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Amazon EC2 vs vSphere Comparison (2026)

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Amazon EC2

vSphere

Overview

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to facilitate web-scale computing for developers.

vSphere is a server virtualization software designed to help businesses manage applications and modernize workflows using virtual machines, Kubernetes, and containers. Enterprises can protect their hybrid cloud infrastructure against malware, ransomware, and other threats using built-in security capabilities.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

576.96

/user

Per year

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

173

129

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

83%

would recommend this app

4.7

434

295

131

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

90%

would recommend this app

Pros

“Amazon EC2 offers scalable, on-demand computing power with flexible instance types, making it easy to tailor resources to workloads efficiently.”

Swaibu B.

AWS Solution Architecture

“So this allows for the most cost-efficient solution currently in my situation and allows for the ramp up in resources when necessary as well.”

Terence Z.

Technical Support Specialist

“Amazon EC2 comes with wide range of compute capacity and processors including graviton which are cheaper bundled with performance”

vidya p.

Cloud engineer

Pros

“keeping downtime minimal and providing reliable infrastructure management and uptime helps VMWare and Vsphere sit comfortably at the head of the table, especially when discussing on-premise (non cloud) virtualisation options.”

Connor Q.

Team Lead

“its ability to manage a large number of virtual machines (VMs) from a single interface, simplifying operations, security and central control management.”

Pyae S.

HPE support Engineer

“You can easily add new hard drive storage to Servers or edit the RAM. With templates you can add new Server rlly fast and implement them in your environment.”

René B.

Administrator

Cons

“The UI is little complex as I get to any options when I was just learning it got me too much confused.”

Shashank A.

Intern

“It was not beginner friendly had many complex terminology.”

Pratik S.

MERN stack developer

“When you stop and restart an instance on EC2, the IP address changes constantly, which makes setting up DNS records quite inconvenient.”

Nujan S.

Managing Director

Cons

“The biggest issue with Vsphere, by far, is the remodelling of their pricing and licensing structure. Since Broadcom purchased the vendor, they have narrowed their desired client-base to a fraction of their existing market, meaning that many small and medium enterprises are left in a very difficult situation, having to choose between switching to less mature technologies, or choosing to maintain their current stack at significantly hiked price margins.”

Connor Q.

Team Lead

“I don't have much about vSphere. But now We can't download the vmware and vcenter path file in Broadcom portal.”

Soe M.

System Engineer Infrastructure

“For example if there are locking issues within the cluster against a fibre-channel storage array, you may need to reboot the entire cluster resulting in an outage of 100% of all infrastructure on the platform.”

James B.

Systems Engineer