G2

Gal Z.

VP R&D

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/17/2026

"Infrastructure as Code Made Easy with Real Languages in AWS CDK"

4/5

What do you like best about AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)?

What I like best about AWS CDK is the ability to define cloud infrastructure using real programming languages like TypeScript, Python, and Java instead of writing lengthy YAML or JSON templates. This means I can use familiar concepts like loops, conditionals, functions, and classes to build infrastructure, which dramatically reduces boilerplate and makes complex setups much easier to manage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)?

Deployment speed is a pain point. Because CDK ultimately runs CloudFormation under the hood, deployments can be slow, sometimes taking 10 to 20 minutes or more for larger stacks. Failed deployments often trigger lengthy rollbacks, which interrupts the development feedback loop and makes iterating on infrastructure frustrating compared to tools that apply changes more directly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) solving and how is that benefiting you?

AWS CDK solves the problem of managing complex cloud infrastructure at scale without drowning in thousands of lines of YAML or JSON. Before CDK, defining a moderately complex AWS environment in raw CloudFormation meant repetitive, error-prone templates that were difficult to read, review, and maintain. CDK lets me express the same infrastructure in a fraction of the code using a real programming language, which has made our stacks far more readable and maintainable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.