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Amazon CloudWatch vs Better Stack Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Amazon CloudWatch is a vulnerability management software designed to help DevOps engineers, IT managers, and site reliability engineers (SREs) observe and manage AWS resources. Administrators can gain insights into operational data to visualize logs and utilize machine learning algorithms to detect anomalous behavior across environments.

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  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

Free

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

29

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

95

5

4

3

2

1

57

31

6

1

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
81%
would recommend this app

4.8

37

5

4

3

2

1

33

3

0

1

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
92%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Great tool to use to have default metrics for all aws resources and also flexibility to create custom metrics.”
VK

Vatsal K.

Software Engineer

“Amazon CloudWatch servers as useful and convenient cloud based service which helps users in the AWS environment to collect and monitor log files and other files. Besides giving a comprehensive view on the number of errors and delivering alarms when certain thresholds are exceeded.”
MW

Mateja W.

Consultant

“Amazon CloudWatch is an essential tool for monitoring cloud infrastructure, and it integrates seamlessly with AWS services. While it requires some learning upfront, its robust features make it worth the effort.”
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Walaa A.

Health

Pros

“It doesn't overwhelm you with too many options but still provides lots of integrations and functionality.”
AH

Anne H.

Webmaster / Publisher

“Better Uptime is probably the best investment I've ever made for server management.”
RK

Rod K.

Blogger

Cons

“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.”
JK

Jitae K.

Sr.Devops

“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.”
HV

Hrithik V.

Software Engineer - Trading Systems

“Some users find Amazon CloudWatch's complexity and cost management challenging, particularly when dealing with high-volume metric and log data, which can lead to increased expenses and require careful optimization.”
AA

Amaya A.

Teacher

Cons

“Outstanding. If my site goes down or I get hacked, I lose money.”
AH

Anne H.

Webmaster / Publisher

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa month ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features29
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Monitoring
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerting
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Analytics
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Application Management
  • Application-Level Analysis
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Asset Discovery
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Automatic Backup
  • Automation
  • Availability Testing
  • Bandwidth Monitoring
  • CPU Monitoring
  • Charting
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Cloud
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communications Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Alerts
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Cost Management
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Aggregation
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Classification
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Migration
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Monitoring
  • Diagnostic Tools
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Drag & Drop
  • ETL - Extract Transfer Load
  • Email Alerts
  • Event Logs
  • Event Tracking
  • FTP Monitoring
  • For Websites
  • Forms Management
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • IT Incident Management
  • IT Monitoring
  • In-Database Processing
  • Incident Alerting
  • Incident Management
  • Incident Reporting
  • Indexing
  • Investigation Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Log Analysis
  • Log Collection
  • Log Management
  • Log Parsing
  • Log Rotation
  • Mail Server Monitoring
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-Location Monitoring
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • Network Monitoring
  • On Call Scheduling
  • PCI Compliance
  • Password Management
  • Performance Analysis
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Policy Management
  • Prioritization
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Real-time Alerts
  • Release Management
  • Remediation Management
  • Reminders
  • Remote Monitoring & Management
  • Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • SSL Monitoring
  • SSL Security
  • Safety Incident Management
  • Scheduled Testing
  • Scheduling
  • Search
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Secure Login
  • Self Service Portal
  • Server Logs
  • Server Monitoring
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Single Sign On
  • Status Tracking
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Threshold Alerts
  • Ticket Management
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Trend Analysis
  • Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting Reports
  • Uptime Reporting
  • User Management
  • Virtual Machine Monitoring
  • Visual Analytics
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features134
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Monitoring
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerting
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Analytics
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Application Management
  • Application-Level Analysis
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Asset Discovery
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Authentication
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Automatic Backup
  • Automation
  • Availability Testing
  • Bandwidth Monitoring
  • CPU Monitoring
  • Charting
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Cloud
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communications Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Alerts
  • Configuration Management
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Cost Management
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Customizable Dashboard
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Aggregation
  • Data Analysis Tools
  • Data Classification
  • Data Connectors
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Migration
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Database Monitoring
  • Diagnostic Tools
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Drag & Drop
  • ETL - Extract Transfer Load
  • Email Alerts
  • Event Logs
  • Event Tracking
  • FTP Monitoring
  • For Websites
  • Forms Management
  • HIPAA Compliant
  • IT Incident Management
  • IT Monitoring
  • In-Database Processing
  • Incident Alerting
  • Incident Management
  • Incident Reporting
  • Indexing
  • Investigation Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • KPI Monitoring
  • Log Analysis
  • Log Collection
  • Log Management
  • Log Parsing
  • Log Rotation
  • Mail Server Monitoring
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-Location Monitoring
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • Network Monitoring
  • On Call Scheduling
  • PCI Compliance
  • Password Management
  • Performance Analysis
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Policy Management
  • Prioritization
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Real-time Alerts
  • Release Management
  • Remediation Management
  • Reminders
  • Remote Monitoring & Management
  • Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • SSL Monitoring
  • SSL Security
  • Safety Incident Management
  • Scheduled Testing
  • Scheduling
  • Search
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Secure Login
  • Self Service Portal
  • Server Logs
  • Server Monitoring
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Single Sign On
  • Status Tracking
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Threshold Alerts
  • Ticket Management
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Trend Analysis
  • Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting Reports
  • Uptime Reporting
  • User Management
  • Virtual Machine Monitoring
  • Visual Analytics
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations7
  • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon API Gateway
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • Apache Kafka
  • Asana
  • Claude Code
  • Datadog
  • DigitalOcean
  • Discord
  • Docker
  • Elastic Stack
  • Fin
  • Front
  • HAProxy
  • Jira
  • Linear
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • MySQL
  • New Relic
  • NuView
  • Okta
  • PagerDuty
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis Software
  • Render
  • Trello
  • Typeform
  • Ubuntu
  • Vercel
  • WHMCS
  • Wix
  • Wix Studio
  • WordPress
  • Zabbix
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations34
  • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon API Gateway
  • Amazon CloudWatch
  • Amazon DynamoDB
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • Apache Kafka
  • Asana
  • Claude Code
  • Datadog
  • DigitalOcean
  • Discord
  • Docker
  • Elastic Stack
  • Fin
  • Front
  • HAProxy
  • Jira
  • Linear
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Teams
  • MySQL
  • New Relic
  • NuView
  • Okta
  • PagerDuty
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis Software
  • Render
  • Trello
  • Typeform
  • Ubuntu
  • Vercel
  • WHMCS
  • Wix
  • Wix Studio
  • WordPress
  • Zabbix
  • Zapier