--- description: Get information about Amazon CloudWatch price, usability & features from verified user experiences. Read reviews from Indian business users & discover similar tools. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Amazon CloudWatch Price, Features, Reviews & Ratings - Capterra India --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Website Monitoring Software](/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) > [Amazon CloudWatch](/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch) # Amazon CloudWatch Canonical: https://www.capterra.in/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.in/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch?page=2) > Observability of your AWS resources and applications on AWS and on-premises > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 92 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Amazon CloudWatch? IT admins, IT managers, Developers, Systems Engineers, Cloud Architects, Cloud Developers, Cloud Infrastructure Security teams, Infrastructure, Security, \& Deployment teams ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 92 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 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 - **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 - Asset Discovery - Availability Testing - Dashboard Software - Event Logs - Monitoring - Performance Analysis - Performance Metrics - Policy Management Software - Prioritization - Real-Time Monitoring - Release Management - Resource Management Software - Risk Management Software - Root Cause Analysis - Server Monitoring Software - Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management - Uptime Reporting - Vulnerability Assessment ## 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 Software - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Website Monitoring Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) ## Related Categories - [Website Monitoring Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) - [Cloud Management Tools](https://www.capterra.in/directory/30852/cloud-management/software) - [Vulnerability Management Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/31062/vulnerability-management/software) - [DevOps Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/31120/devops/software) - [Application Performance Management Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/30208/application-performance-management-software/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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You always need expert's help to understand the cost. ----- ### "Monitoring Vms" — 4.0/5 > **Agnoor** | *17 January 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: 1. Easy integrable with other Amazon services. 2. Processing of logs , notifications and doing real-time monitoring on critical machines is ease with CloudWatch. 3. It is a global service , so no hassle of changing regions, sites for the view. > > **Cons**: 1. Analysis of monitors in starting is difficult. 2. Managing services cost is such a tricky process with the usage. > > Overall the product is absolutely helpful to understand and see the metrices of data in a collaborative dashboard of all the Regions. Creating tags , alarms are really helpful to avoid spikes and any issues. ----- ### "Monitoring of instances" — 5.0/5 > **Bharath** | *25 November 2024* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: 1. It's very scalable and monitoring EC2, services is an easy and quick job with Cloudwatch. 2. Intuitive UI and highly integrable with all the AWS resources which facilate automated monitoring. 3. Customize dashboard according to queries and quick report availability. > > **Cons**: 1. Analysis of logs is somehow a tough job. 2. Complex implementation and filter addition. 3. Cost are based on the monitoring of resource. > > Absolutely wonderful product for monitoring of all the AWS resources together and checkout any gaps and issues effectively. We can create realtime metrics and charts of the EC2 resources. ----- ### "My Experience of Amazon CloudWatch" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *4 January 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: CloudWatch Alarms are highly configurable. When Any thresholds are breached sends Notifications that enable quick response to an issue. Seamless integration with Aws services > > **Cons**: CloudWatch Pricing structure can become confusing and expensive especially when dealing with high metrics, logs and alarms. Dashboard are customizable but built-in visualization are so basic. > > Overall Experience is positive with these things. 1. CloudWatch Excels at offering detailed insights into aws resources. 2. Customize dashboard as per need it is a versatile solution for monitoring for simplify observation and insights of operations. ----- ### "Good tool to monitor AWS resources" — 5.0/5 > **Anonymous User** | *9 January 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: A centralised Dashboard to view and monitor all of my resources from one place. It is easy to set up Cloud Watch with multiple AWS resources, such as EC2 instances, ECS instances, and RDS database instances. > > **Cons**: Some of the advanced features, like custom metrics, took a little while to figure out. > > Here’s a more relaxed version: Overall, I think CloudWatch is pretty solid. It’s good for keeping track of things and works well with other AWS stuff. The learning curve and pricing can be a bit annoying sometimes, but it gets the job done and helps me stay on top of things. ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.in/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.in/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | ----- ## Structured Data