The solution provides us with notifications on the jobs of the different services that we run on AWS.
Big Data Solution Architect - Spatial Data Specialist at SCIERA, INC
Includes SMS notifications along with email-based ones
Pros and Cons
- "Amazon SNS has SMS notifications as well. Most of the other solutions have only email notifications."
- "The tool needs to have direct integration with AvPro."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
Amazon SNS has SMS notifications as well. Most of the other solutions have only email notifications.
What needs improvement?
The tool needs to have direct integration with AvPro.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the solution for five to six years.
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What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I would rate Amazon SNS' stability a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I would rate Amazon SNS' scalability a nine out of ten. My company has 10 users for the product.
How are customer service and support?
The tool has good technical support.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
I would rate Amazon SNS' setup an eight out of ten and we have deployed it on the cloud. We can complete the deployment in a couple of minutes.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Amazon SNS is cheap and I would rate it a three out of ten. The pricing is usage-based.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate the product an eight out of ten.
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Executive Director, Human Resources at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
A good notification alert solution that is simple to use, but needs improvement in it's integration with third-party applications
Pros and Cons
- "We have found the key feature of this solution to be the simplicity of sending out notifications."
- "We would like the integration with third party applications to be improved within this solution."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for its notification service alert functionality.
What is most valuable?
We have found the key feature of this solution to be the simplicity of sending out notifications.
What needs improvement?
We would like the integration with third party applications to be improved within this solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been working with this solution for around four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have found this solution to be quite stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We believe this to be a scalable solution, but have not needed to increase our usage level to date.
How are customer service and support?
We have found the customer support for this solution to be pretty good.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup of this solution was very straightforward, but there were challenges in integrating with third-party applications.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented this solution in-house.
What other advice do I have?
We would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
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Director at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Simple communication service that allows us to communicate between departments and with customers
Pros and Cons
- "It's a simple communication service that allows us to communicate with customers."
- "There could be more integration with other solutions."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for the communication lines between departments in our organization.
There are 300 people using SNS in my organization. They are mostly developers.
What is most valuable?
It's a simple communication service that allows us to communicate with customers.
What needs improvement?
There could be more integration with other solutions. Right now, I can communicate in five different ways within a minute. I would like there to be more options for integration, like with Slack or Microsoft Teams for example.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's scalable.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate their technical support three out of five.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was very easy. I would rate the setup four out of five.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation was done in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Their pricing is competitive. I would rate the cost four out of five.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution nine out of ten.
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