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Activity and usage monitoring tool for AWS accounts

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AWS CloudTrail - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: December 2025

AWS CloudTrail overview

What is AWS CloudTrail?

AWS CloudTrail is a cloud-based software designed to help businesses monitor the activities of AWS accounts and manage various operational processes related to compliance, auditing, and more. Supervisors can perform security analysis and view, search or download the required event history of selected AWS accounts.

AWS CloudTrail allows organizations to track resource changes and automatically respond to potential account threats. The application integrates with Amazon CloudWatch Events, which helps managers configure workflows according to requirements and detect suspicious activities or potential vulnerabilities, such as spikes in resource provisioning or services. It also lets users detect data exfiltration and ensure compliance with various regulatory standards.

AWS CloudTrail enables businesses to leverage the API call history to troubleshoot security and operational issues. The software also helps users deliver log files from various regions, validate their integrity, and encrypt all log files to prevent unauthorized data exploitation.

Starting price

Free

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AWS CloudTrail’s user interface

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AWS CloudTrail reviews

Overall rating

4.6

/5

19

Positive reviews

95

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.84/10
Rating distribution

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Pros
“The way it tracks the user activity is amazing. It is easy to use & integrate.”
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infant r.

vmware admin

“Awesome, our SOX audits with KPMG have become much smoother after we started using this software.”
SJ

Smita J.

Developer

“Storing of logs easily in S3. Amazing analytics provided by the trace logging.”
AA

Avineet A.

Sr. Manager

Cons
“Things that I feel missing is user interface because we need to send logs elsewhere to view them. Cost increases rapidly with multiple trails on full logging, this can be fixed.”
AS

Abhay S.

CTO

“Difficult to configuration to have it running as expected.”
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Feterzon F.

IT Infrastructure

“Some of the services are expensive and charges are more for auditing trails.”
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Kaustubh V.

Software Developer

Who uses AWS CloudTrail?

Based on 19 verified user reviews.

Company size

Enterprises

Small Businesses

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Information Technology and Services
Computer & Network Security
Automotive
Banking
Others

Use cases

Audit
Privileged Access Management
API Management

AWS CloudTrail's key features

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

Activity tracking
Activity dashboard
Real-Time monitoring
Third-Party integrations
Compliance management
API

All AWS CloudTrail features

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Monitoring
Real-Time data
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User opinions about AWS CloudTrail price and value

Value for money rating:

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

“The way it tracks the user activity is amazing. It is easy to use & integrate.”
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infant r.

vmware admin

“Awesome, our SOX audits with KPMG have become much smoother after we started using this software.”
SJ

Smita J.

Developer

AWS CloudTrail integrations (53)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 19 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as AWS CloudTrail integrations and how users feel about them.

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Datadog

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

AWS CloudTrail support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base

Training options

Documentation

AWS CloudTrail FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does AWS CloudTrail offer?

AWS CloudTrail has the following pricing plans:
Free Trial: Available

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Q. Who are the typical users of AWS CloudTrail?

AWS CloudTrail has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business


Q. What languages does AWS CloudTrail support?

AWS CloudTrail supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does AWS CloudTrail offer an API?

Yes, AWS CloudTrail has an API available for use.


Q. What level of support does AWS CloudTrail offer?

AWS CloudTrail offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base

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