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AWS CloudFormation

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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What is AWS CloudFormation?

AWS CloudFormation provides a common language for you to describe and provision all the infrastructure resources in your cloud environment. CloudFormation allows you to use a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for your applications across all regions and accounts. This file serves as the single source of truth for your cloud environment.

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AWS CloudFormation Ratings

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AWS CloudFormation?

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5% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Fair
Helps Innovate
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Dynamic Scalability

Configuration Management

Systems Administration

Resource Availability

Task Process Automation

Resource Definition

Service Templates

Agent or Agentless

Workflow Support

Multi Tenancy

Scripting Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

AWS CloudFormation Reviews

Rahul w.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2022

Super IAAS service

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?

It's is cloud based IAAS service, easy to use and easy to handle

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its documentation and it's ease of use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as far now

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Please use this service to single click deployment and hosting

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Saurabh M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Oct 2022

Best Product for AWS services

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?

Deployment speed and service integration is very good with AWS cloud formation in simplified ways

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Consistency template designing

What do you dislike most about this product?

Vendor specific service

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

highly recommended if anyone using AWS extensively

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Sulaiman O.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Sep 2022

"'Infrastructure as a code" "Easy Stack templates"

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?

Easily integration with other AWS services. Easy usage of stack templates. Extensive capacity function to suit various use cases.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy usage of stack templates Extensive capacity function to suit various use cases.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Bootlenect of AWS services

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Integration with some neutral vendors infrastructure.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Effective Service
Friendly Negotiation

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91 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love AWS Cloud​Formation?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Dynamic Scalability Ability to scale servers up or down, depending on resource requirements. This activity may be automated, triggered by conditions, or be completely manual.

Configuration Management Tracking of server configuration and configuration changes.

Systems Administration Tools allowing the systems administration of multiple servers through a single tool, to reduce repetitive task execution.

Resource Availability Orchestration/Provisioning software must be able to allocate resources for new server requests so that compute, memory and storage is not over-provisioned.

Task Process Automation Automation of tasks and processes of the Orchestration/Provisioning software without systems administration intervention.

Resource Definition The systems administrator defines resources needed for the new server definition, which is processed and deployed by the Orchestration/Provisioning software.

Service Templates Templates for standard server configurations, to allow for expedited provisioning and deployment of standard server types.

Agent or Agentless The orchestration, provisioning, deployment and management of servers being done with or without a software agent.

Workflow Support The ability to incorporate pre-defined workflows into provisioned servers.

Multi Tenancy Software works in tandem with hosting system and the management of the multiple systems running in the same environment with appropriate levels of segregation.

Scripting Support Support for systems scripting languages such as Python and Java to further automate operating systems level tasks.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

AWS Cloud​Formation Reviews

Rahul w.

Super IAAS service

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Saurabh M.

Best Product for AWS services

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sulaiman O.

"'Infrastructure as a code" "Easy Stack templates"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

AWS CloudFormation

What is AWS CloudFormation?

AWS CloudFormation Ratings

How much do users love AWS CloudFormation?

Feature Ratings

Dynamic Scalability

Configuration Management

Systems Administration

Resource Availability

Task Process Automation

Resource Definition

Service Templates

Agent or Agentless

Workflow Support

Multi Tenancy

Scripting Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

AWS CloudFormation Reviews