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AWS Elastic Beanstalk pros and cons

Vendor: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4.4 out of 5
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Pros & Cons summary

AWS Elastic Beanstalk enables developers to access logs from the AWS console, streamlining application hosting through efficient provisioning and management across multiple clients. The platform offers valuable versioning capabilities but has issues with auto-scaling and CloudFront integration. While Elastic Beanstalk could benefit from protection against AI-based attacks, it limits advanced users due to its reliance on CloudWatch for debugging and lack of granular resource control.

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PROS

AWS Elastic Beanstalk allows developers to access and download logs directly from the AWS console.
It improves efficiency, saves time, and streamlines cloud application hosting.
Versioning is a particularly valuable feature on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk automates many tasks reducing system administration workload.
Managing services, even for multiple clients, is simplified with AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

CONS

AWS Elastic Beanstalk may no longer be receiving further development updates from AWS.
Issues can occur with auto-scaling, and logs and debugging can be cumbersome.
The documentation is not clear, particularly when editing JSON files before application uploads.
Elastic Beanstalk struggles with high-complexity deployments, limiting advanced users who want granular control.
The infrastructure abstracted by Elastic Beanstalk limits control over resources like EC2 instances and networking.
 

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.
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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.
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KatlegoMabila - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 7, 2025
Elastic Beanstalk simplifies deploying and managing applications.
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Iman Mohammadi - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 2, 2024
I find the versioning to be especially valuable on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
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Nov 12, 2024
The most valuable feature of Elastic Beanstalk is its ease of use and management.
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Chirag Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 5, 2025
Elastic Beanstalk is helpful and easy to manage services, even when dealing with multiple clients.
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Kevin-Davis - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 24, 2025
The management of environments is a valuable feature.
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Agnideep Mukherjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 30, 2024
AWS Elastic Beanstalk helps improve my efficiency, saves time, and streamlines application hosting in the cloud.
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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.
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Thiago Canuto Lemos - PeerSpot reviewer
Nov 1, 2024
The simplicity in the speed of provisioning users is what I like best about Elastic Beanstalk.
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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.
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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.
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KatlegoMabila - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 7, 2025
Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options.
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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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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.
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Chirag Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 5, 2025
There are areas for improvement in Elastic Beanstalk, especially in the management part.
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Kevin-Davis - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 24, 2025
One area where AWS Elastic Beanstalk struggles is with the complexity of deployments.
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Agnideep Mukherjee - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 30, 2024
Sometimes there are issues when auto-scaling with CloudFront.
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Jay Sevak - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 23, 2024
The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement.
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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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