AWS CloudFormation vs. LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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.…
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LeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
LeanIX in Bonn focuses on controlling and reducing complexity in IT landscapes. Core of the Enterprise Architecture Management solution is an intelligent IT inventory designed to make up-to-date information and planning for the IT landscape accessible for relevant staff. LeanIX also provides an integrable cloud governance solution to its EAM solution via the Cloud Native Tool, as well as the LeanIX Smart Xplore tool to manage Digital Transformation initiatives.N/A
Pricing
AWS CloudFormationLeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
Editions & Modules
Free Tier - 1,000 Handler Operations per Month per Account
$0.00
Handler Operation
$0.0009
per handler operation
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AWS CloudFormationLeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
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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Community Pulse
AWS CloudFormationLeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
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User Ratings
AWS CloudFormationLeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
Likelihood to Recommend
7.6
(5 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
AWS CloudFormationLeanIX Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
Likelihood to Recommend
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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LeanIX
Not a 10, because now SAP is owner, there remains uncertainty on the development and pricing strategy. we struggle a bit with defining thr complex architecture of our non-sap ERP platform, but we learn as we go.
Very interesting also to start up interfaces, seems to work very well and helpfull in maintaining the proper insights
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Pros
Amazon AWS
  • SaaS
  • Paas
  • Iaas
  • On promises
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LeanIX
  • User friendly
  • Configurable
  • Relations between fact sheets
  • Lifecycle management
  • Self build reports
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Cons
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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LeanIX
  • More depth in initiatives.
  • Pre- fill with complete architecture of major solutions (like M365, infor m3 or other non SAP solutions)
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Alternatives Considered
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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LeanIX
We did not do a comparisson
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Return on Investment
Amazon AWS
  • It has a positive ROI
  • Less time inverted in bugs
  • More stable source code
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LeanIX
  • We use it for portfolio management and through its use, are enabled for better prioritization and selection of projects
  • We reduced our application portfolio that were overlapping in features
  • We identified weak process areas and are now able to challenge business projects in relation to process maturity and user happiness
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ScreenShots

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