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Amazon CloudWatch

Overview

What is Amazon CloudWatch?

Amazon CloudWatch is a native AWS monitoring tool for AWS programs. It provides data collection and resource monitoring capabilities.

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Recent Reviews

A must-have!

9 out of 10
October 23, 2019
We use AWS to sync a lot of files that all the users need. It's a very good tool to keep track of everything, including notifications and …
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Pricing

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Canaries

$0.0012

On Premise
per canary run

Logs - Analyze (Logs Insights queries)

$0.005

On Premise
per GB of data scanned

Over 1,000,000 Metrics

$0.02

On Premise
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/prici…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

AWS Container Day - Amazon Cloudwatch (Container Insights)

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Product Details

What is Amazon CloudWatch?

Amazon CloudWatch is a native AWS monitoring and observability service built for DevOps engineers, developers, site reliability engineers (SREs), and IT managers. CloudWatch provides users with data and actionable insights to monitor applications, respond to system-wide performance changes, optimize resource utilization, and get a unified view of operational health. CloudWatch collects monitoring and operational data in the form of logs, metrics, and events, providing users with a unified view of AWS resources, applications, and services that run on AWS and on-premises servers. CloudWatch can be used to detect anomalous behavior in environments, set alarms, visualize logs and metrics side by side, take automated actions, troubleshoot issues, and discover insights to keep your applications running smoothly. With Amazon CloudWatch, there is no up-front commitment or minimum fee; users simply pay for what they use.

Amazon CloudWatch Screenshots

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Amazon CloudWatch Videos

Amazon CloudWatch: Complete Visibility of Your Cloud Resources and Applications
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Amazon CloudWatch Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesAmericas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific

Amazon CloudWatch Downloadables

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon CloudWatch is a native AWS monitoring tool for AWS programs. It provides data collection and resource monitoring capabilities.

Datadog, Azure Monitor, and Splunk IT Essentials are common alternatives for Amazon CloudWatch.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.4.

The most common users of Amazon CloudWatch are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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May 13, 2020

Watching the AWS Cloud is easier with CloudWatch

Ramindu Deshapriya | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ramindu Deshapriya
Lead Consultant - Technology
Virtusa (Computer Software, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
9
Support is effective, and we were able to get any problems that we couldn't get solved through community discussion forums solved for us by the AWS support team. For example, we were assisted in one instance where we were not sure about the best metrics to use in order to optimize an auto-scaling group on EC2. The support team was able to look at our metrics and give a useful recommendation on which metrics to use.
March 30, 2020

CloudWatch provides the basics, but you may need more.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Retail Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
9
Amazon does a great job in providing documentation, guides for implementation and the community because of the broad adoption also has additional guides, articles and support groups for the environment. I've also been very happy with AWS tech support in providing guidance and answers to questions regarding CloudWatch.
February 13, 2020

You will enjoy using AWS CloudWatch

Diego Turcios Lara | TrustRadius Reviewer
Diego Turcios Lara
Devops Engineer
Acklen Avenue (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Support Rating
8
AWS has different levels of support, the basic level isn't really the great stuff. But take into consideration millions of users use this cloud provider, so finding help in open forums is really good. Most of the problems you encounter are easy to find and this is really good for the end user.
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