manager | Amazon EC2 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| **Piccola impresa** | 28.3% | 38.5% | 40.2% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 26.4% | 30.8% | 34.5% | 
| **Enterprise** | 45.3% | 30.8% | 25.3% | 

### By Industry

#### Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

- **Tecnologia dell'informazione e servizi:** 32.1%
- **Software per computer:** 20.8%
- **Giornali:** 5.7%
- **Servizi al Consumatore:** 5.7%
- **Servizi Finanziari:** 5.7%
- **Bancario:** 3.8%
- **Sicurezza Informatica e di Rete:** 3.8%
- **Gestione dell'Istruzione:** 3.8%
- **Architettura e Pianificazione:** 1.9%
- **Reti di Computer:** 1.9%
- **Other:** 15.1%

#### Virtual Machine Manager

- **Tecnologia dell'informazione e servizi:** 34.6%
- **Software per computer:** 7.7%
- **Bancario:** 3.8%
- **Media di trasmissione:** 3.8%
- **Sicurezza Informatica e di Rete:** 3.8%
- **Hardware del computer:** 3.8%
- **Costruzione:** 3.8%
- **Gestione dell'Istruzione:** 3.8%
- **Produzione Elettrica/Elettronica:** 3.8%
- **Produzione Alimentare:** 3.8%
- **Other:** 26.9%

#### Amazon EC2

- **Tecnologia dell'informazione e servizi:** 25.4%
- **Software per computer:** 23.6%
- **Sicurezza Informatica e di Rete:** 3.6%
- **Internet:** 3.0%
- **Servizi Finanziari:** 3.0%
- **Telecomunicazioni:** 2.9%
- **Bancario:** 2.1%
- **Marketing e Pubblicità:** 2.0%
- **Servizi al Consumatore:** 1.8%
- **Istruzione Superiore:** 1.6%
- **Other:** 30.9%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

- [Azure Virtual Machines](https://www.g2.com/it/products/azure-virtual-machines/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (391 reviews)
- [Google Compute Engine](https://www.g2.com/it/products/google-compute-engine/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (952 reviews)
- [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/it/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (406 reviews)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/it/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (746 reviews)
- [Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)](https://www.g2.com/it/products/amazon-virtual-private-cloud-amazon-vpc/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (376 reviews)
- [Hostwinds](https://www.g2.com/it/products/hostwinds/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (438 reviews)
- [Automation Anywhere Agentic Process Automation](https://www.g2.com/it/products/automation-anywhere-agentic-process-automation/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (5558 reviews)
- [VMware Cloud Foundation](https://www.g2.com/it/products/vmware-cloud-foundation/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (613 reviews)
- [UltaHost](https://www.g2.com/it/products/ultahost/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (428 reviews)
- [SAP Business Technology Platform](https://www.g2.com/it/products/sap-business-technology-platform/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (417 reviews)

### Alternatives to Virtual Machine Manager

- [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/it/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (406 reviews)
- [Azure Virtual Machines](https://www.g2.com/it/products/azure-virtual-machines/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (391 reviews)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/it/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (746 reviews)
- [Google Compute Engine](https://www.g2.com/it/products/google-compute-engine/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (952 reviews)
- [Hostwinds](https://www.g2.com/it/products/hostwinds/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (438 reviews)
- [VMware Cloud Foundation](https://www.g2.com/it/products/vmware-cloud-foundation/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (613 reviews)
- [Automation Anywhere Agentic Process Automation](https://www.g2.com/it/products/automation-anywhere-agentic-process-automation/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (5558 reviews)
- [UltaHost](https://www.g2.com/it/products/ultahost/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (428 reviews)
- [SAP Business Technology Platform](https://www.g2.com/it/products/sap-business-technology-platform/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (417 reviews)
- [Vultr](https://www.g2.com/it/products/vultr/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (286 reviews)

### Alternatives to Amazon EC2

- [Google Compute Engine](https://www.g2.com/it/products/google-compute-engine/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (952 reviews)
- [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/it/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (746 reviews)
- [Akamai Cloud Computing](https://www.g2.com/it/products/akamai-cloud-computing/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (406 reviews)
- [Azure Virtual Machines](https://www.g2.com/it/products/azure-virtual-machines/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (391 reviews)
- [Vultr](https://www.g2.com/it/products/vultr/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (286 reviews)
- [OVHcloud](https://www.g2.com/it/products/ovhcloud/reviews) — 3.2/5 stars (74 reviews)
- [Hostwinds](https://www.g2.com/it/products/hostwinds/reviews) — 4.9/5 stars (438 reviews)
- [IBM Cloud Virtual Servers](https://www.g2.com/it/products/ibm-cloud-virtual-servers/reviews) — 3.8/5 stars (55 reviews)
- [Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets](https://www.g2.com/it/products/azure-virtual-machine-scale-sets/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (30 reviews)
- [OpenStack](https://www.g2.com/it/products/openstack/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (53 reviews)

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## Top Discussions

### Alibaba Elastic Compute Service

- Title: [Esiste un valore soglia per distribuire un'istanza ECS in una Subnet, Rete Virtuale, ecc.?](https://www.g2.com/it/discussions/27951-is-there-any-threshold-value-for-deploying-an-ecs-instance-in-a-subnet-virtual-network-etc) — 1 comment, 2 upvotes
  > **Top comment:** "Se il blocco CIDR è 192.168.0.0/16, supporta 65.532 istanze ECS in un singolo VPC."

### Virtual Machine Manager

No discussions available for this product.

### Amazon EC2

- Title: [A cosa serve Amazon EC2?](https://www.g2.com/it/discussions/what-is-amazon-ec2-used-for) — 5 comments
  > **Top comment:** "Amazon EC2 è fondamentalmente come una VM. Puoi costruire la tua VM nel cloud e puoi svolgere la maggior parte delle attività che dovresti fare con una VM...."
- Title: [Quali sono i vantaggi dell'utilizzo di Amazon EC2?](https://www.g2.com/it/discussions/what-are-the-benefits-of-using-amazon-ec2) — 5 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Qual è la tua domanda?

Ci sono molti vantaggi nell'utilizzare il cloud computing (non solo AWS, ma anche Azure, GCP o altri servizi come Heroku, Redshift,..."
- Title: [Qual è il modo semplice per creare un'istanza GUI proprio come creare un'istanza normale](https://www.g2.com/it/discussions/what-is-the-easy-way-to-creat-a-gui-instance-just-like-creating-normal-instance) — 4 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Have you tried the Windows Instances?"
- Title: [Dal punto di vista dell'utente finale, voglio ottenere appunti brevi in un linguaggio semplice e comprensibile.](https://www.g2.com/it/discussions/as-an-end-user-perspective-i-want-to-get-brief-notes-in-a-simple-layman-s-language-to-understand) — 2 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Cosa vuoi sapere?"

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