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AWS X-Ray mindshare

As of April 2025, the mindshare of AWS X-Ray in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category stands at 3.3%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability

PeerAnalyst reports based on AWS X-Ray reviews

TypeTitleDate
CategoryApplication Performance Monitoring (APM) and ObservabilityApr 1, 2025Download
ProductReviews, tips, and advice from real usersApr 1, 2025Download
ComparisonAWS X-Ray vs DatadogApr 1, 2025Download
ComparisonAWS X-Ray vs DynatraceApr 1, 2025Download
ComparisonAWS X-Ray vs Splunk AppDynamicsApr 1, 2025Download
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Dynatrace4.410.8%95%345 interviewsAdd to research
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Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
Insurance Company
4%
University
4%
Government
4%
Retailer
4%
Real Estate/Law Firm
3%
Media Company
3%
Healthcare Company
3%
Educational Organization
3%
Transportation Company
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Outsourcing Company
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
1%
Non Profit
1%
Construction Company
1%
Legal Firm
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Marketing Services Firm
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Recruiting/Hr Firm
1%

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Aws Cloud Engineer at Octavebytes
Verified user of AWS X-Ray
Nov 8, 2024
Boosted application performance with latency insights but requires wider SDK support

Pros

"The most beneficial feature is that it shows a dashboard for performance intervals, which reveals latencies."

Cons

"It should have X-Ray SDKs for different languages like Node.js, Python, or Java."
Willy Moura - PeerSpot user
Solutions Architect/ Analyst at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Verified user of AWS X-Ray
Feb 14, 2025
Identifying and resolving deployment issues while configuring can be challenging

Pros

"AWS X-Ray shows us exactly when there are delays, helping us understand the depth of issues and what is happening point-to-point. "

Cons

"Sometimes, the collector agents are confusing to configure initially."
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Parth Solanki - PeerSpot user
Founder & CEO at Quicklead.io
Verified user of AWS X-Ray
Jan 3, 2023
Saves time, is relatively cheap, and helps find errors

Pros

"It is a very scalable solution. "

Cons

"I do not have any notes in terms of improvements. "
Jiri Sostok - PeerSpot user
CEO at noriba
Verified user of AWS X-Ray
Apr 14, 2023
Identifies bottlenecks in performance and stability

Pros

"AWS X-RAY identifies bottlenecks in terms of stability and performance and how long certain data lives in terms of response time and duration. "

Cons

"If you have a small team, it's probably overkill. "
PeerSpot user
Managing Trustee and CTO at a financial services firm with 1-10 employees
Verified user of AWS X-Ray
Feb 24, 2023
Helpful for compliance, identifying bottlenecks, and improving application performance

Pros

"The most important one is compliance. We're able to achieve our regulatory levels. We're able to achieve the security level that we need for the federal government. "

Cons

"Like most Amazon products, the user interface, configuration, and tuning aren't the easiest. That's the biggest reason why people tend to go to products like TerraForm and Terragrunt. We use TerraForm and Terragrunt. So, for setting things up and interacting with X-Ray, it's definitely the user interface that can be better."
LuizCorreia - PeerSpot user
Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect at a leisure / travel company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of AWS X-Ray
Sep 18, 2023
Has a smooth integration process, but it is expensive

Pros

"AWS X-Ray is a strong solution and has a smooth integration process."

Cons

"They can improve how traces are sent to other providers."
Muhmad Tabrez A Deewanji - PeerSpot user
Lead Software Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of AWS X-Ray
Jan 19, 2023
It lets you debug the issues through the proper logs and is stable and scalable

Pros

"The most promising feature of AWS X-Ray is that you can debug the issues through the proper logs. You can also get an analysis out of the logs for some use cases, though I have yet to try all the features of AWS X-Ray."

Cons

"What needs to be better in AWS X-Ray is the log filtering. Predefined filters could be helpful because the power of analytics comes from how you can filter the data. I also want to see more KPIs from AWS X-Ray."
RM
Senior Java Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of AWS X-Ray
Feb 13, 2021
Scalable and good for tracing problems, but hard to configure

Pros

"The solution has made it easier for us to trace the problems that we have with our requests and to monitor the timing of each step in each request we do in our endpoints. "

Cons

"The user interface is sometimes kind of confusing to understand. It's not very user-friendly."