Altostra vs. AWS CloudFormation

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altostra
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Altostra is a no-code platform that provides a visual workspace that enables users to design any architectures as desired supporting code, no-code or both, in the user's own environment. The platform is designed to fit the user's workflow and accelerate modern cloud development such as microservices and serverless applications. It gives developers the freedom to code without dealing with complex infrastructure configuration or scripting. Use policies, configuration sets, and automated actions…
$20
per month per user
AWS CloudFormation
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
AWS CloudFormation gives developers and systems administrators a way to create and manage a collection of related AWS resources, provisioning and updating them in a predictable fashion. Use AWS CloudFormation’s sample templates or create templates to describe the AWS resources, and any associated dependencies or runtime parameters, required to run an application. Users don’t need to figure out the order for provisioning AWS services or the subtleties of making those dependencies work.…
$0
Pricing
AltostraAWS CloudFormation
Editions & Modules
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Free Tier - 1,000 Handler Operations per Month per Account
$0.00
Handler Operation
$0.0009
per handler operation
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AltostraAWS CloudFormation
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsThere is no additional charge for using AWS CloudFormation with resource providers in the following namespaces: AWS::*, Alexa::*, and Custom::*. In this case you pay for AWS resources (such as Amazon EC2 instances, Elastic Load Balancing load balancers, etc.) created using AWS CloudFormation as if you created them manually. You only pay for what you use, as you use it; there are no minimum fees and no required upfront commitments. When you use resource providers with AWS CloudFormation outside the namespaces mentioned above, you incur charges per handler operation. Handler operations are create, update, delete, read, or list actions on a resource.
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Best Alternatives
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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7.6
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
AltostraAWS CloudFormation
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Altostra
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Amazon AWS
AWS CloudFormation is well suited for scenarios where all of your resources need to be provisioned on AWS but it is not suited for hybrid cloud deployments. It's very easy for someone new to learn. The level of customization offered as part of the template specifically for AWS services is great. There is also a UI tool where we can drag and drop the services we want and it generates an yaml file which is very easy to use. The visibility of stacks and its resources and one place where we can track and identify the issues in deployment is great.
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Pros
Altostra
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Amazon AWS
  • SaaS
  • Paas
  • Iaas
  • On promises
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Cons
Altostra
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Amazon AWS
  • Error Description upon Failure Needs to be Improved.
  • Slow to create, delete or update.
  • Need to delete resources manually. It can ask before starting deletion whether to skip those resources or delete them.
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Alternatives Considered
Altostra
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Amazon AWS
We didn't look into anything else as Cloudformation was "built-in" for AWS, it just kind of made sense to go with that. Terraform was something that we briefly looked into Terraform but decides to stick with Cloudformation because our task was relatively "simple". Apparently if it's a bit more complex, Terraform might be the way to go.
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Return on Investment
Altostra
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Amazon AWS
  • It has a positive ROI
  • Less time inverted in bugs
  • More stable source code
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ScreenShots

AWS CloudFormation Screenshots

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