Fast Onboarding and Collaboration
October 25, 2025

Fast Onboarding and Collaboration

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with AWS Cloud9

We use AWS Cloud9 as a cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) for building, running, and debugging applications directly in the browser. It provides developers with a consistent and preconfigured environment, removing the need to manually set up local machines. Our teams access their projects securely from anywhere and collaborate in real-time, which is especially useful given our distributed workforce.

Pros

  • Consistent, Secure Development Environments
  • Real-Time Collaboration
  • Seamless AWS Service Integration

Cons

  • Complex Pricing & Lifecycle Management
  • Limited Customization
  • Performance & Latency
  • Idle workspace costs reduce overall cost savings.
  • Real-time collaboration improves productivity and efficiency.
  • Faster onboarding, reducing developer ramp-up time.
I rated AWS Cloud9’s usability an 8/10 because it’s intuitive, easy to get started with, and integrates seamlessly with AWS services, but it lacks the speed and flexibility of more mature local IDEs.

Do you think AWS Cloud9 delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with AWS Cloud9's feature set?

Yes

Did AWS Cloud9 live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of AWS Cloud9 go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy AWS Cloud9 again?

Yes

GitHub, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), AWS Backup
AWS Cloud9 is well suited for quickly onboarding developers, AWS-native development like Lambda and S3 workflows, and real-time collaboration across distributed teams. It’s less appropriate for very large or complex applications where performance lags, or when projects require heavy local tooling and custom plugins. Since it’s fully cloud-based, it also isn’t practical for offline development scenarios.

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