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AWS EC2
Amazon's flagship compute service. Hundreds of instance types, every region, deep integration with the rest of AWS. The default enterprise compute layer.
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EC2 is the foundational compute primitive of AWS. You pick an instance type and an AMI, and you get a virtual machine you can do anything with. The breadth is unmatched: GPU instances, ARM Graviton, bare metal, spot pricing, reserved capacity, every region on Earth. The cost is complexity and price: EC2 is more expensive than Hetzner or DigitalOcean for raw compute, and the AWS console can overwhelm new users. Best fit when you need the full AWS ecosystem, regulatory coverage, or specific hardware (GPUs at scale).
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