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AWS Amplify vs Xamarin 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
7.4
Xamarin Platform halves development time and costs by enabling code sharing, with over 200% ROI in three years.
In Xamarin Platform, you just write one single codebase, so it is less than 50%.
Technical Manager at Landmark Group
 

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
6.2
Xamarin Platform support is mixed, with community resources praised, but Microsoft support varies and faces improvement suggestions.
 

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
7.4
Xamarin Platform supports scalable enterprise app development with native feel, effective team collaboration, and Microsoft integration for stability.
In terms of speed, it is near identical to native apps, maybe slightly slower, but imperceptible to the human eye because under the hood, your Xamarin Platform codebase gets translated to native code, so it is as good as native.
Technical Manager at Landmark Group
 

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
6.4
Xamarin Platform is generally stable, with occasional issues during iOS updates and third-party components impacting performance.
 

Room For Improvement

AWS Amplify users seek enhanced flexibility, better integration, improved debugging, UI/UX improvements, and more control over deployments and error handling.
Xamarin Platform struggles with outdated libraries, UI issues, and developer tool limitations, requiring enhancements in performance and support.
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
Xamarin Platform, having been discontinued a couple of years ago, is no longer compatible with the latest libraries and SDKs offered by Google and Apple.
Technical Manager at Landmark Group
 

Setup Cost

AWS Amplify provides cost-effective, scalable pay-as-you-go pricing with initial benefits, separate domain costs, and early discounts.
Xamarin Platform is open-source and free, with additional costs for enterprise features, Apple Developer Membership, and optional services.
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
You still have to pay Google Play Store the subscription fees and the fees to Apple for publishing, but building apps in Xamarin Platform does not require any financial investment, as long as you have Visual Studio, which is again free.
Technical Manager at Landmark Group
 

Valuable Features

AWS Amplify enhances developer efficiency with integrated CI/CD, real-time sync, scalable deployment, and seamless AWS service integration.
Xamarin Platform enables efficient mobile app development with a single codebase, native API access, and Visual Studio integration.
The best features AWS Amplify offers include AppSync, which is very good for authentication and the deployment version.
Adjunct Lecturer at a university with 10,001+ employees
It saves development cost, and you have a single codebase instead of maintaining two codebases, one for Android and another for iOS.
Technical Manager at Landmark Group
 

Categories and Ranking

AWS Amplify
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
16th
Average Rating
7.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Release Automation (10th)
Xamarin Platform
Ranking in Mobile Development Platforms
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Mobile Development Platforms category, the mindshare of AWS Amplify is 0.9%. The mindshare of Xamarin Platform is 6.8%, down from 7.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile Development Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Xamarin Platform6.8%
AWS Amplify0.9%
Other92.3%
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.
Anubrata Ghosh - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager at Landmark Group
Unified codebase has reduced mobile development effort but now faces SDK and support limits
You can still develop public-facing apps with Xamarin Platform, but there are restrictions on Xamarin Platform App Store and Google Play that prevent you from publishing your apps because they require you to use their latest SDKs and their latest libraries. Xamarin Platform, having been discontinued a couple of years ago, is no longer compatible with the latest libraries and SDKs offered by Google and Apple. So you have to use obsolete libraries and obsolete packages, which means that when you try to publish them, your Google Play or Apple App Store will prevent you from doing that because you have not used the latest libraries. Right now, Xamarin Platform has been discontinued. Xamarin Platform had its flaws, and there were known issues. Xamarin Platform has a big community of developers, so even though there are known issues and flaws, there are known workarounds. In terms of stability, I would rank it at 7.5, but I believe 7 would be a more accurate rating, so 7 out of 10.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Construction Company
15%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

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 Business18
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise15
 

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Xamarin Platform?
It is free to use Xamarin Platform as we utilize the community edition. Xamarin Platform was acquired by Microsoft and then made free, which happened way back in 2015, I believe, or 2014. After it ...
What needs improvement with Xamarin Platform?
You can still develop public-facing apps with Xamarin Platform, but there are restrictions on Xamarin Platform App Store and Google Play that prevent you from publishing your apps because they requ...
What is your primary use case for Xamarin Platform?
I have been doing mobile development using Xamarin Platform for which I have already shared my feedback earlier, and I am focused on utilizing Xamarin Platform for my projects.
 

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