Amazon CloudWatch Features
What are the features of Amazon CloudWatch?
Operations
- Scheduling
- Automation
- Multi-Cloud Management
- Usage Monitoring
Cost Optimization
- Spend Forecasting and Optimization
- Recommendations
- Spend Tracking
Administration
- Reporting
- Dashboards and Visualizations
- Compliance
- Activity Monitoring
Monitoring
- Usage Monitoring
- Database Monitoring
- Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring
Analysis
- Dashboards and Visualizations
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Operations
Scheduling | Allows users to schedule instances, changes or other operational tasks in advance. This feature was mentioned in 42 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. | 87% (Based on 42 reviews) | |
Automation | As reported in 46 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. Efficiently scales resource usage to optimize spend whith increased or decreased resource usage requirements. | 86% (Based on 46 reviews) | |
Multi-Cloud Management | Allows users to track and control cloud spend across cloud services and providers. 37 reviewers of Amazon CloudWatch have provided feedback on this feature. | 74% (Based on 37 reviews) | |
Usage Monitoring | Tracks infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste. 49 reviewers of Amazon CloudWatch have provided feedback on this feature. | 86% (Based on 49 reviews) |
Cost Optimization
Spend Forecasting and Optimization | As reported in 39 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. Ability to project spend based on contracts, usage trends, and predicted growth. | 84% (Based on 39 reviews) | |
Recommendations | Provides use-specific recommendations regarding performance and resource utilization. 39 reviewers of Amazon CloudWatch have provided feedback on this feature. | 79% (Based on 39 reviews) | |
Spend Tracking | Provides ability to track and/or map spending on all cloud spend across departments with little to no manual entry. This feature was mentioned in 42 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. | 81% (Based on 42 reviews) |
Administration
Reporting | Based on 52 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap. | 84% (Based on 52 reviews) | |
Dashboards and Visualizations | Based on 52 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. | 79% (Based on 52 reviews) | |
Compliance | Helps companies ensure they meet their industry-specific compliance needs for data management and privacy standards. This feature was mentioned in 43 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. | 83% (Based on 43 reviews) | |
Activity Monitoring | Based on 33 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. Actively monitor status of work stations either on-premise or remote. | 88% (Based on 33 reviews) | |
Multi-Cloud Management | As reported in 26 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. Allows users to track and control cloud spend across cloud services and providers. | 75% (Based on 26 reviews) | |
Automation | Efficiently scales resource usage to optimize spend whith increased or decreased resource usage requirements. This feature was mentioned in 30 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. | 83% (Based on 30 reviews) |
Monitoring
Usage Monitoring | Tracks infrastructure resource needs and alerts administrators or automatically scales usage to minimize waste. 36 reviewers of Amazon CloudWatch have provided feedback on this feature. | 88% (Based on 36 reviews) | |
Database Monitoring | Based on 35 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. Monitors performance and statistics related to memory, caches and connections. | 84% (Based on 35 reviews) | |
API Monitoring | As reported in 32 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. Detects anomalies in functionality, user accessibility, traffic flows, and tampering. | 80% (Based on 32 reviews) | |
Real-Time Monitoring - Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring | Constantly monitors system to detect anomalies in real time. This feature was mentioned in 36 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. | 86% (Based on 36 reviews) |
Analysis
Reporting | Creates reports outlining resource, underutilization, cost trends, and/or functional overlap. 32 reviewers of Amazon CloudWatch have provided feedback on this feature. | 82% (Based on 32 reviews) | |
Dashboards and Visualizations | Presents information and analytics in a digestible, intuitive, and visually appealing way. This feature was mentioned in 34 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. | 80% (Based on 34 reviews) | |
Spend Forecasting and Optimization | Based on 28 Amazon CloudWatch reviews. Ability to project spend based on contracts, usage trends, and predicted growth. | 82% (Based on 28 reviews) |
