Amazon EC2
7.6#1 in infrastructure as a service (iaas) softwareFree planFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Paketo Buildpacks
5.8#23 in container build toolsFree planFree planLinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | Amazon EC2 | Paketo Buildpacks |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | G2 reviewers identify integrations with VPC, S3, CloudWatch, IAM and Auto Scaling as common parts of EC2 deployments. | The site lists Docker and Kubernetes, CircleCI, GitLab, Tekton, HashiCorp Waypoint, the Pack CLI, Spring Boot, Tilt, and VMware Tanzu Build Service among compatible platforms and tools. |
| Purpose | Amazon EC2 provides resizable, secure compute capacity as virtual servers in the cloud. | Paketo Buildpacks transform application source code into container images and provide production-ready buildpacks for popular languages and frameworks. |
Amazon EC2 plans
- AWS Free Tier credits for EC2Free
- Free TierFree
- Reserved Instances—
- Savings Plans—
- Spot Instances—
- On-Demand Instances—
Paketo Buildpacks plans
- Paketo BuildpacksFree
Pick Amazon EC2 if…
EC2 suits teams needing configurable cloud compute for the listed application, enterprise, or specialist workloads. Its instance choice, scaling options, and storage integrations may also fit deployments with changing capacity needs.
Pick Paketo Buildpacks if…
Paketo Buildpacks suits developers and operators who want to turn supported application source into container images. Its modular buildpacks, configuration options, and supply-chain records may be useful for teams managing builds in CI.