Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to New EC2 CLI allow easy SSH connection
If you have read my previous posts, somehow, I always end up bringing up AWS. Although it is not the only service I use nor am I in any way related to it, I do use it very often. Often enough that I might spend a few hours putting something together that can save me…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. New EC2 CLI allow easy SSH connection launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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SSH over AWS SSM. No bastions or public-facing instances. SSH user management through IAM. No requirement to store SSH keys locally or on server. - elpy1/ssh-over-ssm
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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- 3SC
2016 · awssystemadministration.com · its alternatives →
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Instant Security for your AWS Environments
2023 · app.bleachcyber.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN: I'm Kaveh, the founder of Usage (https://www.usage.ai/) We help companies drive down AWS costs. Why? Because the way it's done now is a pain. Stakeholders, especially engineers, are required to spend unnecessary time manually finding underutilized or overly expensive EC2s. We believe the optimization process should be done automatically through a series of sophisticated algorithms. At the moment, there are over 70,000 AWS EC2 prices - doing that manually just won't scale at most organizations. My background is in software engineering. Previous to founding Usage, I…
2020 · its alternatives →
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SSH for EC2. Contribute to soheil-zz/ssh2 development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AWS Fundamentals▲152AWS for the real world, not for certifications
2023 · awsfundamentals.com · its alternatives →
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discharge▲125A simple way to deploy static websites to Amazon S3 💻
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN: Kaveh here, the founder of https://www.usage.ai/ We help companies drive down AWS EC2 spend. Why? Because the way it's done now is a pain. DevOps and Software Engineers end up spending time managing costs rather than focusing on business problems. Previous to founding Usage, I worked on high-performance computing research at JP Morgan Chase and as a software engineer at a number of smaller startups. Here's how it works: We are typically brought in by a DevOps manager to cut AWS EC2 costs. The app is entirely self-service and the savings are generated automatically,…
2022 · usage.ai · its alternatives →
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Hey HN: Kaveh here, the founder of https://www.usage.ai/ We launched on Hacker News for the first time early last year, and we've made a lot of progress since then. We've saved tens of millions of dollars for companies, and we are even more excited to announce the launch of a new product: insured reservations for RDS! We worked closely with AWS on this feature and are excited to finally make it generally available. We help companies drive down AWS EC2 & RDS spend. Why? Because the way it's done now is a pain. DevOps and Software Engineers end up spending time managing costs…
2023 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN: Kaveh here, the founder of https://www.usage.ai/ We launched a new free tool to help engineers understand their AWS spend. Why? Because the way it's done now is a pain. DevOps and Software Engineers end up end up becoming cloud accountants or end up forking over a big % of their AWS bill for a tool to understand costs rather than focusing on business problems. Previous to founding Usage, I worked on high-performance computing research at JP Morgan Chase and as a software engineer at a number of smaller startups. Here's how this new tool works: It's fully self-serve and…
2022 · its alternatives →
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i had previously posted this when it was aws-rce. it’s changed enough that i want to post it again.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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just ship on aws. Contribute to nathants/libaws development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN community, [Direct Link: www.usage.ai] I’m Kaveh, founder and CEO of Usage, and am excited to show you Usage, an app that helps you slash your AWS EC2 bill by 50% in ~5min by trading reservations. As of today, Usage is in General Availability and any AWS user can use it. It works by creating a limited-access IAM role (ReadOnly + Ability to Manage Reservations) into your AWS account(s). The AWS console interface has made it hard for companies to optimize their AWS spend. After years of working for different companies that use AWS, I still find it difficult to understand how much money…
2022 · its alternatives →
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Go live on AWS in minutes, without learning curve or DevOps
2025 · localops.co · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I've been working on a side project over quarantine called Usage.ai and I finally feel comfortable enough to launch it. We're a service that plugs directly into AWS, automatically finds savings, and applies those savings at the press of a confirmation button all without ever needing to go to an AWS console. I'd love to get HN's thoughts on it! Demo: https://www.loom.com/share/2a6f1c8e4c214914a1cdd88c6fdec4ac Link: https://www.usage.ai/
2020 · its alternatives →
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I built this because I like learning infrastructure with Terraform. Things like provisioning an EC2 instance with SSH may look simple on the console since it's just checking a checkbox, but in Terraform, this requires users knowing a lot more concepts, which I see as an alternative way for hands-on learning. There are currently 54 questions regarding AWS+Terraform on the platform. No AWS accounts are required from users. I'd appreciate your feedback!
2024 · cloudercoder.com · its alternatives →
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Check out my self-hosted cloud! A DIY alternative to AWS, built with second-hand hardware and open-source tools, fueled by passion. Take a look:
2024 · diy-cloud.remikeat.com · its alternatives →
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Resizable cloud hosting to make web-scale computing easier
2014 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →
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