--- description: Review of Amazon CloudWatch Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Amazon CloudWatch | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Observability Software](/directory/4534/observability/software) > [Amazon CloudWatch](/software/390574/amazon-cloudwatch) # Amazon CloudWatch Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/390574/amazon-cloudwatch Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/390574/amazon-cloudwatch?page=2) > Amazon CloudWatch is an automated testing software designed to help DevOps engineers, IT managers, developers and site reliability engineers (SREs) monitor application performances. The platform enables administrators to set up alarms, detect anomalous behavior and troubleshoot issues across environments. Managers can respond to performance changes and track the operational health of infrastructures on a unified interface. Amazon CloudWatch allows teams to collect and analyze metrics from distributed AWS applications including Amazon S3 and Amazon DynamoDB. Additionally, supervisors can also gain insights into log analytics and address operational issues in real-time. Amazon CloudWatch lets businesses integrate the system with AWS Identity and Access Management to configure role-based access permissions for staff members. Pricing is based on monthly subscriptions and support is extended via FAQs, knowledge base, forums, > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 95 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 95 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services (AWS) - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: No up-front commitment or minimum fee; you simply pay for what you use. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Alerts/Notifications - Analytics - Asset Discovery - Availability Testing - Cost Management - Dashboard - Diagnostic Tools - Event Logs - KPI Monitoring - Monitoring - Multi-Cloud Management - Performance Analysis - Performance Metrics - Policy Management - Prioritisation - Real-Time Monitoring - Release Management - Resource Management - Risk Management ## Integrations (8 total) - AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) - AWS Key Management Service (KMS) - AWS Lambda - Amazon API Gateway - Amazon DynamoDB - Amazon EC2 - Amazon ECS - Amazon S3 ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Observability Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4534/observability/software) ## Related Categories - [Observability Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4534/observability/software) - [Cloud Integration Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4676/cloud-management/software) - [Vulnerability Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4286/vulnerability-management/software) - [DevOps Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4380/devops/software) - [Application Performance Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4140/application-performance-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It is especially useful for understanding application and infrastructure performance. > > **Cons**: The main limitation is that CloudWatch costs can increase as monitoring, metrics, and log volumes grow. The service can also become complex when configuring advanced monitoring, dashboards, and alarms across many resources. > > Amazon CloudWatch has been a reliable monitoring and observability service. It provides useful visibility into AWS resources and applications through metrics, logs, dashboards, and alarms. It helps identify performance issues quickly and supports better operational decisions. The main challenge is managing costs and configuration as monitoring requirements grow. ----- ### "My review is Amazon cloudwatch" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *11 June 2025* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Amazon CloudWatch provides detailed metrics and real-time data that assist in optimizing cloud utilization and monitoring apps effectively. It offers robust integration with AWS services, enabling automation through alarms and metrics and facilitating resource scaling and task automation. CloudWatch simplifies logging by collecting logs from various sources like Lambda and providing a single dashboard for comprehensive monitoring and analysis. Its reliability and ease of setup make it a preferred choice for both cloud and on-premises resources, with technical support rated highly by users. The service helps in cost savings as an inbuilt solution for AWS, offering essential monitoring features without requiring additional setup or maintenance. > > **Cons**: Amazon CloudWatch lacks features such as real-time data stream monitoring and application performance monitoring, requiring third-party tools for comprehensive monitoring. The search functionality is limited, lacking advanced search capabilities and fuzzy matching, which hampers efficient issue tracking and troubleshooting. Log streaming in Amazon CloudWatch is slow, often taking up to 24 hours, and requires an external setup with Kibana or Splunk for faster performance. Alerts and alerting mechanisms in Amazon CloudWatch need to be more flexible, as current configurations are limited and not user-friendly. Amazon CloudWatch's pricing, particularly for custom metrics, is considered high and lacks a straightforward approach to pricing improvements. > > My overall experience with the aws cloudwatch service has been positive. Its been an reliable tool for monitoring and logging, giving me an valuable insights into my applications and infrastructure.It has helped me keep track of performance and quickly troubleshoot any issues. ----- ### "Perfect for easy business uses" — 5.0/5 > **Brandon** | *19 March 2026* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Amazing software and easy to use, I find that it meets all my business needs, and I can find what I am looking for > > **Cons**: Too many features sometimes, I appreciate the many different options on this software, but I feel it could be trimmed down a bit. > > Easy to use, well laid out, so useful, I go to this software all the time on a daily basis and never feel frustrated ----- ### "An awesome system\!" — 5.0/5 > **Deborah** | *8 June 2025* | Computer Networking | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: They are so reliable, the best\! I love the fact that I can get everything I need in a snap of fingers\! That is absolutely awesome\! > > **Cons**: No conts\! Honestly there are none, cause, Amazon is the platform I use daily, I do all my stuff in there\! > > Very good. Top\! I use their services yearly, I love also how quick they are when supporting me... supporting us, rather\! ----- ### "Great tool for log mangement" — 5.0/5 > **Flavio** | *3 November 2025* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Great and reliable tool that integrate with other AWS services. Been using it daily to monitor user’s behaviour and also to look after possible bugs. The ease of use is great with loads of filters features that allow me do my job quickly and efficiently. > > **Cons**: Sometimes the logs can take a while to load. Also I don’t think we would need to hit “load more to see older or newer events. ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/390574/amazon-cloudwatch?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/390574/amazon-cloudwatch) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data