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Top 20
Effortless project management with good support but needs to improve auto-scaling
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of Elastic Beanstalk is its ease of use and management."
  • "AWS Elastic Beanstalk could improve its auto-scaling feature to better detect potential AI-based attacks or misuses that could lead to unexpected costs."

What is our primary use case?

My primary use case for AWS Elastic Beanstalk is to train instructors in Pakistan, mainly focusing on services like S3, Amazon EC2, Elastic, Beanstalk, and LoadBalancer. I also use it when working with clients who are migrating to our services, as it provides an easy and manageable way to understand services.

How has it helped my organization?

AWS Elastic Beanstalk has helped manage projects easily without the need for installing patches or worrying about configurations. It allows me to delegate tasks to students or interns securely, with Amazon handling failures or any issues.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of Elastic Beanstalk is its ease of use and management. I don't need to worry about installations or maintenance as it is an Amazon-managed solution, which allows me to focus on other tasks.

What needs improvement?

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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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Elastic Beanstalk for about two to three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have never experienced any stability issues with Elastic Beanstalk. It does not have bugs or break down unexpectedly.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The auto-scaling feature is a good concept. It needs refinement to assess real attacks versus artificial spikes effectively.

How are customer service and support?

The free support from Amazon has been helpful for us in dealing with billing issues, although we rarely need technical support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

What about the implementation team?

I handle the implementation with my team of students and interns.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

AWS charges for support services, and the costs for AWS Elastic Beanstalk can be high compared to on-premises or other cloud solutions like VMware.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Some of the solutions evaluated included Alibaba and VMware, mainly due to their lower costs.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Elastic Beanstalk a seven out of ten due to its ease of use, but the high cost remains a concern. I would recommend it to others because of its convenience, especially for students learning about cloud services.

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Real User
Top 5
Cost-effective, easy to use, and provides useful security for our applications on the cloud
Pros and Cons
  • "Elastic Beanstalk is very easy to use, providing infrastructure to deploy our third-party application to the cloud within 15 to 20 minutes."
  • "Elastic Beanstalk is very easy to use, providing infrastructure to deploy our third-party application to the cloud within 15 to 20 minutes."
  • "The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement."
  • "Sometimes it is difficult to use for the first time. The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement."

What is our primary use case?

I use AWS Elastic Beanstalk for deploying my web application on the cloud. I do so within the context of my project for my master's program.

What is most valuable?

Elastic Beanstalk is very easy to use, providing infrastructure to deploy our third-party application to the cloud within 15 to 20 minutes. It is very helpful for our web application developers and usage companies. It is cost-effective, easy to use, and provides useful security for our applications on the cloud.

What needs improvement?

Sometimes it is difficult to use for the first time. The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using AWS Elastic Beanstalk for around six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have not faced any issues with stability since everything worked on my first try.

How was the initial setup?

It is easy to use after getting the hang of it initially, which might be slightly challenging. You can utilize a batch file to deploy your application directly.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is cost-effective, providing security and ease of use.

What other advice do I have?

Beanstalk is rated a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Thiago Canuto Lemos - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Specialist at TCL Tech
Real User
Top 10
Simplified provision and good speed with dynamic scaling for developers
Pros and Cons
  • "The simplicity in the speed of provisioning users is what I like best about Elastic Beanstalk."
  • "Maybe the company could create more option packages, such as more bundles of configuration."

What is our primary use case?

I use Elastic Beanstalk to provide the super systems.

What is most valuable?

The simplicity in the speed of provisioning users is what I like best about Elastic Beanstalk. It's so easy to use Elastic Beanstalk. The automatic scaling feature is fantastic. In general, Elastic Beanstalk has normal pricing.

What needs improvement?

Maybe the company could create more option packages, such as more bundles of configuration.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Elastic Beanstalk for about three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

In general, on AWS, stability is okay.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Elastic Beanstalk's scalability is simple and dynamic.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of Elastic Beanstalk is so easy to deploy.

What about the implementation team?

Just two people are using Elastic Beanstalk in our organization.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing of Elastic Beanstalk is all array. It depends on functionality. In general, Elastic Beanstalk has regular pricing.

What other advice do I have?

I recommend this product to other developers. It's a very important service in the developer's ecosystem.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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