--- 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 94 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** | 94 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 - **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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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. ----- ### "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 ----- ### "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. ----- ### "Reliable monitoring and logging for everyday debugging" — 4.0/5 > **Hrithik** | *26 June 2026* | Financial Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: CloudWatch has been really helpful whenever I need to troubleshoot issues or verify that a deployment is behaving as expected. Having application logs, metrics, and alarms in one place makes it much easier to figure out what's going on without jumping between multiple tools. Since it's part of the AWS ecosystem, it integrates well with the rest of our infrastructure and has been reliable in day-to-day use. > > **Cons**: The interface isn't always the easiest to navigate, especially when trying to search through a large number of log streams. Some features also have a learning curve when new to AWS, and it's easy to lose track of log retention and costs if they aren't managed carefully. > > My experience with CloudWatch has been positive overall. I mostly use it while investigating issues, checking application logs, and confirming that services are running as expected after changes. It's become one of the tools I instinctively open when debugging because it provides the information I need quickly. While the UI could be more intuitive, it's a dependable monitoring platform that integrates well with AWS and does its job well. ----- 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