Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud vs Segment
A side-by-side look at Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Segment. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Amazon EC2 is a cloud computing service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It allows users to launch virtual server instances that run on Amazon's infrastructure. EC2 enables scalable deployment of applications by providing a web service through which a user can boot an Amazon Machine Image to configure a virtual machine.
Segment
Segment is a customer data platform (CDP) that collects, stores and connects first-party data to help companies better understand their customers. It consolidates customer data from various sources, analyzes it and enables activation for marketing and personalization across channels.