--- title: Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Reviews meta\_title: 'Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 91 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 91 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Storage Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/storage-management --- # Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) but has limited features. Are you part of the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) is a scalable, high-performance block storage service designed for use with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances. It enables users to create storage volumes that can be attached to EC2 instances, allowing for the creation of file systems, running databases, or other block storage applications. EBS volumes are automatically replicated within their specific Availability Zone to protect against component failures, ensuring high availability and durability. Key Features and Functionality: - Multiple Volume Types: EBS offers various volume types to optimize performance and cost, including SSD-backed storage for transactional workloads and HDD-backed storage for throughput-intensive tasks. - Scalability: Users can dynamically adjust capacity and performance specifications of EBS volumes without downtime, accommodating changing application needs. - Backup and Recovery: EBS provides snapshot capabilities, allowing for point-in-time backups of volumes. These snapshots can be used to restore data or migrate it across different AWS accounts, regions, or availability zones. - Data Encryption: EBS supports encryption to secure data at rest and in transit, utilizing AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for cryptographic key management. - High Availability and Durability: EBS volumes are designed for 99.999% availability, with automatic replication within an Availability Zone to prevent data loss due to hardware failures. Primary Value and User Solutions: Amazon EBS addresses the need for reliable, high-performance, and scalable block storage in the cloud. It enables businesses to run mission-critical applications, such as databases and enterprise applications, with confidence in data availability and durability. The service's flexibility allows users to optimize storage performance and cost according to their specific workload requirements, while features like snapshots and encryption enhance data protection and compliance. By integrating seamlessly with EC2 instances, EBS simplifies storage management, allowing users to focus on their core applications without the complexities of traditional storage solutions. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Community](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-block-store-ebs/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by John Miranda (Digital Marketing Specialist at Amazon Web Services) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 18 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-block-store-ebs/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![VMware vSAN](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "VMware vSAN") VMware vSAN 4.4/5(264) ](https://www.g2.com/products/vmware-vsan/reviews) [ ![Google Cloud Persistent Disk](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud Persistent Disk") Google Cloud Persistent Disk 4.7/5(11) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-persistent-disk/reviews) [ ![DigitalOcean](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "DigitalOcean") DigitalOcean 4.6/5(756) ](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-elastic-block-store-ebs/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 91 real user reviews. 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AP Atharva P. Cloud BI Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/19/2026 "Reliable, Scalable Storage Solution" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? I like how Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides durable persistent storage for both application and infrastructure workloads, which simplifies cloud storage management a lot. I find the snapshots feature excellent for simplifying backup and recovery. I appreciate the volume scaling, which makes storage expansion easier. The provisioned IOPS delivers better performance for critical workloads, and the seamless cloud operations it offers through deep integration with AWS greatly enhance high availability and durability. It's also great that it allows for reliable persistent storage and really reduces infrastructure management effort while providing easier scalability with better cloud-native integration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? Yeah. Storage cost can increase for high performance workloads, especially when using provisioned IOPS volumes. Managing performance tuning and selecting the right volume type can also take some effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solves persistent storage challenges for cloud applications, ensuring durability and simplifying storage management without physical infrastructure. It provides seamless cloud operations, easier scalability, and integrates well with AWS, enhancing cloud-native capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise.G2 Icon 5/20/2026 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") CC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/17/2026 "EBS - Production grade storage with performance, scalability, and observability." 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? EBS is the backbone of our storage. We run workloads which use the EBS volumes heavily across EKS, Databases and other services. The IOPS performance has improved drastically. The live resize has helped us scale without any downtime. Multi-attach feature, although limited, has also helped us a lot for certain workloads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? Volumes are still limited to AZs requiring snapshot and restores to replicate them. Multi-attach feature is still limited. Snapshots costs built up, if not controlled. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solving and how is that benefiting you? EBS in Cloud with AWS has solved lot of on-premises problem we had. We have proper control, infrastructure as code, consistent performance and the ability to scale for stateful services, fast disaster recovery and shared storages and great observability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Shirisha D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shirisha D.") SD Shirisha D. Infra transformation sr analyst Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/15/2025 "AWS Cloud: the top standard for scalable cloud computing" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Cloud? AWS Cloud is scalable , reliable and has massive service ecosystem. It allows you to spin up environments within minutes and automate deployments with cloud formation of terraform and manage infrastructure through a highly configurable IAM model Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Cloud? The pricing structure can be confusing and hard to estimate for complex setups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you? It has transformed the way we deploy , scale and manage applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite RS Rajeev S. Cloud Architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/29/2025 "Amazon elastic block storage is great thing to experience" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? easy to manage and provisioned. Integration is also good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? it is helpful downside is it should be available for multi attach ec2 with clear isolation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solving and how is that benefiting you? many businesses problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Archit A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Archit A.") AA Archit A. Software Engineer Analyst Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/15/2023 "A Reliable Storage Solution: Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? Amazon EBS provides a range of volume types, each designed to meet specific performance requirements. Setting up and managing EBS volumes is remarkably straightforward and integration with other AWS services simplifies the overall cloud infrastructure management. EBS allows seamless scalability, enabling users to easily adjust to storage requirements and performace. I have been using EBS for last 6 months. It has been an amazing experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? Understanding the pricing structure for different volume types is difficult. However, the customer support team provides assistance with that in a very detailed way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Amazon EBS solves several challenges in the realm of cloud computing and storage. It provides scalable and elastic storage services with high reliability and availability. It also takes care of data security and the pay-per-use model makes EBS very cost-efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ritesh K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ritesh K.") RK Ritesh K. Salesforce Consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/10/2023 "Best Elastic Block Store for storing large amount of persistent data" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? We can connect it with aws EC2 and it helps us to divide the data into multiple hierarchy of data. It has multiple zone Availability so It can be easy to replicate the data.It also helps us to store Long term backup for future use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? It is expensive if didn't manage it may lead to unexpected costing.EBS volume type has a maximum size limit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solving and how is that benefiting you? In our company we have large amount of legacy account data So by use of EBS we have stored in it for future use.We connect EBS with AWS EC2 while deploying the web application on AWS so EBS provides the data storage capability and we want to do snapshot and backup the data so we used EBS also for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rajesh K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rajesh K.") RK Rajesh K. DevOps Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/23/2023 "Excellence Unveiled : A Comprehensive Review of the Performance and Review of EBS" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? EBS stand for Elastic Block Storage , it provides high throughput and low latency as compare to other storage service. It has different categories which we can select according to our requirement like gp1, gp2, io etc . It is easy to use and easy of implementation . It provides number of features like Flexible storage options, high availablity , encryption and it is also easy to integrate with ec2 instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? There are multiple downside of the ebs like :- 1. Cost 2. Volume size limit 3.Data Transfer costs 4.Snapshot Management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solving and how is that benefiting you? There are mulitple problems solved by ebs like we can install operating system in ebs, because ebs is formatted and created in such a way where you can install operating system. EBS solves serveral problems and it also provide multiple benefits to users are:- 1. Persistent Storage 2.Scalable storage 3.Backup and Recovery 4.High Availablity and Durability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jan P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jan P.") JP Jan P. Staff Engineer (DevOps) Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/19/2023 "EBS gives flexible control over storage and costs int he AWS environment." 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? Without a doubt, the best feature of EBS is the ability to add storage to a volume on the fly, without having to take anything down. Sure, we've had this ability with LVM on stand alone systems, if you've got the extra storage available, and on-prem fibre-channel connected (and iSCSI) storage farms allow similar capabilities, but with EBS in a cloud environment you don't have to worry about if you've got available storage unallocated... AWS always has available storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? I'd like better disclosure when configuring EBS among various volume types of what the costs are going to be. This is particularly important when selecting the type of backing storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solving and how is that benefiting you? EBS provides highly available and configurable storage at a reasonable cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Naveen V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Naveen V.") NV Naveen V. Senior Site Reliability Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/15/2023 "Fast resilient reliable block storage technique" 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? The fast access easy to tweek and change the type size iops etc is great Easy to mount and start using Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? If i want to decrease the size of an ebs volume its not possible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solving and how is that benefiting you? Fast acess of data and the iops Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") AI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/10/2023 "EBS volumes provide the great flexibility to use block storage service with AWS EC2 instance." 5/5 What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? AWS EBS volumes are easy to use , scalable and high performance block level storage volumes. AWS EBS volumes can easily be attached to EC2 instances and behaves as unformatted block device. AWS EBS volumes provides different volume type as per use case and performance need . AWS EBS volumes can easily attached and detached from EC2 instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? We are using EBS volumes with EC2 instances from long time and did not see any issues so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) solving and how is that benefiting you? We are using AWS EBS volumes for different use cases . EBS volumes of type provisioned IOS SSD volumes helps us to achieve performance on I/O intensive workloads. Snapshot feature of EBS volumes helps us in the scenario where EC2 instance crash or corrupted we can easily restore EBS volume from snapshot and attach to EC2 instance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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