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PROS

AWS CloudTrail is praised as a central logging platform that provides valuable context for cloud events and environment monitoring.
It significantly aids audits by tracking and monitoring changes at the application and resource level.
It enhances incident investigation and response by integrating with services like AWS Config, Security Hub, Prometheus, and Grafana.
The tool has proven stability and scalability, with no reported issues regarding performance or glitches.
AWS CloudTrail is reasonably priced, highly recommended, and regarded as essential for AWS environments.

CONS

AWS CloudTrail filtering multiple values within the console is missing, allowing only a single dimension search.
Direct queries on AWS CloudTrail without exporting to Athena would improve functionality.
Operational visibility in AWS CloudTrail is limited and could be enhanced.
New controls are needed in AWS CloudTrail to view logs directly without incurring S3 storage charges.
Searching logs in AWS CloudTrail is challenging and requires significant effort.
 

AWS CloudTrail Pros review quotes

Bireshwar Adhikary - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at ATOS
Jan 20, 2023
The solution is good as a central logging platform for showing all cloud events.
reviewer2089773 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer at a government with 201-500 employees
Feb 1, 2023
What I found most valuable in AWS CloudTrail is that it provides a good context of what's happening in the environment, so it's an excellent way to baseline what's occurring. I also like that AWS CloudTrail helps with audits.
Olhbe456 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure/Systems Admin at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Nov 6, 2023
The product’s most valuable feature is monitoring. It helps us audit the changes in AWS account at the application and resource level.
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Shashank N - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer-DevSecOps at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Jan 16, 2024
It is a stable solution. AWS handles it well.
RANJAN KUMAR - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at ZoomOps Technology
Feb 29, 2024
AWS CloudTrail integrates with AWS Config and provides custom event, security, and compliance auditing.
reviewer2382693 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Delivery Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Mar 25, 2024
In one specific scenario, we encountered a situation where a terminated employee still had access to our environment without our knowledge. With AWS CloudTrail, we could track and monitor the employees' activities, revealing that they were downloading specific files from our customer's environment. Without it enabled, we wouldn't have been aware of this.
Abhijit Gautam - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud - Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 22, 2024
From a scalability point of view, the tool has no issue, and it is completely fine.
NabeelHassan - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Trainer at National Vocational and Technical Training Commission
Oct 14, 2024
The management events and CloudTrail Insights are valuable.
Priyam Vaidya - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Administrator at Vohra Wound Physicians
Nov 22, 2024
One of the most valuable features of AWS CloudTrail is its ability to track and monitor API calls detailedly.
reviewer2382693 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Delivery Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Mar 27, 2025
AWS CloudTrail provides significant efficiency gains as it allows thorough monitoring of the environment, contributing substantially to security improvements.
 

AWS CloudTrail Cons review quotes

Bireshwar Adhikary - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at ATOS
Jan 20, 2023
The solution should incorporate visibility for CloudWatch events.
reviewer2089773 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer at a government with 201-500 employees
Feb 1, 2023
Filtering multiple values within the console is a feature that has yet to exist in AWS CloudTrail. You can look up a user identity, service, or action, but you can't search for multiple dimensions.
Olhbe456 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure/Systems Admin at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Nov 6, 2023
The platform’s reporting log sheet feature could be more user-friendly.
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Shashank N - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer-DevSecOps at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Jan 16, 2024
Maybe if we could do direct queries on CloudTrail without needing to export it to Athena, that'd be great.
RANJAN KUMAR - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at ZoomOps Technology
Feb 29, 2024
The solution's operation visibility could be improved.
reviewer2382693 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Delivery Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Mar 25, 2024
Once the organization defines its policies, it must immediately enable AWS CloudTrail and integrate it with auto-remediation procedures using Lambda functions. This ensures that the main administrator can receive information quickly and on time without delay.
Abhijit Gautam - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud - Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 22, 2024
The product's initial setup phase is not pretty straightforward.
NabeelHassan - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Trainer at National Vocational and Technical Training Commission
Oct 14, 2024
More controls should be introduced in CloudTrail, especially to see the logs in CloudTrail itself without saving them in S3, as S3 starts to incur charges.
Priyam Vaidya - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Administrator at Vohra Wound Physicians
Nov 22, 2024
I have not experienced any challenges while using it.
reviewer2382693 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cloud Delivery Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Mar 27, 2025
AWS CloudTrail should be redesigned to capture non-API calls. It would be more effective to have one tool that can perform multiple tasks instead of relying on multiple services for non-API activities.

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