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AWS Elastic Beanstalk pros and cons

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PROS

AWS Elastic Beanstalk enables quick deployment with minimal infrastructure overhead.
Developers can easily access and download logs from the AWS console within Elastic Beanstalk.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk helps streamline application hosting in the cloud, improving efficiency and saving time.
The ease of use and management are standout features of AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk simplifies deploying and managing applications, reducing system administration through automation.

CONS

Automatic scaling needs improvement for smoother traffic handling and better detection of AI-based attacks or misuses.
Complex deployments pose technical constraints, burdening users as they increase in complexity.
Elastic Beanstalk's documentation should be clearer, especially for editing JSON files before app uploads.
Logs and debugging are cumbersome and could benefit from a more seamless analysis method without relying heavily on CloudWatch.
There is room for enhanced customizability, especially in deployment options and infrastructure management specifics.
 

AWS Elastic Beanstalk Pros review quotes

Hunaid Vekariya - PeerSpot reviewer
Site Reliability Engineer Software Labs at IBM
Sep 12, 2024
One of the most valuable aspects is that developers can access logs directly. They can download them from the AWS console within Elastic Beanstalk.
Agnideep Mukherjee - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Cloud Intern at Tata STRIVE
Oct 30, 2024
AWS Elastic Beanstalk helps improve my efficiency, saves time, and streamlines application hosting in the cloud.
Thiago Canuto Lemos - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Specialist at TCL Tech
Nov 1, 2024
The simplicity in the speed of provisioning users is what I like best about Elastic Beanstalk.
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Electrical engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 12, 2024
The most valuable feature of Elastic Beanstalk is its ease of use and management.
Iman Mohammadi - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Solutions Architect at Smile IT Solutions
Dec 2, 2024
I find the versioning to be especially valuable on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
Jay Sevak - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 23, 2024
Elastic Beanstalk is very easy to use, providing infrastructure to deploy our third-party application to the cloud within 15 to 20 minutes.
Olusegun Akinnola - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at DivVerse Labs
Jan 27, 2025
The feature I like most about Elastic Beanstalk is the way I do not have to do anything, just deploy my app.
Chirag Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
IT operations/AWS Cloud at Coforge Growth Agency
Feb 5, 2025
Elastic Beanstalk is helpful and easy to manage services, even when dealing with multiple clients.
KatlegoMabila - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior AWS Account Manager at Silicon Overdrive
Feb 7, 2025
Elastic Beanstalk simplifies deploying and managing applications.
Kevin-Davis - PeerSpot reviewer
Global CTO AWS Business Group at Eviden
Feb 24, 2025
The management of environments is a valuable feature.
 

AWS Elastic Beanstalk Cons review quotes

Hunaid Vekariya - PeerSpot reviewer
Site Reliability Engineer Software Labs at IBM
Sep 12, 2024
From what I've observed, it seems AWS has ceased further development on Elastic Beanstalk.
Agnideep Mukherjee - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Cloud Intern at Tata STRIVE
Oct 30, 2024
Sometimes there are issues when auto-scaling with CloudFront.
Thiago Canuto Lemos - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Specialist at TCL Tech
Nov 1, 2024
Maybe the company could create more option packages, such as more bundles of configuration.
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Electrical engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Nov 12, 2024
AWS Elastic Beanstalk could improve its auto-scaling feature to better detect potential AI-based attacks or misuses that could lead to unexpected costs.
Iman Mohammadi - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Solutions Architect at Smile IT Solutions
Dec 2, 2024
The documentation needs to be clearer, particularly relating to editing JSON files before uploading applications.
Jay Sevak - PeerSpot reviewer
AWS Cloud at AeonX Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Dec 23, 2024
The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement.
Olusegun Akinnola - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at DivVerse Labs
Jan 27, 2025
Logs and debugging can sometimes be cumbersome, and there could be a more seamless method to analyze application issues without relying heavily on CloudWatch, which would improve my experience.
Chirag Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
IT operations/AWS Cloud at Coforge Growth Agency
Feb 5, 2025
There are areas for improvement in Elastic Beanstalk, especially in the management part.
KatlegoMabila - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior AWS Account Manager at Silicon Overdrive
Feb 7, 2025
Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options.
Kevin-Davis - PeerSpot reviewer
Global CTO AWS Business Group at Eviden
Feb 24, 2025
One area where AWS Elastic Beanstalk struggles is with the complexity of deployments.