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What is AWS Config?

AWS Config is a service that enables you to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources. With Config, you can review changes in configurations and relationships between AWS resources, dive into detailed resource configuration histories, and determine your overall compliance against the configurations specified in your internal guidelines.

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AWS Config is a service that enables you to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources. With Config, you can review changes in configurations and relationships between AWS resources, dive into detailed resource configuration histories, and determine your overall compliance against the configurations specified in your internal guidelines.


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Kingshuk S.
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Kingshuk S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Configuration Management in Cloud"
Provide customisation to the requirements Ease to build compliance rules and also implementation Configuration Management across the AWS environ...
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Its incredidlbe capability to help track changes, provide detailed resource configuration histories, maintain compliance and enhances visibilty . ...
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4.5 out of 5
"Seamless infrastructure compliance with AWS Config"
The Config Rules feature is a game-changer. It allows me to define and enforce policies for resource configurations, ensuring that my AWS environme...
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What do you like best about AWS Config?

It provides a comprehensive view of an organization's Aws resources and configurations.

It is able to track changes made to Aws resources in real time.

It helps users to identify non-compliant resources and provide tool needed to address them.

It help user to gain operational insights into resource performance, capacity and usage which is critical for resource management.

Aws config integrates with other Aws services which allow users to automate responses to configuration changes and send alerts to various endpoints.

Users can open support cases through AWS support center for assistance with AWS config related issues. Response time and level of support may vary based on Aws support plan. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

Aws config is complex to set and configure especially for users who are new to the service.

Ease of Defining custom policies and rules can be complex and users need to invest some time in understanding Aws config's rule framework

Users typically rely on Aws config to track changes to their Aws resources. The frequency of use is determined by how frequently resources are updated or changed within Aws environment.

Storage and data processing cost can add up if you have numerous Aws resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

With use of Aws config Configuration visibility is increased as it continuously monitors configurations of Aws resources to understand the state of resources.

It helps in change management as it provide a change history and alerts users to any deviations from desired configurations.

It optimize resources so that users can identify underutilized resources and optimize the Aws environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Config?

What I love about AWS Config is how simple it makes monitoring my Amazon Web Services. It doesn’t matter what changes are happening, this system keeps up with it in real time.

Another thing that is a huge help is the history AWS Config gives. Now I’m never left wondering what changed and when. And on top of that it’s easy to use and understand.

Instead of making me work around it, AWS Config works around me and my specific requirements. Not having to configure based on a pre-existing rule set makes this tool even more useful.

Overall, AWS Config is an essential tool for anyone who uses Amazon Web Services. The simplicity of its internal integration goes hand in hand with the services already provided by AWS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

While using AWS Config, I realized that one of the worst parts about it is the setup. It’s very difficult to manage as you scale up your environment. And, eventually, the price goes up too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

AWS Config is my favorite thing about AWS, it’s a breeze to use. One of my favorite things is the fact that I can keep track of changes in real time and not have to worry about compliance or security. It’s loaded with historical data and customizations to help me out even more with change management. The resource relationship mapping also makes for an efficient time managing AWS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kelly B.
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What do you like best about AWS Config?

The Config Rules feature is a game-changer. It allows me to define and enforce policies for resource configurations, ensuring that my AWS environment adheres to industry standards and internal compliance requirements. The continuous monitoring and automated remediation capabilities of Config Rules contribute significantly to maintaining a secure and well-governed cloud infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

The learning curve can be steep, especially for users who are new to AWS or cloud infrastructure management. Improved documentation and more user-friendly guides would ease the onboarding process and help users leverage the full potential of the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

AWS Config is instrumental in solving key challenges related to infrastructure compliance and governance. By continuously monitoring and recording changes to my AWS resources, it ensures that my infrastructure adheres to predefined configurations and compliance standards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Config?

Its incredidlbe capability to help track changes, provide detailed resource configuration histories, maintain compliance and enhances visibilty .

It also helps maintain a secure well managed cloud environment.

Users have good customer paid support option and also have a wide community to address the issues raised.

If the requirement is straight forward easy to implement.

Ease of integration depends on the specific requirement and complexity of the environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

configuring and managing aws can be a challenge to few of the users.

Cost may be high for small companies as its charged based on the number of configurations items recorded and the number of rules evaluated.

Ease of use will be complex for few users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

Resource inventory: Helps users to manage their infrastructure by providing detailed inventory of AWS resources.

Helps in tracking the changes.

Aids in identifying security vulnerabilities and potential misconfigurations in aws resources.

It benefits us with providing historical data for users to analyse the evolution of configurations and hence easy to trouble shoot.

ALso supports automation and provides operational insights, and helps maintain an upto date inventory of resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sahil P.
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What do you like best about AWS Config?

The monitoring it provides is beyound I could expect for. With that it gives flexibility to work with other services in AWS which is also I liked the most. It is easy to implement, so I used it quick freqently when ever I deployed EC2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

No much, but I would say if there is better documumetation or interactive guide then it would have been really easy and fast to adopt to AWS services like AWS config. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

Monitoring is the for most. Its very handy for me to track health of instances and other depenedent services using AWS config. It also gives me holistic view of resorces so that's also a great feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kevin A.
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What do you like best about AWS Config?

The best part is you have flexibility to tweak your compliance and infrastructure position based on your requirements.

It will analyse all the resources in your environment and help you maintain a better security posture.

Also you can use AWS config with AWS security hub to get a high level idea what is current status of your AWS account Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

The rules and management.

The setup is easy but the configuration can be hard for first time user and also the pricing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helps us in keeping a track of what resources meets our expectations and gives us a clear idea on what needs our attention Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kingshuk S.
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What do you like best about AWS Config?

Provide customisation to the requirements

Ease to build compliance rules and also implementation

Configuration Management across the AWS environment helps in managing the changes in the cloud

Helps maintain security compliance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

I like the product currently dont see any disadvantages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

Configuration Management across all my AWS accounts

When I am using CI/CD pipeline AWS config is required to maintain the configuration in cloud also helps avoid any misconfiguration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Naveen C.
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What do you like best about AWS Config?

Most of the times we will having tracking systen for application level changes using version control systems. But, by using AWS Config we can track the configuration changes as well from time to time.Good thing is, it is extendable to on-prem environment as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

While it supports most of the aws services, as of it is not supporting few services. Compare to other services i feel aws config is little bit costly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

Versioning of my confuguration changes in application hosted on ec2 or eks. It helps me track alm the changes that happend at configuration level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohammad J.
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What do you like best about AWS Config?

The best thing is, it provides AWS managed rule for making your resources benchmark in both option compliant\non compliant. However the basic function is quite awesome for auditing purpose that records all the configuration changes with detailed view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

AWS managed predefined rule is ok but if you have to implement deeper level of compliant\non complaint configuration then you have to go for code base practice that supports aws lamda and RDK Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

You can make your resources compliant or non complaint accourding to your hardening policy. Its quite good for large enterprise company which stirictly maintain Governance and compliance. Easy to check the resources status. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SUMIT S.
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What do you like best about AWS Config?

This is very useful for us by choosing the required configuration we want and we can configure it as per our requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

there are so many configurations available that need to be categorized more as per basic requirements or we can go with most used by ourselves as well as the public. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Config solving and how is that benefiting you?

we installed our Qverse software and it runs through AWS Config. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.