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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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90 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

88 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

8% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Fair
Helps Innovate
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Configuration Management

Dynamic Scalability

Systems Administration

Resource Availability

Service Templates

Agent or Agentless

Task Process Automation

Resource Definition

Workflow Support

Multi Tenancy

Scripting Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

AWS CloudFormation Reviews

Varsha G.

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

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Submitted Apr 2024

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?

It's features and ease of use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's web services

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing to say

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Excellent product

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Gautami S.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

A Reliable product among its contenders!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?

Easy to use. Minimal knowledge required to set up a basic configuration. Documentation of AWS cloudformation and AWS in general is pretty straightforward. Terraform is an alternative but CF is highly reliable on its own.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The scripting languages available are multiple. Python and JavaScript are the best in this regard. It is an excellent tool for automation and since it's Amazon it's reliable. No issues with customer support till date

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing so far. It has been as good as it's contenders.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

You can either select AWS CF or Terraform. If you're ecosystem is in AWS It is best to use Cloudformation and not an external tool like Terraform.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Less Caring

Monika C.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Effective solution for managing infrastructure.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?

One notable feature of AWS CloudFormation is its close interaction with the AWS ecosystem, which makes resource allocation and management a breeze. Automation and consistency are guaranteed by its infrastructure-as-code methodology, and drift detection aids in preserving intended configurations. Flexibility is increased by the support for YAML and JSON templates, which completes the package for infrastructure deployment and maintenance.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The infrastructure-as-code methodology of AWS CloudFormation is my favorite feature. Infrastructure may be defined and managed in a code-based format, which improves version control and collaboration and speeds up deployments. It simplifies maintenance, replication, and scaling of your entire AWS system, much like having a blueprint.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The things that I find most difficult with AWS CloudFormation are the steepest learning curve and the sporadic complexity in debugging.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To understand AWS CloudFormation's infrastructure-as-code idea and YAML/JSON templates, go through its documentation and tutorials. Start with basic deployments and work your way up to more complex configurations. Use forums and community sites to get further advice and help with issues.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

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90 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

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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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

AWS Cloud​Formation Reviews

Varsha G.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Gautami S.

A Reliable product among its contenders!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Monika C.

Effective solution for managing infrastructure.

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

Service Templates

Agent or Agentless

Task Process Automation

Resource Definition

Workflow Support

Multi Tenancy

Scripting Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

AWS CloudFormation Reviews