--- title: AWS Control Tower Reviews meta\_title: 'AWS Control Tower Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 26 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AWS Control Tower works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.9 review\_count: 26 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Cloud Security url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-security --- # AWS Control Tower Reviews & Product Details AWS Control Tower is a managed service that simplifies the setup and governance of secure, multi-account AWS environments. It automates the creation of a well-architected landing zone, incorporating best practices for security, compliance, and operations. By orchestrating various AWS services, AWS Control Tower enables organizations to establish a standardized and secure cloud environment efficiently. Key Features and Functionality: - Landing Zone: Automates the setup of a secure, multi-account AWS environment based on best practices, including identity management, logging, and security controls. - Account Factory: Provides a configurable account template to standardize the provisioning of new AWS accounts with pre-approved configurations, facilitating consistent and compliant account creation. - Control Catalog: Offers a centralized repository of over 750 preconfigured controls, allowing organizations to enforce governance policies across their AWS environment. These controls include preventive, detective, and proactive measures to maintain compliance and security. - Dashboard: Provides a centralized interface for monitoring the compliance status of accounts and organizational units, offering visibility into noncompliant resources and overall governance posture. Primary Value and Problem Solved: AWS Control Tower addresses the complexity of managing multiple AWS accounts by providing a centralized, automated solution for establishing and maintaining a secure and compliant cloud environment. It reduces the time and effort required to set up multi-account environments, enforces consistent governance policies, and enhances visibility into compliance status. This enables organizations to focus on innovation and business objectives while ensuring their AWS infrastructure adheres to best practices and regulatory requirements. * * * Seller [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://www.g2.com/sellers/amazon-web-services-aws-3e93cc28-2e9b-4961-b258-c6ce0feec7dd) Discussions [AWS Control Tower Community](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-control-tower/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-control-tower/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Microsoft Defender for Cloud](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Microsoft Defender for Cloud") Microsoft Defender for Cloud 4.4/5(438) ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-defender-for-cloud/reviews) [ ![Google Cloud Platform Security Overview](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud Platform Security Overview") Google Cloud Platform Security Overview 4/5(75) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-platform-security-overview/reviews) [ ![Wiz](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Wiz") Wiz 4.7/5(842) ](https://www.g2.com/products/wiz-wiz/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-control-tower/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 26 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## AWS Control Tower Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") AWS Organizations ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-organizations/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Broadcast Media](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Broadcast Media") TB Verified User in Broadcast Media Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/13/2024 "AWS Control Tower - efficient tool for account provisioning" 3.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? I like that everything is centralized and service control policies can be implemented quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? Decommisioning landing zones can sometimes be challenging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? currently account management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Retail](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Retail") AR Verified User in Retail Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 11/28/2023 "AWS Control Tower" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? Can create and manage all subaccounts as one place. Customer support is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? Cannot use the same business support level to all sub accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? Can create sub accounts for particular project/access. Easy to manage the permission and access level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Nabeel B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nabeel B.") NB Nabeel B. Identity Management & Security Specialist Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/28/2022 "Improves productivity and no dependency" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? We moved most of the on prem to cloud AWS, using control tower it helped us to anlyze requirement and upscale capacity accordingly no more waiting on vendors for deliverables Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? I cannot think of any at the moment of course it's pricey, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS Control Tower: Reliable and robust Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? We can enhance our security based on our business requirements, purchase or increase our capacity on our own and no more waiting for anyone hence improving our timelines for deliverables Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise.G2 IconValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![ಮನು .](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ಮನು .") ಮ ಮನು . Senior Engineer - SCM Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/11/2021 "Landing zone" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? View policy-level summaries of your AWS environment. Automate ongoing policy management. Quickly setup and configure a new AWS environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? It limit of 5 SCPs per OU applies to OUs. Existing OUs with over 300 accounts cannot be registered or re-registered in AWS Control Tower. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? These solutions helps me to solve infrastructure and operational use cases including security for a multi-account environment, centralized networking, operational intelligence, and Security and Information Event Management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism") IL Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/19/2022 "Effective" 3/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? Works well with very few faults or problems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? Not as simple to access at others we've used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? It's efficent and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Umut D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Umut D.") UD Umut D. Technical Project Manager Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/4/2021 "Superb dashboard of simple guardrails" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? It's straightforward to automate existing products like Config, Landing Zone, and Organizations. Control Tower generates various IAM roles and CloudFormation stack sets to facilitate automation. However, I've encountered occasional errors with these scripts. Setting up a new account is very simple. You can create a new account with just a button click or using the CLI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? Removing new accounts is hard for newbies. Things randomly fail at times. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? Security posture by implementing controls such as vulnerability assessment and firewalls. Network management Configure, manage, and scale multi-account network resources automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Natalia S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Natalia S.") NS Natalia S. Sales Marketing Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/6/2021 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Resourceful management experience" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? One of the most resourceful accessories for all creators out there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? Not much. I dislike not using it earlier in the game Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS Control Tower: Useful if you are looking to administrate different business accounts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? For organizations with multiple accounts and teams who are looking for the easiest way to set up their new multi-account this is the way to go! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ramhark Y.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ramhark Y.") RY Ramhark Y. Quality Assurance E-Learning Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/12/2021 "AWS Control Tower(Power)" 4/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? It helps in multiple account management on a single platform for a defined number of users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? Pricing for features that are not in usability for time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS Control Tower: Setup creation for managing the data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? Previously managing multiple users creates lots of confusion which tends to error and mistake in billing. while using the AWS control tower, these things got eliminated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Financial Services](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Financial Services") AF Verified User in Financial Services Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/25/2020 "Slow, clunky, and painful to migrate existing infrastructure" 0/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? The only positive thing I can say about Control Tower is that does offer the protections it mentions on the box. However there are many ways to skin a cat, and the way they've chosen to do it is a unique kind of torture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? Everything about the implementation. Migration of existing accounts is a painstaking process whereby the instructions basically tell you to "increase your SSO timeout to 12 hours, set up a workstation with Python/Boto3 and run this python script to import an account. Each account takes around 30 minutes, so do it in batches of around 24 accounts and hope it doesn't time out... if it does, just re-run it again... but you can only do that after you've manually logged into accounts and performed prerequisite tasks first- oh, and that nested Organisational Unit structure you had setup previously? Forget about it, Control Tower can only handle a flat structure- we obviously didn't have enough time to implement inheritance". Did you want to change more than one thing? "I'm sorry that last change you made is still being applied by CloudFormation, that will take several minutes to complete. Please come back when you've lost all context of what you were trying to do". If you want to assign a Guardrail to 2-3 OU's you need to budget at least 20-30 minutes for no other reason that Control Tower tells you that its busy and you can't do anything until the previous CloudFormation operation has completed. Oh, did I mention CloudFormation? Control Tower loves to clutter up your accounts with new IAM roles and CloudFormation stacks/stacksets. Given that a large chunk of the guard rails involve protecting the guard rails themselves, and the remainders are things like "prevent public access checkbox from being ticked on RDS instances", "limit the number of VPCs that can be created"- why they couldn't implement these things in some backend infrastructure outside of your application/environment account is beyond me. All in all it feels like a proof of concept more than it does a finished product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? Management of multiple accounts, and enforcement of security policies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic SL smith l. Senior Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/8/2019 "description of AWS control tower" 5/5 What do you like best about AWS Control Tower? AWS control tower automates the set-up of the baseline environment or landing zone that is for well-architectures multi-account environment, because it should be more securable and protected when two accounts are used for the one purpose ,there should be some data theft and this software protects the flow and the information of account.AS, the enterprise migrate to AWS, it typically have a large number of applications and distributed teams.control tower automates the set-up of the landing-zone of the respective customer and configure AWS management and security services based on the established best practices in secure, compliment ,multi-account environment ,distributed teams are able to provision the AWS account quickly.The most crucial thing is the visual summaries of AWS environment which ease work to find the details of account.It has one dashboard which continuous visible to AWS environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AWS Control Tower? there is no any drawbacks but is is costly and the user documentation for this software is a bit complex to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AWS Control Tower: I recommend this software to all those who are working with the AWS account management and those who are using AWS for deployment multi-account environment ,for this working phase this software is good to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AWS Control Tower solving and how is that benefiting you? i am currently using this software to analyse multi-account environment of customer AWS account. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about AWS Control Tower? 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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