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AWS Amplify vs Salesforce Platform comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
8.6
AWS Amplify increased ROI by streamlining development, reducing setup and management time, and boosting productivity without extra staffing.
Sentiment score
7.0
Salesforce Platform improves efficiency and revenue, reduces silos, and boosts productivity, with ROI evident through increased revenue and time savings.
Salesforce saved about 40% to 50% of my time by allowing me to manage and maintain client data and account progress.
Independent Business Consultant at Freelance
In terms of productivity, my ROI is definitely at an eight or nine out of a scale of one to ten.
Solution Architect And Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.3
AWS Amplify offers praised documentation but limited direct support without premium plans, while community and platform communication remain effective.
Sentiment score
6.8
Salesforce support is praised for responsiveness and collaboration but mixed ratings exist due to some preferring internal resources.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
AWS Amplify scales efficiently for web and mobile apps, enhancing scalability with managed services and automatic adjustments for growing demands.
Sentiment score
7.7
Salesforce Platform offers scalable solutions for all company sizes, although customization is key to managing its feature-rich environment.
Salesforce's scalability was not a problem.
Independent Business Consultant at Freelance
We are using it globally in thirty countries.
Sr. Vice President and Business Head at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Salesforce Platform is absolutely scalable for us.
Director at GenRocket
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
AWS Amplify offers stable performance with minimal issues, efficient support, and easy integration, despite tricky initial setup and documentation.
Sentiment score
8.1
Salesforce Platform is stable and reliable, with minimal issues, maintaining high performance and receiving strong user ratings for stability.
On occasion, we had to log in and out frequently, open tickets with our IT team for account reconfiguration, or request permissions to access the system.
Independent Business Consultant at Freelance
It is definitely very stable.
Solution Architect And Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies
We have never had any problems with it.
Sr. Vice President and Business Head at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Amplify users seek enhanced flexibility, better integration, improved debugging, UI/UX improvements, and more control over deployments and error handling.
Salesforce faces integration, cost, and customization challenges with inadequate reporting, UI issues, costly storage, and limited search functionality.
The DynamoDB table and user group API key expires in 365 days, which requires me to renew this API key to persist data.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
If a user were granted access to consume more features from Salesforce Platform and the system could show exactly who needs to grant that particular access, that would be a very good improvement.
Solution Architect And Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies
Salesforce could improve by adding more capabilities to the dashboard, such as additional fields for more filters and more control over what I would like to see.
Account Manager at Red Hat
The UI is not very intuitive or innovative.
Senior Acount Executive for Financial Services at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
 

Setup Cost

AWS Amplify provides cost-effective, scalable pay-as-you-go pricing with initial benefits, separate domain costs, and early discounts.
Salesforce Platform is costly but valued for features; pricing varies, necessitating careful evaluation to manage expenses effectively.
I am paying only for the domain name and access to the DynamoDB table, which I find to be a pretty decent price.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
It is on the expensive side, unfortunately.
Solution Architect And Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies
It might be expensive compared to other platforms like HubSpot.
Director at GenRocket
 

Valuable Features

AWS Amplify enhances developer efficiency with integrated CI/CD, real-time sync, scalable deployment, and seamless AWS service integration.
Salesforce Platform excels in scalability, customization, integration, analytics, and low-code development, enhancing productivity with automation and real-time insights.
AWS Amplify is a strong tool for quickly building full-stack applications, which do require a solid understanding of how the underlying AWS services interact.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
The biggest benefit is seamless usage in terms of an easy-to-use interface and GUI that makes it easy to interact with the entire platform and generate reports effortlessly.
Solution Architect And Senior Consultant at Keysight Technologies
This integration allows us to manage customers from all aspects in one place, providing a clear view.
Senior Acount Executive for Financial Services at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
It serves as a central repository, and it's an automation tool for our sales team.
Sr. Vice President and Business Head at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Amplify
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
17th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Release Automation (11th)
Salesforce Platform
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
97
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (8th), Rapid Application Development Software (5th), Low-Code Development Platforms (5th), No-Code Development Platforms (2nd), Business Orchestration and Automation Technologies (13th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Mobile Development Platforms category, the mindshare of AWS Amplify is 0.7%. The mindshare of Salesforce Platform is 6.7%, down from 8.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Platform6.7%
AWS Amplify0.7%
Other92.6%
Mobile Development Platforms
 

Featured Reviews

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Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
Building full-stack apps has been streamlined and supports efficient authentication workflows
The best features AWS Amplify offers include AppSync, which is very good for authentication and the deployment version. It also allows me to easily use DynamoDB tables from AWS. The authentication and deployment features of AWS Amplify help me by ensuring that the authentication flow runs smoothly, as they are integrated and interconnected with GraphQL. I can delete or add users, create groups, reset passwords, and customize the login experience using the sign-in and sign-out features that come with GraphQL. AWS Amplify also has IO components, allowing me to configure files for AWS export to check if there are any builds or configurations missing. The ease of using AppSync and GraphQL is what I appreciate most about AWS Amplify. AWS Amplify is a strong tool for quickly building full-stack applications, which do require a solid understanding of how the underlying AWS services interact. AWS Amplify has positively impacted my work by making things easier, faster, and more efficient, particularly with its continuous integration feature and user management while monitoring app builds. The usage of AWS Amplify is part of my freelance work for different clients rather than directly within a single organization.
Sharmila-K - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Transformations and Infrastructure Delivery Manager at a university with 10,001+ employees
Integration processes improve but scripting requires effort
The updates, pricing part, and upgrades to the products are some of the most valuable features with the Salesforce Platform.With the Salesforce Platform, I have minimal experience of approximately one and a half years. I get minimal exposure, once every three or two months, especially during holidays. The Salesforce Platform is connected to the cloud, which is beneficial. When it is integrated with different tools such as Microsoft BI Analytics, it helps us analyze much better. Currently, the integration itself is tricky as we have to use extensive scripting. It should be more of a plug-in and use solution. That is the only issue I see, but otherwise, I appreciate it.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise2
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business40
Midsize Enterprise25
Large Enterprise44
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Amplify?
My experience with pricing for AWS Amplify has been generally positive, especially for small to mid-sized applications. Most of our clients required small to mid-sized applications. The pricing mod...
What needs improvement with AWS Amplify?
Currently, I do not believe that AWS Amplify is lacking in features, but one of the main limitations I feel is a lack of flexibility in CI/CD pipelines. The built-in pipeline works well for simple ...
What is your primary use case for AWS Amplify?
My primary use case for AWS Amplify is to build and host full-stack web applications where it handles front-end deployment, authentication via Cognito, and basic back-end integration.
How would you choose between Microsoft PowerApps and Salesforce Platform?
I think it depends on your use case. If your organization uses Microsoft Enterprise products, PowerApps will work better in your environment. Similarly, if you have a Salesforce integration in pla...
How does Salesforce Platform compare with Azure?
Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform is not easy or intuitive to deploy. The difficulty will be impacted by the type of application that you are trying to use the platform to build. Organizations tha...
Do you build applications using low-code or pro-code builders on Salesforce Platform?
At my organization, we have only used Salesforce Platform's low-code builder. The reason for this is not because we do not like the pro-code option, but because we do not see the need of using it, ...
 

Also Known As

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Salesforce1, Force.com, Salesforce App Cloud
 

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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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