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IT admins, IT managers, Developers, Systems Engineers, Cloud Architects, Cloud Developers, Cloud Infrastructure Security teams, Infrastructure, Security, \& Deployment teams ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 108 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: AWS CloudFormation includes a usage-based pricing model. Please contact AWS directly for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Chinese, English, European Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Automated Testing - Compliance Management - Configuration Management - Continuous Delivery - Continuous Deployment - Version Control ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Cloud Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30852/cloud-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Cloud Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30852/cloud-management/software) - [Continuous Integration Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31119/continuous-integration/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It has user friendly surface. > > **Cons**: There are a lot of functions that require more training. ----- ### "High performance but deep learning curve" — 4.0/5 > **Terence** | *December 22, 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: CloudFront distribution has great performance with very minimal loading times for users. > > **Cons**: Setting up CloudFront was a bit overwhelming at first, mainly because the AWS interface is packed with many options. If you’re new to AWS, it can feel like there’s a lot of jargon to wrap your head around. It was kind of confusing figuring out how to link it with my S3 buckets. > > It is part of our tech stack tools to use. ----- ### "Reliable Infrastructure Automation for AWS" — 5.0/5 > **Twinkle** | *April 22, 2026* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: nstead of manually creating resources one by one, you define everything in a template (YAML or JSON), and CloudFormation handles the setup automatically. That means fewer human errors and consistent environments every time you deploy. Another strong point is its “infrastructure as code” approach—once your template is ready, you can version it, reuse it, and even roll back changes if something goes wrong. This makes managing complex cloud setups much easier. > > **Cons**: What I liked least about AWS CloudFormation is that it has a steep learning curve, especially for beginners. Writing and managing templates can feel complex and time-consuming compared to some newer infrastructure-as-code tools. Debugging stack failures can also be challenging at times due to less intuitive error messages. > > overall, my experience with AWS CloudFormation has been positive. It is a powerful Infrastructure as Code tool that helps automate and standardize AWS resource provisioning, making deployments consistent and repeatable. Once the initial learning curve is overcome, it becomes very efficient for managing complex cloud environments. However, it can feel a bit complex for beginners and troubleshooting stack issues can sometimes be time-consuming. Despite that, it is a reliable and widely used service for managing AWS infrastructure at scale. ----- ### "Cloudformation : Best tool to automate aws cloud infrastructure creation." — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *March 15, 2025* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: aws cloud formation can creates cloud infrastructure using declarative method without manual intervention.This helps creating cloud infra irrespective of AWS UI updates .It enable resource creation with simple commands and templates, enable complex cloud infrastructure creations and troubleshooting guide. There is large aws support to solve issue related to cloudformation template. > > **Cons**: Template creation can be excausting due to interconnecting components when multiple resources are used and they are interlinked to transfer data within the resource. Managing and viewing budget and cost of resources utilized would not be available at ease and would need to login to console to view billing details. Creating resources can take time as compared to creating resources in UI as it becomes more interactive experience for developer to exactly view what cloud resources are created and there interlinked components. > > I had an amazing experience using cloudformation as it helps in creating cloud infra at ease as we can store all the our required infrastructure in code format. it has helped in critical times where we prod had issues due to manual creation and network components were missing which we found out as we used cloud formation. it keeps creating infrastructure consistently without missing components and tracking of state is ease. it is very helpful as it has helped me create multiple resources including vpc, ec2,s3, rds using templates, link those resources together using correct security group and role and permission all in code format which we can share for review to our leads and managers. ----- ### "Potential for greatness" — 2.0/5 > **Philipp** | *January 26, 2026* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: Cloudformation natively supports everything in AWS so it is already solidly ahead of third party providers. It is an easy to understand tool. > > **Cons**: The documentation on AWS has always been subpar for cloudformation. For new products, they are more willing to release examples, but usually, one needs to visit a blog or similar. Cloudformation stacks are very vulnerable to drift. If this ever happens, this is irrecoverable. > > Cloudformation is great in principle, and with enough manipulation can do everything that is needed. AWS' documentation often falls behind the curve, and cloudformation stacks are very uncomfortable to work with. 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