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AWS Elastic Beanstalk pros and cons

4.2 out of 5

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PROS

Developers can access and download logs directly from the console within AWS Elastic Beanstalk, enhancing efficiency.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk improves efficiency, saves time, and streamlines application hosting in the cloud.
The speed of provisioning users in AWS Elastic Beanstalk is highly appreciated.
Ease of use and management are regarded as the most valuable features of AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
Versioning in AWS Elastic Beanstalk is considered especially valuable, making deployment effortless.

CONS

AWS appears to have ceased further development on Elastic Beanstalk.
Issues sometimes arise with auto-scaling and CloudFront.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk could benefit from more option packages and configuration bundles.
Documentation needs improvement, especially on editing JSON files before uploading applications.
Logs and debugging can be cumbersome, requiring a more seamless analysis method without over-relying on CloudWatch.
 

AWS Elastic Beanstalk Pros review quotes

Hunaid Vekariya - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 12, 2024
One of the most valuable aspects is that developers can access logs directly. They can download them from the AWS console within Elastic Beanstalk.
Olusegun Akinnola - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 27, 2025
The feature I like most about Elastic Beanstalk is the way I do not have to do anything, just deploy my app.
Iman Mohammadi - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 2, 2024
I find the versioning to be especially valuable on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
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AY
Nov 12, 2024
The most valuable feature of Elastic Beanstalk is its ease of use and management.
Chirag Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 5, 2025
Elastic Beanstalk is helpful and easy to manage services, even when dealing with multiple clients.
Agnideep Mukherjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 30, 2024
AWS Elastic Beanstalk helps improve my efficiency, saves time, and streamlines application hosting in the cloud.
Jay Sevak - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 23, 2024
Elastic Beanstalk is very easy to use, providing infrastructure to deploy our third-party application to the cloud within 15 to 20 minutes.
Thiago Canuto Lemos - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 1, 2024
The simplicity in the speed of provisioning users is what I like best about Elastic Beanstalk.
 

AWS Elastic Beanstalk Cons review quotes

Hunaid Vekariya - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 12, 2024
From what I've observed, it seems AWS has ceased further development on Elastic Beanstalk.
Olusegun Akinnola - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 27, 2025
Logs and debugging can sometimes be cumbersome, and there could be a more seamless method to analyze application issues without relying heavily on CloudWatch, which would improve my experience.
Iman Mohammadi - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 2, 2024
The documentation needs to be clearer, particularly relating to editing JSON files before uploading applications.
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AY
Nov 12, 2024
AWS Elastic Beanstalk could improve its auto-scaling feature to better detect potential AI-based attacks or misuses that could lead to unexpected costs.
Chirag Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 5, 2025
There are areas for improvement in Elastic Beanstalk, especially in the management part.
Agnideep Mukherjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 30, 2024
Sometimes there are issues when auto-scaling with CloudFront.
Jay Sevak - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 23, 2024
The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement.
Thiago Canuto Lemos - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 1, 2024
Maybe the company could create more option packages, such as more bundles of configuration.

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