Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale cloud computing easier for developers by providing a simple web service interface that allows for full control of computing resources.
Brand Authority Index (BAI): 98/100
Archetype: Challenger
Category: Cloud Computing
Part of: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Last analyzed: April 10, 2026
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington, USA