Amazon CloudWatch vs. AWS Compute Optimizer
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Amazon CloudWatch | Score8.2 out of 10 | N/A | Amazon CloudWatch is a native AWS monitoring tool for AWS programs. It provides data collection and resource monitoring capabilities. | $0 per canary run |
AWS Compute Optimizer | Score8 out of 10 | N/A | AWS Compute Optimizer recommends optimal AWS Compute resources for workloads to reduce costs and improve performance by using machine learning to analyze historical utilization metrics. Over-provisioning compute can lead to unnecessary infrastructure cost and under-provisioning compute can lead to poor application performance. Compute Optimizer helps users choose the optimal Amazon EC2 instance types, including those that are part of an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group, based on utilization data. | N/A |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | With Amazon CloudWatch, there is no up-front commitment or minimum fee; you simply pay for what you use. You will be charged at the end of the month for your usage. | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 7.7 | 8.0 |
| Usability | 7.0 | - |
| Support Rating | 8.4 | - |