AWS Elastic Beanstalk Reviews & Product Details

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a user-friendly platform that simplifies the complexities of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring. Taking care of these infrastructure tasks allows me to concentrate on the business aspects, saving valuable time and effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm not too fond of the limited flexibility and control over the underlying infrastructure that AWS Elastic Beanstalk provides and how large-scale deployments over an extended period can become too costly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was an excellent experience to use Elastic Beanstalk to deploy our web application. When we deployed our application, we didn't bother about the configuration setup, auto-scaling, and provisioning of the other AWS services. Elastic Beanstalk automatically takes care of everything. No need to manage any server configuration there, which Elastic Beanstalk will take care of automatically. Powerful customization of different services and very cost-effective price on a pay-as-you-go basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the limitations I dislike is that it wouldn't provide any notification for the failure of the deployment. Termination of the instance that have deployment issues wouldn't happen. Again it wouldn't support more than 4kb size environment variable, key-value store. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have used the auto-scale feature of AWS Elastic Beanstalk. It works well if you have a finite set of services. No need to worry about managing the instances anymore. We wanted to go with pay for resources when you use, and it works with AWS Beanstalk. It is highly available and provides much cheaper services as compared to other providers. It also solves the problem of dealing with EC2 instances directly, with this solution, you can apply a path, and deploy to multiple instances without having downtime and just in a single click. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The documentation needs to be improved, I have faced problems many times while deploying the application. Need to rely on the different blogs. Another thing which I don't like is the time taken to deploy the application. It generally takes 5 to 10 mins, in my case, which is much more for small applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is its simplicity and convenience in deploying and scaling applications. With just a few clicks, I can easily upload my application code and let Elastic Beanstalk handle the rest, such as provisioning and managing the necessary resources like EC2 instances, load balancers, and databases.

The platform also provides a variety of deployment options, including rolling updates and blue-green deployments, which make it easy to update and release new versions of my applications without downtime or disruptions to the end users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While AWS Elastic Beanstalk offers numerous benefits, there are a few aspects that could be improved:

Limited flexibility: Elastic Beanstalk is designed to provide a simplified deployment experience, but this can sometimes limit the flexibility for advanced customization. The platform has predefined configurations and may not support certain advanced configurations or specific software versions that developers may require.

Learning curve: While Elastic Beanstalk aims to simplify deployment, there is still a learning curve associated with understanding its concepts, configuration options, and how different components interact. Beginners may find it initially challenging to navigate and understand all the features and options available.

Limited control over infrastructure: Elastic Beanstalk abstracts away the underlying infrastructure details, which is beneficial for many developers. However, for those who require fine-grained control over infrastructure settings, Elastic Beanstalk's limited configurability may be a limitation.

Service limitations: Elastic Beanstalk has certain limitations in terms of supported platforms, maximum scalability limits, and restrictions on certain configurations. These limitations may not align with specific project requirements, causing developers to seek alternative solutions.

Cost considerations: While Elastic Beanstalk simplifies application deployment, it may not always be the most cost-effective option. Depending on the application's resource requirements and usage patterns, managing the infrastructure directly using AWS services like EC2, RDS, and load balancers might offer more cost optimization opportunities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It really has large set up Linux machine to deploy your application. It's really easy to use. It has all the things a developer need to deploy and scale the application. The best thing is you get bill as you use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It was little confusing UI for new users as there are lot of services available. Initial setup is little difficult for new user as it's ask lot many questions to create one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy of deploying application in mins. Not to care about infrastructure, scaling, security (Not fully secured) but ideal to run applications etc. As well as support most of the coding languages, easily integrate other AWS services also. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elastic Beanstalk although way configure it will not be suitable for critical applications especially when we have different layers of application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It turns all the architecture problems and complications into simple deployment steps, plus simple integrations with CD pipelines and monitoring services. It's the simplest and most powerful service for beginners out there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are some limitations in controlling the infrastructure, but at the same time it has its own use cases, plus it could cause some dependency compatibility issues, but it can be solved by using Docker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use, already cooked service, load balancing and dashboard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I could not find any such thing which I did not like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The service provides a unique dashboard where you have to define your parameters to enable the auto-scaling feature. For example, You can define that it adds one EC2 instance when request crosses 2000 requests/second after 2 min. You can also create other triggers like scaling down instance after 2:00 AM, scaling up in the morning or scaling up instances on some eventful day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We need to assume instance are ephemeral as they can die like spot instance. So the image should be moved to persistent storage like s3. Also UI seems to be traditional which can be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy application deployment, Multiple language and platform support, Scalability, Built-in Load Balancing, Monitoring and logging, Integration with CI/CD pipelines Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing to dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.