Simple and effective
October 10, 2020
Simple and effective
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with AWS Certificate Manager
We are using it at the department level, and mainly we use it to manage SSL certificates for our websites. We found it very useful, especially when we need to renew certificates, because the functionality is really straightforward. The interface is clear and not excessively complex, so we didn't find any problems using it.
- Easy to use interface
- Really straight forward functionality
- Simple and effective
- Sometimes ACM certificates don't work with ELB.
- No automatic alert on certificate expiration.
- Simplifies certificate management inside AWS stack.
- It works, so one less thing to worry about.
AWS Certificate Manager and IAM are the only options inside the AWS stack to manage and serve certificates at the infrastructure level, like Elastic Load Balancer for example. Of course, you can install certificates at the instance level. For example, you can install a certificate on an EC2 instance, or even, you can use Let's Encrypt for that task too, but those methods are not managed as AWS Certificate Manager does.
Do you think AWS Certificate Manager delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with AWS Certificate Manager's feature set?
Yes
Did AWS Certificate Manager live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of AWS Certificate Manager go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy AWS Certificate Manager again?
Yes
Using AWS Certificate Manager
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- Simple steps for importing a certificate.
- Certificate overview is simple and shows relevant data.
- Interface is fast.
- Choosing too many columns can create a horizontal scroll.