--- title: AWS CodeStar Reviews meta\_title: 'AWS CodeStar Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 17 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AWS CodeStar works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 17 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: CI/CD Tools url: https://www.g2.com/categories/ci-cd-tools --- # AWS CodeStar Reviews & Product Details AWS CodeStar enables you to quickly develop, build, and deploy applications on AWS by providing a unified user interface, allowing you to easily manage your software development activities in one place. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [AWS CodeStar Community](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-codestar/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Jenkins](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jenkins") Jenkins 4.4/5(573) ](https://www.g2.com/products/jenkins/reviews) [ ![GitHub](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GitHub") GitHub 4.7/5(2,396) ](https://www.g2.com/products/github/reviews) [ ![GitLab](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GitLab") GitLab 4.5/5(901) ](https://www.g2.com/products/gitlab/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-codestar/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 17 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Jessica Nicole T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jessica Nicole T.") JT Jessica Nicole T. Software Engineer Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 10/16/2018 "AWS CodeStar: great application development speed!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? Why do I like CodeStar? Because it has a unique interface in which you can easily manage the development of applications, it also provides the opportunity to work in a team very safely and at the same time be able to follow the development of the projects in which you work and the best of this great software is that you only pay for what you use while you develop your applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? I have not found anything unfavorable in CodeStar works at a hundred percent for what I consider to be a very complete AWS tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeStar: AWS CodeStar is ideal for teamwork to use it will make your work team have greater interaction and better performance in addition the costs of this software are very fair for everything it offers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? Working with CodeStar has been very favorable for our company because we can keep track of how advanced our applications are, in addition to using it we increase the productivity of our development team because we only focus on development while CodeStar configures our tasks more difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite BP Bishwesh P. IT Administrator Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/11/2018 "Awesome CI tool for developers building their code on AWS" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? Its amazing user interface enables me to easily manage my complete software development activities in one place including the continuous delivery toolchain which helps me in releasing my code faster to the production servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? This is not platform independent and can be used only in AWS infrastructure. We use GCP and Azure in our office and there is no option to use CodeStar there. I also wanted AWS to provide a good peer review process into CodeCommit with an integration into CodeStar for better collaboration between my team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeStar: If you are building AWS native applications, look no further and use CodeStar instead of git and Jenkins. This is suited for AWS infrastructure and is available free of cost. Also, it is very easy to setup and in just a few clicks you should be all set. No deep technical expertise required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? We use it to build fully native AWS development pipeline. Right from code commit to code build it integrates very well. There is no additional charge for using AWS CodeStar which makes it my favorite and I realize its cost-saving benefits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Niniveth O.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Niniveth O.") NO Niniveth O. Software Developer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/8/2018 "Powerful tool" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? Aws CodeStar is very powerful tool the best thing of CodeStar is how easy is it to use, it has all thing required to create a project, issues tracking, repository, online Ide, also i can set role to work mates and assign them task. The best thing of AWS CodeStar is how it make the development of project very interactive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? AWS CodeStar is just amazing, until now there is nothing what i dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeStar: If you are working on a developt team, use the issue tracking is so useful, and there is also others integrated tools which can help a lot, use them. The Dashboard is so useful through it you can tell to all your team how is going the project, and also AWS cloudwatch show performance live. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? I just need to use one online IDE to developt a project, because there is everything what i should need to do that. Also the most features which it offers, are so useful. I save a lot time, and can assign task to anyother team mate, follow issues very easy, and control roles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Omaira V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Omaira V.") OV Omaira V. Senior Computer Programmer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/4/2018 "Great tool for developtment" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? One of the best thing is the way you can integrated with others tool of amazon, as codecommit, cloud9, ec2, etc. Is very easy to use and intuitive you can set task to the team members and give them access, assign role, there is also a issue tracking, is very complete online ide. Also the way of deploy app/websites can't be easier, with few clicks i can see my project running, and the best of all is you can test all these tools on free tier which is just amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? Is very simple, but there is everything what you should need to manage a project, so there is nothing what i dislike from this tool, and if there is something what you need, you can add them with external tools from aws. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeStar: If you need manage a big or small project, aws codestar is great online tool to do that, and all the others tools from amazon like pipeline, codedeploy, codecommit, etc. Which are integrated with CodeStar are just amazing to work on your brower, thats mean you can edit code from everywhere without install anything. The price isn't expensive and you can select what kind of features do you need, so it apply for all developer levels, even for students, they can use the free tier to do small projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? With AWS CodeStar i can share projects with co-worker, team members, friends. It help a lot to organized a project, is the perfect tool for SCRUM, and it update the code instantly thats mean i can work live with another people. I used it for web/web app developtment, but can use also for software development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Scott S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Scott S.") SS Scott S. Chief Research and Technology Officer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/13/2018 "Cloud IDE as it should be" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? Love that i don't need to download and install a ton of software on my laptop. In a few minutes, I can have a full cloud development environment wired up to a release pipeline. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? Doesn't seem to be fully integrates with all of the AWS services. For example, if you create a lambda project with an API gateway, it will update changes you make to the lambda function, but not the gateway. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? Quickly develop some microservices. It worked super well. Can't imagine a faster way to be developing and deploying code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Marketing and Advertising](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Marketing and Advertising") UM Verified User in Marketing and Advertising Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/13/2018 "My overall experience with this service is positive" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? My overall experience with this product is positive. My data is well protected, and I have access to multiple templates to assist me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? The one thing I dislike about this service is the lack of peer review. It would be nice to see a peer review offered. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? CodeStar is a free service offering templates for developers. This makes it easier to develop new programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Consumer Goods](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Consumer Goods") UC Verified User in Consumer Goods Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/13/2018 "Awesome Love This Program." 5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? I Like that it was easy to navigate , an was very easy to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? I cant say i disliked anything , maybe it could have had more options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? Love that it had a tutorial , an thats what made it very easy to put the site together. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated 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 Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/24/2018 "Great Addition for a One Man Show!" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? Allows me to quickly develop, build, and deploy applications on AWS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? I do not dislike anything about CodeStar at this time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS CodeStar: Start sooner rather than later! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? AWS CodeStar allows me to focus on software development and not all the pipeline work on the backend. I can get my CICD pipeline up and running quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering") UM Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/13/2018 "Great all around " 5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? How well the final product turns out and how well it works with my other programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? I dislike the ease of use and how inconvenient it is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? Helps me code and program my devices and electronics as do mechanica/computer engineers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace") EA Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/28/2018 "CodeStar is the Rockstar" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS CodeStar? Amazing product for developers in our organization to bootstrap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS CodeStar? Doesnt do multi-acccount model yet and we are a multi-account dev/test/production account architecture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS CodeStar solving and how is that benefiting you? Developer enablement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 Gives Campaign ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. 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