AWS Amplify Reviews

Name: AWS Amplify
Brand: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Rating: 4 (6 reviews)

3.7 out of 5

6 reviews
66% willing to recommend

What is AWS Amplify?

AWS Amplify is a set of purpose-built tools and features that lets frontend web and mobile developers quickly and easily build full-stack applications on AWS, with the flexibility to leverage the breadth of AWS services as your use cases evolve. With Amplify, you can configure a web or mobile app backend, connect your app in minutes, visually build a web frontend UI, and easily manage app content outside the AWS console. Ship faster and scale effortlessly—with no cloud expertise needed.

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AWS Amplify is the #5 ranked solution in top Release Automation solutions. PeerSpot users give AWS Amplify an average rating of 7.4 out of 10. AWS Amplify is most commonly compared to Microsoft Azure DevOps: AWS Amplify vs Microsoft Azure DevOps. AWS Amplify is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 65% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 14% of all views.

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Shrihari Haridas

DevOps Engineer at Burns & McDonnell

The Amplify CLI acts as a single source of truth. You install the SDK from there, and using the Amplify API, you can talk to and manage AWS services directly from your code. You don't need to go to the GUI and click through menus - everything is manageable through the Amplify API at the code level. AWS Amplify integrates seamlessly with other services through AWS CloudFormation. Amplify first connects to the cloud for me. Whenever we write down the SDK, it's managed by CloudFormation. CloudFormation still happens on our cloud for your application because everything is updated with the help of cloud automation. Anything we need to change, we just add it to Amplify, and Amplify triggers the CloudFormation templates. Then it logs permission, updates the whole thing, or whatever you need it to ask.

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Krishna Vishwakarma

Flutter Developer at Techsevin

I used AWS Amplify for a wedding video project to integrate a mobile app built with Flutter with AWS for uploading large video files, ranging from 2-3 GB up to 10-20 GB. I chose AWS Amplify because it was the best service to work with other AWS services I already used. It was very easy to implement…

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Rushabh Sinora

Building In Stealth at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

I didn't host my application but have used their backend as a service. It was a complete package with authentication, AWS AppSync, DynamoDB, and GraphQL. AWS Amplify is great if you don't know backend development and don't want to struggle with other backend services like MongoDB. You don't have to worry about what backend language or database to use. If you're confused, enroll with AWS Amplify. I also recommend Google Firebase for similar purposes. These services provide the backend as a complete service. I really like that the solution integrates cloud services, so the data is real-time and starts quickly once the application loads. It has horizontal and vertical scaling that happens automatically. For example, if you suddenly have 5,000 customers, it manages the sudden rise in usage. If there are only a few users, the solution decreases resources. It follows a pay-as-you-go model, so you are charged based on usage, like when you hit a certain number of clicks. AWS has a very wide range of services, and AWS Amplify integrates these services. For example, it includes DynamoDB, also available as a standalone service.

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AWS Amplify mindshare

As of September 2024, the mindshare of AWS Amplify in the Release Automation category stands at 2.3%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

"The most valuable feature is user management, which includes authentication and authorization."
"The only tricky part I experienced was during the initial installation. I followed the documentation, but it wasn't working for some reason. I had to modify some local files in the CLI-generated folder to get it to work. I had to dig deep to find the issue, and it wasn't mentioned in the docs. So, some issues could be better highlighted in the AWS CLI documentation, which would help developers integrate other services more easily. AWS needs to improve its support."
"I didn't host my application but have used their backend as a service. It was a complete package with authentication, AWS AppSync, DynamoDB, and GraphQL. AWS Amplify is great if you don't know backend development and don't want to struggle with other backend services like MongoDB. You don't have to worry about what backend language or database to use. If you're confused, enroll with AWS Amplify. I also recommend Google Firebase for similar purposes."

Room for Improvement

"The documentation needs improvement, as it is not user-friendly and can be challenging for novices."
"I like AWS Amplify's documentation. It's comprehensive and includes many examples, so you don't need to ask for help much - you can refer to the docs. It's easy to use. I also appreciate the cost structure. You only pay for what you use. For example, if you use 100 GB, you're charged for that, but if you don't use it, you pay the maintenance cost."
"I don't think there are major issues, but there is room for improvement in the UI/UX of AWS Amplify. The UI still needs to be more polished and user-friendly. It's currently a bit like drag-and-drop initially, but there should be more options to customize the UI based on our needs."

Pricing

"The pricing depends on what your use case is and whether you're an existing AWS customer. It's a pay-as-you-go model, so not expensive."
"When you're just starting, it is free. You have to pay only when you reach a certain amount of usage. I'm still at the early stage. So, I don't have to pay a lot. At the moment, it is not too expensive for me. It is worth the money."

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