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AWS Elastic Beanstalk pros and cons

4.2 out of 5

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PROS

AWS Elastic Beanstalk allows developers to access and download logs directly from the AWS console
AWS Elastic Beanstalk improves efficiency, saves time, and streamlines cloud application hosting
The speed of provisioning users is a standout feature of AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Elastic Beanstalk provides easy infrastructure deployment for third-party applications
Versioning is a valuable feature of AWS Elastic Beanstalk

CONS

Elastic Beanstalk lacks further development from AWS.
Auto-scaling with CloudFront sometimes experiences issues.
Documentation needs clearer guidance, especially regarding JSON file edits before uploads.
Auto-scaling could better detect AI-based attack patterns to prevent unexpected costs.
Infrastructure management abstraction limits advanced user control on resources like EC2 instances.
 

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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