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AWS CloudFormation

8.9 /10

What is AWS CloudFormation?

AWS CloudFormation provides a common language for you to describe and provision all the infrastructure resources in your cloud environment. CloudFormation allows you to use a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for your applications across all regions and accounts. This file serves as the single source of truth for your cloud environment.

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AWS CloudFormation Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AWS CloudFormation?

0% Negative

9% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Generous Negotitation
Helps Innovate
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Configuration Management

Dynamic Scalability

Systems Administration

Resource Availability

Agent or Agentless

Task Process Automation

Service Templates

Resource Definition

Multi Tenancy

Workflow Support

Scripting Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

AWS CloudFormation Reviews

Kamran A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2023

From a Multi-Cloud Architect's Lenses

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?

AWS cloudFormation has finest automation technique to build up the resources. And logging all steps

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

AWS cloud Formation is secure among it peers in the cloud domain which make is happening about the product and also it can be easily automated

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as such, it is finest in the market.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Must have for the business who is concerned about automating the cloud resource creation, because cloudformation provides the best steps to automate cloud builds.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Agam A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Not good for first time users, need better options

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?

easy integration

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

remove dependencies for dev team

What do you dislike most about this product?

integration is complex

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

look for better options

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Tarun B.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Retail
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Awesome for IAAC in AWS

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?

Simple UI to understand whats happening Good dependency management with Cloudformation All features / Products of AWS are supported Agent / Agentless support

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

All features / Products of AWS are supported

What do you dislike most about this product?

its not easy to implement , requires a good knowledge of YAML and coding

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

use it when you have all resource sin AWS and there are other tools like terraform , crossplane which helps Platform engineers to create infra on hybrid cloud

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

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AWS Cloud​Formation Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love AWS Cloud​Formation?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Configuration Management Tracking of server configuration and configuration changes.

Dynamic Scalability Ability to scale servers up or down, depending on resource requirements. This activity may be automated, triggered by conditions, or be completely manual.

Systems Administration Tools allowing the systems administration of multiple servers through a single tool, to reduce repetitive task execution.

Resource Availability Orchestration/Provisioning software must be able to allocate resources for new server requests so that compute, memory and storage is not over-provisioned.

Agent or Agentless The orchestration, provisioning, deployment and management of servers being done with or without a software agent.

Task Process Automation Automation of tasks and processes of the Orchestration/Provisioning software without systems administration intervention.

Service Templates Templates for standard server configurations, to allow for expedited provisioning and deployment of standard server types.

Resource Definition The systems administrator defines resources needed for the new server definition, which is processed and deployed by the Orchestration/Provisioning software.

Multi Tenancy Software works in tandem with hosting system and the management of the multiple systems running in the same environment with appropriate levels of segregation.

Workflow Support The ability to incorporate pre-defined workflows into provisioned servers.

Scripting Support Support for systems scripting languages such as Python and Java to further automate operating systems level tasks.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

AWS Cloud​Formation Reviews

Kamran A.

From a Multi-Cloud Architect's Lenses

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Agam A.

Not good for first time users, need better options

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Tarun B.

Awesome for IAAC in AWS

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

AWS CloudFormation

What is AWS CloudFormation?

AWS CloudFormation Ratings

How much do users love AWS CloudFormation?

Feature Ratings

Configuration Management

Dynamic Scalability

Systems Administration

Resource Availability

Agent or Agentless

Task Process Automation

Service Templates

Resource Definition

Multi Tenancy

Workflow Support

Scripting Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

AWS CloudFormation Reviews