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Based on 39 reviews and ratings
Attribute Ratings
- AWS Config is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
AWS Config
87%
6 Ratings
8.0
Vagrant
80%
14 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
AWS Config
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
Vagrant
90%
1 Rating
Usability
AWS Config
N/A
0 Ratings
5.5
Vagrant
55%
1 Rating
Performance
9.6
AWS Config
96%
4 Ratings
Vagrant
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
AWS Config
It's really good if your infrastructure services is all in AWS, that means everything could be audited and monitored using AWS config. You also can create alarms to notify you or your team about any changes on your AWS resources which is very useful to prevent abuse if you have a fairly large team. It's also very useful whenever some third party wants to audit your AWS resources, if you have a fairly comprehensive AWS config configured, the auditing process will be easy since they only need to look at your AWS config setup.

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 employeesVagrant
I would recommend this tool to a colleague looking to create a repeatably deployable local dev environment based on their staging and production environments. I would recommend this mostly for individuals or teams requiring environments with server-side software such as php, et al. There are likely less processor-heavy and smaller tools for simpler projects.
Front End Developer / Marketing Technologist
Island City MediaRetail, 1-10 employees
Pros
AWS Config
- The ability to track changes in AWS is paramount, AWS config allows you to do this
- Allows the auditing of an AWS account
- Can view history of an account that has AWS config enabled

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Gambling & Casinos Company, 201-500 employeesVagrant
- Vagrant is decentralized so anyone can make a container package to get a project started. you aren't limited to wordpress, or even one style of wordpress install (you can make a sage.io wordpress environment).
- Vagrant easily lets you set ports and URLs for local development.
- I have yet to have a problem with Vagrant, as opposed to MAMP and DesktopServer, which both gave me SQL or other issues.
Freelance Web Developer
SJI Associates | Design & AdvertisingMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Cons
AWS Config
- It's only AWS, no third party.
- Not the most intuitive interface, but with a little getting used to it is OK.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Fund-Raising Company, 1001-5000 employeesVagrant
- Because Vagrant is a low-level tool with many ways to configure it, there is a steep learning curve. You don't just have to learn (or install) Vagrant, but also Virtualbox, Ansible and possibly some Vagrant plugins to keep boxes up to date.
- Support on Windows doesn't seem great. I'm a Mac guy, so it's been very difficult getting things to work as expected when a developer wants to work on Windows.
- Perhaps I didn't configure it correctly, but the default shared folders are not the best for performance. There are also frequently weird issues regarding file permissions.
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Pinpoint Software, Inc.Internet, 1-10 employees
Pricing Details
AWS Config
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Vagrant
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Likelihood to Renew
AWS Config
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Vagrant
Vagrant 9.0
Based on 1 answer
Vagrant is fast, versatile and does exactly what we need it to do: spin up virtual servers for local development fast and without trouble.
Freelance Web Developer
SJI Associates | Design & AdvertisingMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Usability
AWS Config
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Vagrant
Vagrant 5.5
Based on 1 answer
A GUI would be nice for entry level users.
Senior Front-end developer
Velocity PartnersInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Performance
AWS Config
AWS Config 9.6
Based on 4 answers
Would rate lower for other workloads but for AWS workloads its simple to set up, cost effective and customisable. Primary use case is compliance from a governance perspective.

Verified User
Professional in Finance and Accounting
Information Services Company, 501-1000 employeesVagrant
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
AWS Config
I do not know or have used any other product in AWS cloud space that matches what AWS Config provides. We have some custom built monitoring and governance, however that is there because AWS Config does not provide it currently.

Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employeesVagrant
I liked lando better because lando seemed extremely easy to setup compared to other VM's and it seemed faster though that project was simpler. Virtualbox I ran on windows and it has a gui and has often been slow. The vagrant boxes I used did well but had slightly more problems than lando.
Sr. Software Engineer
ICF NextComputer Software, 1001-5000 employees
Return on Investment
AWS Config
- A "Big Fish" company that is more concerned about the security of their data came aboard with us more easily since they trust us with the AWS config setup
- Less time to debug or finding out issue on infrastructure whenever it happens
- Easy and fast to roll back whenever changes that caused issues happen

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 employeesVagrant
- Vagrant is free - It requires a bit of extra technical knowledge in terms of setup, but since it costs nothing it's an excellent resource
- It can be time consuming to learn, but once you get a good handle on it you're in good shape.
Web Developer
Grady BrittonMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees