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Amazon CloudWatch vs Coralogix comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Amazon CloudWatch reduces monitoring costs, boosts operational efficiency, is vital for oversight, but not direct revenue, especially for small projects.
Sentiment score
4.7
Coralogix streamlines log management, saving time and money, reducing personnel needs, and simplifying cloud and hybrid deployments.
Amazon CloudWatch offers cost-saving advantages by being an inbuilt solution that requires no separate setup or maintenance for monitoring tasks.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
I have seen a return on investment with Coralogix, particularly in terms of time saved.
Presales Engineer at Crayon AS
I see a return on investment in time saving.
Cloud Engineer at To The New
I have seen a return on investment as it is time-saving for debugging since this costs a lot over a period of time.
Senior DevOps Engineer at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Amazon CloudWatch support is reliable, with varying response times and expertise based on support level, premium ensures faster help.
Sentiment score
7.3
Coralogix support is praised for responsiveness, effective communication, and superior service compared to competitors, like AWS, using Zoom.
In recent years, due to business expansion, knowledge levels among support engineers seem to vary.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
While using their cloud and cloud resources, if you have an issue with CloudWatch, you must pay additional monthly fees to get time from dedicated tech support.
founder, ceo at Techrev Solutions Pvt Ltd
I am satisfied with their response time and overall competence.
Engineering Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
They are helpful, especially when we created several custom dashboards.
SDE II at Nutanix
They were very responsive and thoroughly communicative.
DevOps at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Amazon CloudWatch excels in scalability and performance, efficiently managing data and adapts quickly to diverse organizational needs.
Sentiment score
7.0
Coralogix's scalable cloud infrastructure efficiently manages increased workloads, earning positive feedback despite some cost concerns when significantly scaling.
It is already there as a managed service from AWS.
Infrastructure Lead at Danat Fz LLC
Amazon CloudWatch's scalability is managed by AWS.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
We have never faced any scalability issues.
SDE II at Nutanix
Handling scaling with Coralogix is good, as it is easy to scale up or down as my needs change.
Presales Engineer at Crayon AS
It is distributed, so we have never felt any issue with Coralogix's scalability.
Senior Software Engineer Data at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Amazon CloudWatch is praised for its reliability and performance, though some note occasional data delays and slowness in low-capacity environments.
Sentiment score
8.0
Coralogix is highly stable and reliable, though some users note minor issues with Kafka lag and metric aggregation.
I sometimes notice slowness when Amazon CloudWatch agents are installed on machines with less capacity, causing me to use other monitoring tools.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
There are no downtimes, no crashes, or any performance issues that I've noticed since we started using it.
Platform Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
High CPU usage on one pod can be averaged out by others, concealing potential issues.
SDE II at Nutanix
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek better customization, visualization, and integration in CloudWatch, citing high costs, steep learning curve, and scalability challenges.
Coralogix users seek improvements in cost management, UI, AI integration, documentation, customization, search speed, and support for integrations.
When using third-party dashboards such as Kibana or Grafana and other visualization tools, there should be a way to feed CloudWatch's data and logging capabilities into these visualization tools.
founder, ceo at Techrev Solutions Pvt Ltd
We are in a process of integrating Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus to have better visualization on Amazon CloudWatch.
Infrastructure Lead at Danat Fz LLC
Maybe Amazon Web Services can improve by providing a library for CloudWatch with some useful features.
Senior Software Engineer at Carnera
We require some form of grouping or categorization of logs to identify them better.
SDE II at Nutanix
Coralogix should have some AI capabilities to auto-detect anomalies and provide suggestions.
Engineering Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
If I could improve Coralogix in any way, I would suggest additional customization options for our dashboards.
Platform Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

Amazon CloudWatch pricing is variable, with costs ranging from $25 to $350, depending on usage and AWS service integration.
Coralogix pricing ranges from $400 to $5,000 monthly, with strategies needed to manage costs as data usage increases.
Overall, the pricing of Amazon CloudWatch is very expensive.
founder, ceo at Techrev Solutions Pvt Ltd
Amazon CloudWatch charges more for custom metrics as well as for changes in the timeline.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
Despite the expense, I believe it is worth the money to have Coralogix as a tool.
SDE II at Nutanix
Currently, we are at a very minimal cost, which is around $400 per month since we have reduced our usage.
Engineering Manager at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
It is charged based on what we store.
Presales Engineer at Crayon AS
 

Valuable Features

Amazon CloudWatch offers real-time data, AWS integration, efficient monitoring, user-friendly interface, and versatile dashboards for enhanced system performance.
Coralogix offers comprehensive logging, analytics, and dashboards with AI insights, enhancing data visibility and reducing downtime effectively.
Amazon CloudWatch allows me to set up and view even historical logs, which is one of the features I find valuable.
Digital Services & Engagement Senior Manager at AXA
If there is a CPU spike or system issues, we set alarms to notify us if the system is going down or not reachable.
Infrastructure Lead at Danat Fz LLC
I like its filtering capability and its ability to give the cyber engine insights.
Senior Software Engineer at Carnera
I can monitor Kubernetes or Docker platforms as well, and I can integrate with the DevOps chain including Jenkins and all infrastructure code, Terraform, or Ansible.
Presales Engineer at Crayon AS
Coralogix has positively impacted our organization by providing us with a clearer data flow, which allows us to analyze data better and find errors easier using the smart logs it offers.
Automation Engineer at MyDubai.io
Out of real-time analytics, cost-efficient storage, and AI-powered insights, the most valuable for my team has been the cost-efficient storage.
Software Developer at Styx Global
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon CloudWatch
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
19th
Ranking in Log Management
17th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Monitoring Software (14th)
Coralogix
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
14th
Ranking in Log Management
11th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (12th), API Management (11th), Streaming Analytics (13th), Anomaly Detection Tools (2nd), AI Observability (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Amazon CloudWatch is 1.1%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Coralogix is 1.1%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Coralogix1.1%
Amazon CloudWatch1.1%
Other97.8%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

Azam S M - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Lead at Danat Fz LLC
Has provided reliable monitoring and alerting through extensive metric tracking and dashboard configuration
Amazon CloudWatch itself provides a lot of data. However, for visualization, we need to use third-party tools. We are in a process of integrating Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus to have better visualization on Amazon CloudWatch. We are also integrating Grafana with the application itself to get the application data and logs. Alternatively, there is AWS Kinesis and Glue where you can scrape the logs and have visualization, but a more easy option is Grafana. If you want to get a proper visual representation to see what is happening, then you need to integrate a third-party tool. Amazon CloudWatch has all the data, but to see what is happening, you need some third-party tool.
Naveenkumar Lakshman - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Engineer at Crayon AS
Centralized monitoring has improved real-time issue tracking and reduced root cause analysis time
One of the best features that Coralogix offers is that it is integration friendly. I can seamlessly work with different cloud providers including AWS, Azure, and GCP. I can monitor Kubernetes or Docker platforms as well, and I can integrate with the DevOps chain including Jenkins and all infrastructure code, Terraform, or Ansible. Coralogix has positively impacted my organization by providing a centralized console to monitor the dashboard, giving me rich flexibility to see different sorts of data that is spread across the logs, metrics, or traces, which are the typical pillars of the observability tool. I have the interface where I can use the drag-and-drop feature, and I can create different types of charts. Mainly, I have the line charts and time series ones that I generally use in many use cases, gauges, tables, pie charts, or markdown widgets. These are the ones generically available, and I can switch between the visualization types. I am getting the underlying query in that and can import and export dashboards built upon the JSON format. I can have my own APIs integrated with my dashboards as well, such as with Terraform, which is useful for scaling across my environments. Regarding root cause analysis, mainly what I can do is correlate across all of the layers because the main logs that I work on are storage-related, including CIFS, NFS, SAN traffic, and the metrics including storage, throughput, or VM resource usage. Being able to view logs, metrics, or traces available, I get all of these in one place, and I can do root cause analysis much quicker.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Transportation Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise8
Large Enterprise25
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon CloudWatch?
Amazon CloudWatch itself provides a lot of data. However, for visualization, we need to use third-party tools. We are in a process of integrating Grafana, Loki, and Prometheus to have better visual...
What is your primary use case for Amazon CloudWatch?
Amazon CloudWatch is a very small service that AWS provides. It is a monitoring service for applications within the AWS cloud, and we can integrate external applications using the APIs or SDK. The ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Coralogix?
Cost was the only major reason for switching from a different solution.
What needs improvement with Coralogix?
Coralogix can be improved by having better documentation to help new people onboard into this platform and understand the systems, including how they can integrate their cloud provider to better un...
What is your primary use case for Coralogix?
My main use case for Coralogix was that we transferred from DataDog because DataDog was expensive at the time, and we wanted something more cost-effective. The VP of R&D thought Coralogix would...
 

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Sample Customers

AirAsia, Airbnb, Aircel, APUS, Avazu, Casa & Video, Futbol Club Barcelona (FCBarcelona), National Taiwan University, redBus
Payoneer, AGS, Monday.com, Capgemini
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