AWS Elastic Beanstalk Reviews & Product Details

AWS Elastic Beanstalk is a fully managed service that simplifies the deployment and scaling of web applications and services. It supports applications developed in various languages, including Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, and Docker. By uploading your code, Elastic Beanstalk automatically handles the provisioning of resources, load balancing, auto-scaling, and monitoring, allowing developers to focus on writing code without managing the underlying infrastructure. Key Features and Functionality: - Simplified Deployment: Deploy applications by uploading code without the need to provision resources or manage configurations. - Automated Management: Handles platform updates, security patches, and health monitoring automatically. - Scalability and Availability: Provides built-in high availability, automatic scaling, and integrated security controls to ensure applications are secure and can handle varying loads. - Cost Efficiency: Operates as a managed service with no additional cost; users pay only for the AWS resources consumed. Primary Value and Problem Solved: AWS Elastic Beanstalk addresses the complexity of deploying and managing web applications by automating infrastructure tasks. This enables developers to concentrate on business logic and application development, reducing operational overhead and accelerating time-to-market. It is particularly beneficial for organizations migrating traditional applications to the cloud or those seeking a straightforward solution for deploying containerized applications without delving into complex container orchestration.

Seller

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk Community

Solution Type

Best-of-Breed

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John Miranda (Digital Marketing Specialist at Amazon Web Services)

Value at a Glance

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

2 months

Return on Investment

18 months

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User Insights

Average based on 200 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

2 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

AWS Elastic Beanstalk Integrations

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Integration information sourced from real user reviews.

Rahulkumar P.

Senior Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/27/2023

"Scalable and Automation"

3/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

It's automatic deployment and scalability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Documentation can be improved for user-friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gianluigi M.

Freelance IT Consultant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/18/2022

"Simple tool to distribute application, perhaps too old by now"

2.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Easy versions management. Easy to deploy applications with a complete stack with Load Balancer and auto-scaling dimensioning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Really unstable sometimes. We need to recreate completely the environment when it stucks on deploy problems. It starts up a lot of related services, such as Security Groups, Load Balancers and so on which can be difficult to manage manually if you want to make some "clean up" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sakthi A.

System Administrator

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/26/2022

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Best Service For Hosting Stateless Application"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

It's beneficial for hosting applications without support from cloud support engineers. It's easy to manage with Developers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

There is nothing negative about Beanstalk, But log management needs to improve to be user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/10/2023

"Aws experience"

3/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Easy to use. Increased productivity in development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Sometime gets lag however response is still faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/22/2023

"Easy to use"

3.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Smooth deployment process. Easy to deploy nodejs projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Signin process and little delay in execution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jatin C.

PLC Programmer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/28/2022

"Review on QEdge"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

QEdge is one of the best providers for quality control, storing training records, as well as one of the finest document controls. I really like a lot about its control process and the training records. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Still now I can't get any dislike about this and I think QEdge will also love to support each and every sector which they can deserve or we can say give their best...! This also supports the OPC UA protocol for integration with the MES and transfers the data to the client server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sayed H.

Sr. Technical Development Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/30/2022

"AWS Elastic Beanstalk - Ultimate web application host in Cloud"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

There are many things I like -

1. Easy to Use

2. Developer Friendly and increase productivity

3. It is a managed service of AWS and no hassle from developer's perspective

4 Scaling and Provisioning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Very few things I dislike -

1. Its pricing a bit high as it is AWS managed service

2. Sometimes a simple bug cause a tremendous financial loss Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shivangi S.

Engineer- Operations and Maintenance

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/6/2022

"Cloud computing backbone- AWS"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

It provides very easy access to training resources, technology, courses etc. And students and educators can also join it for free which is very helpful. For the people who are part of DevOps team AWS tools like codepipeline & codebuild are very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Nothing is as such to dislike just that some services responds slowly sometimes like while spinning up a VM. Also in some cases cost can be one of the hurdles as it requires proper planning to use it cost effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Elastic Beanstalk:

Please give it a try its a very very useful and reliable tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Elastic Beanstalk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Integration of many products has become very easy because of this. Privacy is highly maintained as we can control access levels that helps us to keep data confined for model building use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gaurav P.

Software Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/17/2022

"AWS ElasticBeanStalk lets you deploy apps built using Java, php, node.js, python etc in one click"

3.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Elastic Beanstalk is a great tool for self-starters and new to the cloud as it helps you deploy your application quickly by configuring certain options from the dashboard. You do not need to set up your own server from scratch on an EC2 instance, instead, it will spin all the required services all on its own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

While the tool is great to use, it gets often complex to customize the servers as per your specific needs. I had trouble setting up the reverse proxy and custom virtual hosts for my nodejs apps and finally, I had to use a custom server setup on an EC2 instance. It also provides you Load balancing and other services by default but that would extra cost if you are not well aware of the AWS services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Elastic Beanstalk:

Please consider learning about suite of AWS services as you would need them to make complete use of AWS Elastic Beanstalk and control your billing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Elastic Beanstalk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Deploying our backend apps built using Java, php and Node.js and front end apps built using Next.js/React.js (custom server) and running on the node.js

Java and PHP apps deployments are easy and better that nodejs apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A K.

Principal Consultant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/1/2022

"Deploy your Application on the Go"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

It's one-stop shop to deploy your web application without worrying about the underlying platform, elastic Bean stack is simple to use, and it's secure and provides feature of auto scaling Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Elastic Beanstalk?

Some of the disadvantages of Elastic bean stack that I have come across are, that when a deployment fails, there is no status and notification, and if you terminate the instance accidentally, then there is no recovery Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.