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Amazon CloudWatch vs Elastic Observability: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 5th, 2025
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Summary
Features in Cloud Management
8
40
  • Cost Management
  • Resource Management
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
17
Best performer
40
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Tracking
  • API
User satisfaction
4.6
User reviews34
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.6
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
4.3
User reviews25
Ease of use
4.0
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.4
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IT admins, IT managers, Developers, Systems Engineers, Cloud Architects, Cloud Developers, Cloud Infrastructure Security teams, Infrastructure, Security, & Deployment teams

Elastic is built for relevance at scale, easily able to support small businesses, the largest multinationals, and everything in between.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Amazon CloudWatch

8/40
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Tracking
  • Anomaly Detection
  • API
  • Application Management
  • Audit Management
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Capacity Analytics
  • Change Management
  • Cloud Encryption
  • Compliance Management
  • Configuration Management
  • Database Support
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Integration
  • Data Migration
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Inventory Management
  • Monitoring
  • Multitenancy
  • Network Monitoring
  • Patch Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Search/Filter
  • Security Management
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Catalog
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • User Management
  • Workflow Management
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Cost Management
  • Event Logs
  • Multi-Cloud Management
  • Performance Analysis
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Resource Management
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
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Elastic Observability

Top Features
17/40
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Amazon CloudWatch

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Elastic Observability

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Amazon CloudWatch
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Elastic Observability
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Amazon CloudWatch
  • By Amazon Web Services
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2006
Elastic Observability
  • By Elastic
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2012
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