--- title: AWS CloudTrail Reviews meta\_title: 'AWS CloudTrail Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 107 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AWS CloudTrail works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 107 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # AWS CloudTrail Reviews & Product Details AWS CloudTrail is a service that enables governance, compliance, and operational and risk auditing of your AWS account. It records actions taken by users, roles, or AWS services as events, capturing API calls made via the AWS Management Console, AWS Command Line Interface, and AWS SDKs. This comprehensive logging provides visibility into user activity and resource changes, facilitating security analysis, resource change tracking, and troubleshooting. Key Features and Functionality: - Event History: Provides a viewable, searchable, and downloadable record of the past 90 days of management events in an AWS Region, allowing users to monitor and review recent account activity without additional setup. - Trails: Enables continuous recording of events by creating trails that deliver log files to an Amazon S3 bucket. Trails can be configured to capture management events, data events, and insights events, offering flexibility in monitoring specific activities. - CloudTrail Lake: A managed data lake that allows for the aggregation, storage, and analysis of events. It supports SQL-based querying and integrates with services like Amazon Athena for advanced analytics. - Insights: Detects unusual activity by analyzing management events and identifying anomalies in API call volumes or error rates, aiding in proactive security and operational monitoring. - Integration with AWS Services: Seamlessly integrates with other AWS services such as Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Lambda, and Amazon EventBridge, enabling automated responses to specific events and enhancing monitoring capabilities. Primary Value and Problem Solved: AWS CloudTrail addresses the critical need for transparency and accountability within AWS environments. By providing detailed records of user and service activities, it helps organizations meet compliance requirements, enhance security posture, and efficiently troubleshoot operational issues. The service's ability to detect anomalies and integrate with other AWS services ensures that users can proactively manage and secure their cloud resources. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [AWS CloudTrail Community](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-cloudtrail/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 1 month ### Return on Investment 8 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-cloudtrail/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Okta](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Okta") Okta 4.5/5(1,366) ](https://www.g2.com/products/okta/reviews) [ ![Termius](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Termius") Termius 4.8/5(268) ](https://www.g2.com/products/termius/reviews) [ ![SAP Fiori](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SAP Fiori") SAP Fiori 4.3/5(207) ](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-fiori/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-cloudtrail/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 107 real user reviews. 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BZ Badr Z. Senior Software Engineering Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/30/2023 "Senior Engineering manager" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? Hustle free event logs. Default S3 storage for older logs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? Searchimg logs should be better. I think the most annoying part is to filter logs with date. If there could be a top level container to see logs per date and sort in event resource. It would be super helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? Mainly I am using it for audit logs and event logs reviews. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Kavya R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Kavya R.") KR Kavya R. Associate Consultant Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/12/2024 "AWS CloudTraill" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? Comprehensive logging with proper visibility and accountability of the tasks. Also the scalability to different regions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? Limited retention period of 90 days default needs to get more tools if more retention is required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? identifying and responding to suspicious or unauthorized activities in real-time can be challenging without a monitoring system which AWS CloudTrail is solving for us as a cyber security engineer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Muhammad Jamee G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Muhammad Jamee G.") MG Muhammad Jamee G. DevOps Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 11/25/2022 "Cloud Trails is indeed a very good service" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? It logs everything user-wise. and it is a free service on the default configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? 7 days of logs retentions are free which is not enough. It should be for a month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps me to resolve issues of finding the work logs of the different users. As an administrator, it helps me to keep an eye on the users and the excessive access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/8/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Isha S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Isha S.") IS Isha S. AWS Python Developer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/14/2023 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Easy to track your steps back" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? Good thing is that we get detailed event logging, allowing users to monitor and audit aws account activity, enhance security and troubleshoot operational issues. It also offers visibility into API's which helps in forensic analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? It charges based on volume of events logged. Extensive logging results in large number of log files which requires proper management to avoid storage and retrieval issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? Helps tracking back events and logs, API for over long time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Anudeep N.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anudeep N.") AN Anudeep N. Software Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/12/2023 "Aws best management service" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? It provides the end to end details of logs and api calls when we connect to the aws service which provides great information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? When i was beginning my career to start aws cloud trail its hard to understand and it is so complex to learn and do . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? It provides us great insights and log messages of the api calls when ever any connection has been established to our service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sudarshan D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sudarshan D.") SD Sudarshan D. Senior Cloud Infrastructure Cost Analyst Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/16/2023 "Log Any API activity to your AWS account" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? - Can trace any event/API activity on the AWS account, - Easy to create Athena tables from the cloudtrail and query the details Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? Sometimes becomes difficult to find the exact event from the console, you would need expertise on AWS CloudTrail events Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps identify the origin of the activity, most of the times this results in the quick resolution of issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Manpreet S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Manpreet S.") MS Manpreet S. Software Developer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/4/2023 "Good tracking and monitoring tool for AWS account." 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? It helps to track security and monitoring actions in your AWS account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? It is expensive if we need large storage and sometimes logs files are large and not easy to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps solve the problem of tracking and auditing AWS account activity and secure the account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/24/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Information Technology and Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Information Technology and Services") UI Verified User in Information Technology and Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/18/2023 "Excellent auditing infrastructure for all AWS services" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? it logs every single event that takes place in an AWS account and the scope can be configured in a fine-grained manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? nothing really. it's well documented and does exactly what's required - logging events that occur in an AWS account Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? We use AWS Cloudtrail to audit all AWS login events across our AWS Organisation - 3 AWS accounts. We analyse the cloudtrail logs with a SIEM solution and spit out the events in a visible slack channel where's it clearly obvious who's logging onto AWS. it's a brilliant solution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mysoora R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mysoora R.") MR Mysoora R. AWS Administrator Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/9/2023 "AWS Cloud Trail Review By AWS Service User" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? Ease of use and its fetures attractive, it will help for enabling operational and risk auding of AWS account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? Its procing, it should be free for using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? It will have rocord of all events done by adminstrator. i.e. Actions taken by user are recorded as events in Cloud trail Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Balaji B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Balaji B.") BB Balaji B. Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/13/2023 "Nice Platform for cloud services" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS CloudTrail? I have inspired about tracking IoT things data through several regions and even guidance for preparing the cloud database is nicely given on technical guidance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CloudTrail? not much but can be give 1 month trail period for beginners Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CloudTrail solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps to solve for computing the inventory, stock stored in yards or godowns Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about AWS CloudTrail? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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