Amazon Web Services

aws.amazon.com · Seattle, United States of America

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform that provides on-demand infrastructure, platform, and application services such as compute, storage, databases, analytics, and machine learning to businesses, governments, and developers worldwide. Customers pay primarily on a usage-based, subscription, and contract basis to run applications, store data, and build digital products in the cloud.

  • Cloud Infrastructure & Hosting
  • Database & Data Storage
  • Data Warehousing & Lakes
Revenue
$92.0B
Employees
77,000
Founded
2006
Headquarters
Seattle, United States of America

What 404 Arbolus experts think of Amazon Web Services

The NPS distribution skews strongly positive, with most scores between 8 to 10. Renewal intent is high, with the majority of experts indicating continued or increased spend, especially among high-value enterprise customers. Stickiness is reinforced by multi-year adoption and critical workload migration to AWS, though some smaller or early-stage adopters flagged cost sensitivity as credits expire. Expert feedback highlights AWS’s broad capabilities and reliability, balanced by concerns about complexity and cost management. Overall Customer Sentiment: Positive

Who reviewed Amazon Web Services

Total customers 404 359 current · 45 former
Reviews growth +97 in six months
Seniority of respondents
  • C-Suite 74% (299)
  • Director 16% (65)
  • Manager 9% (36)
Security Leader C-Suite NPS 8 Will renew
Engineering Executive C-Suite NPS 10 Will renew
Engineering Executive C-Suite NPS 9 Will renew

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Sentiment

55 Net Promoter Score, from 403 scored reviews
  • Promoters 246
  • Passives 136
  • Detractors 21

Cumulative NPS by month

+0 over 6 months
  • May 9
  • Jun 9
  • Jul 9
  • Aug 9
  • Sep 9
  • Oct 9

Net Promoter Score across 15 reviews, accumulated up to each month. Category median 42 across 15 companies.

Praised

  • Comprehensive Service Breadth and Ecosystem
  • Scalability, Security, and Reliability
  • Cost Efficiency for Mission-Critical Workloads
  • AI-Augmented Operations and Automation

Criticised

  • Competitive Cost and Performance
  • Dependence on SAP Certification and Service Consistency
  • Vendor Lock-In and Administrative Overhead
  • Incomplete Feature Parity in Mobile

What customers say

Comprehensive Service Breadth and Ecosystem
“I recommend AWS for its mature, broad platform supporting everything from core infrastructure to AI/ML and global-scale applications.”
Scalability, Security, and Reliability
“AWS offers the scalability, reliability, and security needed to support daily operations and business growth, making it extremely valuable for our transformation objectives.”
Cost Efficiency for Mission-Critical Workloads
“AWS delivers consistent performance and cost efficiency, especially in our SAP Group Reporting and BPC workloads.”

Renewal intent

Plan to renew 75%
  • Will renew 234
  • Undecided 68
  • Not renewing 12

Plan to renew, by seniority

  • C-Suite 71% 224 answers
  • Director 77% 53 answers
  • Manager 87% 23 answers
  • Not specified 93% 14 answers
  • 8.8/10 Average score from customers who will renew
  • 7.9/10 Average score from undecided customers
  • 8.6/10 Average score from customers not renewing

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