Amazon CloudWatch vs Stackify Retrace

• We use CloudWatch for collecting and monitoring logs for the AWS infrastructure.
• CloudWatch events and alarms are configured for all our infrastructure running on AWS. Like Ec2, ECS, AWS Lambda, RDS. We can track auto-scaling at the service level (ECS) and instance level (EC2 and ECS).
• CloudWatch helps collects monitoring data in the form of logs and events and provides one unified view of AWS resources and services that run on AWS.
• We use it for monitoring logs and events, raising alarms if our infrastructure has any issues and also CloudWatch logs into ELK system for detailed log analysis and monitoring.
• AWS Lambda's cold and warm boot times can also be registered using it.

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• APM Plus has a searchable archive that makes it easy to find a previously sent document.
• APM plus can automatically decide if the email address isn't present on a document, send it by fax. If no fax number exists the document is sent back to sender for evaluation.
• Sending to APM Plus is as simple as sending a document to a Printer! APM Plus does the rest!

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• CloudWatch could provide better log analytics using a better log parsing and log indexing. Like what is provided in ELK or Splunk.
• Better dashboarding can be provided. Currently the dashboarding is very rudimentary.
• No good customizable log indexing is available.

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• To set up the fields that APM Plus monitors, you need to map each field area on each document.
• APM Plus could use a way to link the documents back into the finance or business software so you can find the document under the PO, Sales Order, Invoice, etc.
• APM Plus setup is only for the professionals. There are many areas that need tweaking on setup, having a better default setup would lessen the learning curve to set it up for use.

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• The cost is low in terms of what you get and what it provides.
• Containers and workloads are now monitored and we can see how the computed levels are increasing, which allows us to make adjustments before we have complaints.
• The proactive element of CloudWatch allows us to address issues before they arise.

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• APM Plus has freed up users from having to manually attach documents to each place they are sending it. APM Plus will do it automatically.
• APM Plus provides a searchable archive to re-visit sent documents with customers and vendors. Having to reprint a document you risk the potential that something has changed since it was last printed.
• APM Plus does need IT staff for adjustments and to review sending problems. Not for an average user.

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