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AWS Config

Configuration and vulnerability management software

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AWS Config - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

AWS Config overview

What is AWS Config?

AWS Config is a configuration and vulnerability management software that helps businesses manage continuous audits, operational troubleshooting, compliance monitoring, and more from within a unified platform. It allows staff members to automatically send updates of all configuration changes including resource updating, creation, and deletion.

AWS Config enables team members to codify compliance requirements, deploy compliance rules, and automate configuration assessment processes. The resource relationship tracking tool lets users automatically discover, map, and track AWS resource relationships. With the aggregated dashboard functionality users can view and track rule compliance status for enterprise-wide applications across multiple accounts and regions.

AWS Config comes with an API, which lets users integrate the platform with several third-party solutions.

Starting price

0usage based

Alternatives

with better value for money

AWS Config’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

4.6

(45)

AWS Config reviews

Overall rating

4.6

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown

Value for money
Ease of use
Features
Customer support
Likelihood to recommend0.84/10

Rating distribution

Pros

“The overall experience translates to AWS config being powerful and useful, but not particularly user-friendly or approachable, especially without prior experience or additional support for navigation/configuring. if you are deeply embedded in the AWS ecosystem already then it likely would feel more intuitive and make a lot more sense, especially when seeking visibility over configuration changes, resource tracking and compliancy; but for smaller teams or less experienced administrators this can be quite an unforgiving and daunting hurdle to encounter.”

Connor Q.

IT Team Lead

“Although it can be quite time consuming to learn all of the services AWS offers, it’s a very useful tool that also gives you piece of mind as it’s very secure and complies with GDPR and other industry regulations.”

Ellen C.

First Line IT Support

“AWS Config excels in continuous compliance tracking and resource auditing, ensuring security and governance effortlessly.”

Swaibu B.

AWS Solution Architecture

Cons

“Also, the pricing model can be a bit steep if you're tracking a large number of resources in multiple regions.”

Marwan K.

Cloud Administrator

“A little difficult to understand in the configuration, very difficult to think of doing it yourself without a thorough study of the instrument.”

Giuseppe N.

Software Engineer Manager

Who uses AWS Config?

Based on 45 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Enterprises

Top industries

Computer Software

Media Production

Human Resources

Internet

Others

Use cases

Configuration Management Tools

Compliance

Audit

CMDB

Vulnerability Management

AWS Config's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from AWS Config users:

Compliance management

4.8

(14)

Version control

4.4

(7)

All AWS Config features

Features rating:

4.7

(45)

Activity dashboard

4.8

(9)

Activity tracking

4.7

(7)

Alerts/Escalation

4.5

(2)

API

4.4

(10)

Assessment management

4.0

(1)

Audit management

4.7

(6)

Audit planning

4.5

(4)

Audit trail

4.6

(13)

Change management

4.3

(10)

Compliance management

4.8

(14)

Compliance tracking

4.8

(6)

Configuration automation

4.8

(10)

Configuration management

4.8

(4)

Dashboard

4.5

(2)

Data security

(0)

Data visualization

3.5

(2)

HIPAA compliant

(0)

ISO compliance

(0)

IT asset management

4.5

(2)

Monitoring

(0)

Policy library

(0)

Policy management

(0)

Real-Time analytics

(0)

Real-Time data

4.7

(3)

Real-Time monitoring

5.0

(2)

Reporting/Analytics

5.0

(16)

Reporting & statistics

(0)

Risk management

(0)

Third-Party integrations

4.3

(6)

Version control

4.4

(7)

Vulnerability management

(0)

Workflow management

4.3

(10)

AWS Config alternatives

AWS Config

4.6

(45)

Starting from

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.1

Features

4.7

Value for Money

4.4

Customer Support

4.4

Onspring

4.8

(105)

visit website

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.7

Features

4.7

Value for Money

4.8

Customer Support

5.0

TeamMate Risk & Compliance

4.6

(39)

visit website

Starting from

0.01

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.5

Features

4.4

Value for Money

4.6

Customer Support

4.9

ManageEngine Network Configuration Manager

4.5

(283)

visit website

Starting from

238

Per year

Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.5

Features

4.5

Value for Money

4.6

Customer Support

4.5

AWS Config pricing

Value for money rating:

4.4

(45)

Starting from

Usage Based

Pricing details

Subscription

Free trial

Free plan

Pricing range

User opinions about AWS Config price and value

Value for money rating:

4.4

(45)

To see what individual users think of AWS Config's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

Connor Q.

IT Team Lead

Ellen C.

First Line IT Support

AWS Config integrations (4)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 45 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as AWS Config integrations and how users feel about them.

AWS CloudTrail

Integration rating: 4.5 (2)

AWS Systems Manager

Integration rating: 4.5 (2)

Salesforce Sales Cloud

Integration rating: 4.5 (2)

“We do our B2B sales via salesforce and then ship the orders out of Fishbowl. Have had slight issues with the inventory management within Salesforce and the connecting integration.”

“Salesforce feeds leads and other metrics that are important for billing”

Willem T.

Systems Director

1/2

Jira

Integration rating: 4.0 (1)

“It allows me to sync my task deadlines directly with my schedule. Having a clear view of delivery dates alongside my meetings helps me manage my sprint time much better”