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AWS Auto Scaling vs VMware Aria Operations for Applications comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Customer Service

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AWS Auto Scaling support is helpful and friendly, but opinions on response times vary, with some seeking faster service.
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Room For Improvement

Sentiment score
6.0
AWS Auto Scaling requires better server launch times, pricing, documentation, security, and instance management, with emphasis on improved automation and AI features.
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This complexity led me to migrate to CloudFormation, which simplifies the deployment process.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.7
AWS Auto Scaling excels in seamless scalability, receiving high ratings and praise for performance during peak demand and large user bases.
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Scalability is impressive, as it allowed us to go from 1,000 to 10,000 active users within a week during a traffic spike.
 

Setup Cost

Sentiment score
6.2
AWS Auto Scaling offers pay-as-you-go pricing, seen as expensive by some, but valued for quality and scalability.
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Stability Issues

Sentiment score
3.2
AWS Auto Scaling is reliable, stable, with users rating it highly despite occasional scaling lags or minor stability concerns.
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Valuable Features

Sentiment score
8.5
AWS Auto Scaling provides intelligent automation, scalability, and efficient traffic management with user-friendly features and predictable, smart scaling policies.
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Its automatic scaling capabilities are very useful.
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Auto Scaling
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
16th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
VMware Aria Operations for ...
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
40th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
IT Infrastructure Monitoring (42nd), Container Monitoring (9th), Cloud Monitoring Software (32nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of AWS Auto Scaling is 0.1%, down from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of VMware Aria Operations for Applications is 0.8%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

PRABHAT_MISHRA - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly interface and provides autoscaling without manual intervention
We utilize AWS Auto Scaling to handle peak traffic times in our application using scheduled scaling. We have scheduled traffic in the morning when we have higher traffic. Previously, we had customer issues with requests failing because of manual intervention. After enabling AWS Auto Scaling, none of the requests failed, giving a very smooth customer experience. In that way, the solution reduced our operational costs. The solution's health check feature is very important because it checks the heartbeat of the application to know whether it's running or not. If it's not running, we automatically get notified and look into the application to see what caused it. The health check integration feature has helped with the availability of the application. I would recommend the solution to people looking for automatic scaling of their application. Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.
Yves Sandfort - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to deploy, worth the money, and helpful for uptime monitoring and performance insights
Its billing model is consumption-based. I understand the consumption-based model, but it is not necessarily easy to estimate and guess how many points or how much we are going to consume on a specific application up until we get to that point. So, for us, it would be helpful to have more insights or predictability into what we can expect from a cost perspective if we are starting to use specific features. This can potentially also drive our consumption a bit more. The other thing for us is that while it is great that we have all these standard metrics, it would be good if we can also more easily define standard metrics to be consumed for our own application. At the moment, for a lot of applications, we have to reinvent the wheel every time. If there was something so that we can build our own packaging of metrics, it would be helpful. In the future, we might be deploying our software to other customers as well. So, they should make it easier to redeploy that. There should be more customizable dashboards. The Wavefront dashboards are very technical and a more business-oriented dashboard design would definitely help.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Retailer
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Auto Scaling?
The tool's most valuable feature is vertical auto-scaling, which is easy to use. However, most companies now prefer horizontal scaling. I set up the health check integration to monitor CPU usage. W...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Auto Scaling?
Auto Scaling's cost is neither cheap nor overly expensive. It depends on the scaling extent and application requirements, which can be calculated using a cost calculator. Customers pay based on how...
What needs improvement with AWS Auto Scaling?
I haven't experienced any specific challenges with Auto Scaling. It automatically scales as necessary and reduces when the load decreases. There hasn't been a need for improvements.
What do you like most about VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront?
VMware comes with a support team, and if you have trouble, you can easily create a ticket, and VMware will help you. Therefore, the best aspect is the support.
What needs improvement with VMware Tanzu Observability by Wavefront?
It's hard to set up Tanzu clusters. It's hard to do a POC. Once you set up a customer's environment, you easily see the problems. The initial setup should be easier and more seamless.
 

Also Known As

AWS Auto-Scaling
Tanzu Observability, Wavefront, Wavefront by VMware, VMware Tanzu Observability
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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