
What is AWS CloudFormation?
AWS CloudFormation provides a common language for you to describe and provision all the infrastructure resources in your cloud environment. CloudFormation allows you to use a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for your applications across all regions and accounts. This file serves as the single source of truth for your cloud environment.
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91 Likeliness to Recommend
98 Plan to Renew
86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+95 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Continually Improving Product
- Fair
- Helps Innovate
- Efficient Service
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AWS CloudFormation Reviews

Avleen K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Communications
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2023
Good product if you rely on AWS fully
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?
Supports all the deployments and features provided by AWS Takes time to build IAAC using different tools when there is a new service created by AWS
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Dependency Handling Custom UI to check which component is breaking
What do you dislike most about this product?
It only provides AWS resources
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Cloudformation is best and fast but if you are on multi cloud then you can check terraform as well as with HCL all cloud providers are supported along with some opensource tools/platforms
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Inspires Innovation
- Client's Interest First

Mayank K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Retail
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2023
Easy to use bit with a bit of cost
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?
Handle dependencies better Handles new features fastly . If you rely primarly on Aws then its a win-win situation Better support from cloud provider that other competitors
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
New features support comes first with cloudformation Better support as compared to other vendors
What do you dislike most about this product?
Its in diff syntax all together , so one needs to know code better
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
We can either go for terraform if you have better support in case and if you are on multi cloud and wants to manage code all together in same configurations and if you are primarily relying on AWS then Cloudformation is best
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
Ravinder C.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Apr 2025
Best Fit for AWS-Centric Teams
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What differentiates AWS CloudFormation from other similar products?
There are several points when comparing AWS CloudFormation with similar products. let me mention For example, it comes at no additional cost, offers native integration with AWS services, and provides tight integration with IAM. Additionally, features like drift detection are especially helpful.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It define your entire cloud environment as code, making deployments consistent and repeatable. Features like change sets, drift detection and stack sets are my favorite.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The syntax (especially in JSON/YAML), handling nested stacks, and debugging template errors can be time-consuming. It would benefit from being more beginner-friendly and offering clearer error messages.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
It is powerful tool, especially for teams already working within the AWS ecosystem, It brings more value in automating and managing infrastructure. It does come with learning curve so i would recommend setting aside time for proper training and starting with small use cases. ThankYou
Pros
- Saves Time
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable