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Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

18 months

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User Insights

Average based on 91 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

3 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Integrations

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Integration information sourced from real user reviews.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
II
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"EBS works well for storing binaries and temp files"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

it's easy to use for storing binaries and temporary files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

that if you don't persist EBS data it can get wiped out. the settings have to be chosen properly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Oil & Energy
AO
Verified User in Oil & Energy
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Using EBS to underpin SAP instances"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

The ability to extend and change volume type online Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

No thin provisioned flex cloning possible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Verified User in Financial Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easily migrate storage between instances"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Easy enough to deploy a storage device between different instances Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

I don't have much bad to say about this product, I can manage with automation tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
EI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"EBS review"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Very easy to use and setup. We were up and running using block storage very quickly. Saved us a lot of money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

We didn't discover it earlier. Nothing else. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Market Research
AM
Verified User in Market Research
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"EBS makes it easy to scale my storage"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Add storage to a running instance as workload demands increase over time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Expanding existing storage is somewhat slower than I'd like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Fundamental Service for AWS"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

EBS is a fundamental service to AWS. I love that Provisioned IOPS now has a higher throughput for heavy read and write applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Nothing at all. I think it is working very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security
UC
Verified User in Computer & Network Security
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Prevention of data loss."
4.5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Helps data availability when compared to SSD devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

Nothing specific as they help us to retain data in case of instance issues as we can reuse the EBS disks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
AF
Verified User in Financial Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"love it"
4/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

elasticity, simple management, ability to snapshot all the time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

I overpay because I overallocate, I wish there was a simple way to elastically auto scale Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
AI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"easy storage choice with predictable performance"
5/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

easy of choices appropriate for the applications and easy of changing tiers as the load increases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

complexity in credits and managing them beyond committed iops Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Fast local disks"
4/5
What do you like best about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

They just deliver the performance of a fast local disks/ssds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)?

They cant be shared across instances.So I can't use them as shared cache across different instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

18 months

Average Discount

6%

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