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AWS Config Pros and Cons: Top Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users value the seamless integration with other AWS services, enhancing automation and governance across their operations. (1 mentions)

Users value the seamless integration of AWS Config with other AWS services, enhancing automated remediation and governance. (1 mentions)

Users value the seamless integration with AWS services, enhancing automation and governance for compliance management. (1 mentions)

Users value the seamless integration of AWS Config with other AWS services, enhancing automation and governance capabilities. (1 mentions)

Users find the ease of use of AWS Config beneficial for accessing all necessary information effortlessly. (1 mentions)

Users find the complex setup of AWS Config challenging, requiring significant understanding and time investment for customization. (1 mentions)

Users find customization difficult due to the need for a deep understanding of AWS resource types and policies. (1 mentions)

Users find poor reporting in AWS Config frustrating, often needing integrations for better analytics and compliance insights. (1 mentions)

Users find that the time-consuming setup and management of AWS Config can complicate the user experience significantly. (1 mentions)

Top Pros or Advantages of AWS Config

1. Automation

Users value the seamless integration with other AWS services, enhancing automation and governance across their operations.

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Mahendran D.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3.5/5

"Powerful Compliance Tool with Seamless Integration, But Setup and UI Need Improvement"

What do you like about AWS Config?

I also appreciate that AWS Config integrates seamlessly with other AWS services such as CloudTrail, Security Hub, and Lambda, enabling automated remed

2. Cloud Services

Users value the seamless integration of AWS Config with other AWS services, enhancing automated remediation and governance.

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Mahendran D.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3.5/5

"Powerful Compliance Tool with Seamless Integration, But Setup and UI Need Improvement"

What do you like about AWS Config?

I also appreciate that AWS Config integrates seamlessly with other AWS services such as CloudTrail, Security Hub, and Lambda, enabling automated remed

3. Code Management

Users value the seamless integration with AWS services, enhancing automation and governance for compliance management.

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Mahendran D.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3.5/5

"Powerful Compliance Tool with Seamless Integration, But Setup and UI Need Improvement"

What do you like about AWS Config?

I also appreciate that AWS Config integrates seamlessly with other AWS services such as CloudTrail, Security Hub, and Lambda, enabling automated remed

4. Configuration Management

Users value the seamless integration of AWS Config with other AWS services, enhancing automation and governance capabilities.

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Mahendran D.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3.5/5

"Powerful Compliance Tool with Seamless Integration, But Setup and UI Need Improvement"

What do you like about AWS Config?

I also appreciate that AWS Config integrates seamlessly with other AWS services such as CloudTrail, Security Hub, and Lambda, enabling automated remed

5. Ease of Use

Users find the ease of use of AWS Config beneficial for accessing all necessary information effortlessly.

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Chinmay V.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/26/2020

"Good service for monitoring AWS services at one place"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

The loved the integration in AWS config a user can manage and monitor the configuration resources of amazon web services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

I feel the integration is good but sometimes when the load on server is heavy it lags a bit but that is understandable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Config:

I would recommend to include more AWS services to the config Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Evaluating and managing the resources provided by the AWS service. It has benefitted us in managing the resources at one place. Earlier we had to monitor and evaluate each AWS service manually now we have the freedom to do that at one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/10/2020

"Good review for AWS Config"

3.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

super consice and easy to follow. Understabaility is very easy and learned the program very quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

Sometimes the system is laggy or I lose data. Would love to implement a better safe method to save and store data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Erin Q.

Team Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/11/2018

"Easy To Use And Implement, And Documentation Is Clear And Concise"

4/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

I love the performance of the services, as well as the flexability to choose which one(s) I need to solve a particular problem. I also love the huge variety of services available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

The costs of some of the services are too high. They are (generally) competitive across the various cloud providers, but I still think they are too high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Config:

Have a minimum knowledge of technical jargon as well as what product/service will actually cover your need. You don't need to pay for Lambda, S3 and EC2 when only a simple Instance of EC2 will do enough. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

This is by far one of the best features as you can quickly jump to the service that you need and start working with it. Each service lists its own options which are explained in detail. And help is just a click distance. AWS features have the best documentation you can find and you can adapt their solutions to your needs. The only drawback is that if you don't know what you need, you can get overwhelmed by the multitude of their options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/26/2018

"AWS Config "

3.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

AWS Config does a fantastic job of improving governance and supporting compliance across many services. Config makes it very easy to observe configuration history for every resource in the account. Custom Config rules allow us to support business specific compliance requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

The service can take a significant amount of time to re-evaluate rules with large numbers of resources. In some cases API errors are returned in the console. Not all AWS resources are supported yet by Config which makes it challenging to enforce compliance for every resource in an account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brian M.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/26/2018

"Useful but pricey"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

I like that is easy to use and that it is easy to see compliant and non-compliant resources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

I help manage over 120 AWS accounts and there is no consistant region that resources are deployed in, but when we deploy Config rules to 120 accounts over 16+ regions, it can become very costly for each Config Rule Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Santhosh K S.

Sr. Cloud Architect

Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/27/2018

"Cloud Governance"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

Having compliance rules and sending audit report back to make sure that every developer using the account are not deviating from the planned design principles. Helps with security and notifications when something changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

Currently I do not see anything that I think should be added or improved. I like the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ramesh O.

Machine Learning Engineer

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/30/2018

"AWS Config"

4/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

The way it works and simplifies handling my resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

Some time it becomes too complicated to handle the suggestions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Santhi Sushma K.

Software Development Intern

Internet

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/12/2018

"Used for college project - best product"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

Having used this for academic project to work on mapreduce, we liked the product as it is very simple to understand and easy to use. I like the interface. Interface is simple and it is suggested to go through user documentation before using the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

Does not provide all the features for basic version. Interface is simple and it is suggested to go through user documentation before using the product. for academic project to work on mapreduce, we liked the product as it is very simple to understand and easy to use.But I like the interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Config:

Interface is simple and it is suggested to go through user documentation before using the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Have used it for academic project. Interface is simple and it is suggested to go through user documentation before using the product. for academic project to work on mapreduce, we liked the product as it is very simple to understand and easy to use. I like the interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vijay T.

Ld Software Eng in Test

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/27/2018

"Couldn't be more easier"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

It makesconfiguration som much more easier and strealmined compared to managing it independently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

None yet but it can some times be hard to figure out part of the configuration options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

you z.

cloud security leader

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

11/30/2018

"AWS Config review "

3/5

What do you like best about AWS Config?

That there are ready config templates to choose from Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Config?

the billing at the start of the month instead of pay as you go so if u used it for 2 hrs pay for 2 hrs not the whole month / per config Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.