--- description: Learn more about Amazon CloudWatch price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in Australia. Read reviews from verified users and discover similar tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Amazon CloudWatch Cost & Reviews - Capterra Australia 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Website Monitoring Software](/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) > [Amazon CloudWatch](/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch) # Amazon CloudWatch Canonical: https://www.capterra.com.au/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch?page=2) > Observability of your AWS resources and applications on AWS and on-premises > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 95 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Amazon CloudWatch? IT admins, IT managers, Developers, Systems Engineers, Cloud Architects, Cloud Developers, Cloud Infrastructure Security teams, Infrastructure, Security, \& Deployment teams ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 95 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services (AWS) - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: No up-front commitment or minimum fee; you simply pay for what you use. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Alerts/Notifications - Asset Discovery - Availability Testing - Dashboard - Event Logs - Monitoring - Performance Analysis - Performance Metrics - Policy Management - Prioritization - Real-Time Monitoring - Release Management - Resource Management - Risk Management - Root Cause Analysis - Server Monitoring - Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management - Uptime Reporting - Vulnerability Assessment ## Integrations (8 total) - AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) - AWS Key Management Service (KMS) - AWS Lambda - Amazon API Gateway - Amazon DynamoDB - Amazon EC2 - Amazon ECS - Amazon S3 ## Support Options - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Website Monitoring Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) ## Related Categories - [Website Monitoring Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/10021/website-monitoring/software) - [Cloud Management Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30852/cloud-management/software) - [Vulnerability Management Software](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/31062/vulnerability-management/software) - [DevOps Tools](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/31120/devops/software) - [Application Performance Management Tools](https://www.capterra.com.au/directory/30208/application-performance-management-software/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[AWS CloudFormation](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/205397/cloudformation) — 4.5/5 (112 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Amazon cloudwatch having lot of features" — 5.0/5 > **balwinder** | *6 June 2025* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Mostly as a Application performance monitoring used RUM ( real user monitoring ) that is having deep insights and log support is bonus . we can create dashboards to looks logs and metrics in real time. > > **Cons**: Cloud watch alarms will provide notification , price we need to monitor regularly , some time i felt hybrid environment is a challenge here > > we can handle monitoring in large scale applications even it is work closely with AWS lambda and Auto scaling ----- ### "Powerful AWS Monitoring Tool" — 4.0/5 > **Tony** | *25 May 2025* | Facilities Services | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Amazon CloudWatch is its deep integration with AWS services, which makes it incredibly powerful and convenient for monitoring and observability. > > **Cons**: Amazon CloudWatch’s pricing complexity and cost unpredictability, especially for logs and custom metrics. > > ecosystem. It provides a powerful and flexible observability solution that’s deeply integrated with AWS services, making it easy to collect and act on operational data. ----- ### "Visualize the metrics before the downtime" — 5.0/5 > **Jignesh** | *9 August 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: you can see the real-time utilization of the resources and visualize the charts which help you to identify the problems in early stage. You can setup the alarms based on your required criteria. > > **Cons**: The CloudWatch dashboard is a little complex for beginners. You should have a basic knowledge of AWS to use CloudWatch services. You always need expert's help to understand the cost. ----- ### "Lots to watch with cloudwatch" — 4.0/5 > **Ash** | *22 May 2025* | Entertainment | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: The wide range of options and granularity your able to set on monitors and alerts allows accurate data to be served. > > **Cons**: It can be complex to setup and there should be some easier options to start with and build from for some use cases. > > It's a good solution and makes managing and monitoring most amazon services and some external ones accurate. ----- ### "Effective for Metrics and Alarms, but Log search needs some improvments" — 3.0/5 > **Jitae** | *16 September 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Most useful and great feature for our use-case is Logs and Metrics. We been using those features since we deployed lambda/ECS/RDS. It is cost-effective and good integration with all other aws services. > > **Cons**: especially for log search, its almost useless. There is a function, "Search all log streams" in Log events and when I type some strings in search bar, it always show nothing in results even though logs has that strings. Also, it takes forever to search some strings in log events > > In overall, its not bad because its 'pay as you go' and some free tier for basic monitoring. We are utilizing lots of alarms to monitor specific metrics and notifications when it hits its thresholds. Also we can create customized dashboard showing all metrics in real time. ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.com.au/software/204333/amazon-cloudwatch) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | ----- ## Structured Data