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AWS CloudTrail vs TSFactory RecordTS comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

AWS CloudTrail
Ranking in User Activity Monitoring
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
TSFactory RecordTS
Ranking in User Activity Monitoring
6th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the User Activity Monitoring category, the mindshare of AWS CloudTrail is 7.9%, down from 13.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TSFactory RecordTS is 7.2%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
User Activity Monitoring
 

Featured Reviews

NabeelHassan - PeerSpot reviewer
Exploring management events and insights for enhanced compliance
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. Real-time log submission could be improved, as sometimes there is a lag of around two to three minutes, which should be under a minute.
it_user763545 - PeerSpot reviewer
Utilize support for installation. They are quick to respond, and quick at getting to the bottom of issues.
Not really. When following the written instructions, it goes pretty smoothly. Sequencing of the products needed for IE: * The database * The dashboard * The licensing server. It is intuitive, but spread throughout the instruction manual. For instance, you have to change the password for the Records service, and it is on a last page. Just read through the whole manual.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"AWS CloudTrail integrates with AWS Config and provides custom event, security, and compliance auditing."
"I have not encountered any stability issues, glitches, or performance problems with AWS CloudTrail."
"From a scalability point of view, the tool has no issue, and it is completely fine."
"AWS CloudTrail features a totally cloud-based deployment."
"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."
"The solution is good as a central logging platform for showing all cloud events."
"AWS CloudTrail provides significant efficiency gains as it allows thorough monitoring of the environment, contributing substantially to security improvements."
"One of the most valuable features of AWS CloudTrail is its ability to track and monitor API calls detailedly."
"We have used the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Citrix session recording features, and have found them to be extremely valuable."
 

Cons

"AWS CloudTrail only supports AWS, and Azure has its functions, GCP has their own. Dynatrace offers more flexible dashboards and services, making it more adaptable compared to AWS CloudTrail."
"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."
"The platform’s reporting log sheet feature could be more user-friendly."
"The product's initial setup phase is not pretty straightforward."
"The solution's operation visibility could be improved."
"The solution should incorporate visibility for CloudWatch events."
"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."
"Maybe if we could do direct queries on CloudTrail without needing to export it to Athena, that'd be great."
"A built in utility that alerts when connections are made, either via RDP or ICA."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"AWS CloudTrail is a cheap solution."
"The solution is free if you don't need customizations but is not expensive otherwise."
"CloudTrail itself is free of cost."
"It is a very cheap service because management is a SaaS offering from AWS."
"AWS CloudTrail is pretty affordable, and I have to double-check, but the service is free to use. I can add logs on the console, but if I want to store logs long-term, then I have to pay a storage fee, but it's relatively inexpensive."
"AWS CloudTrail is free."
"We went with subscription licensing. It paid off big time for us as we installed the V.3, and just received V.4 without paying for the upgrade."
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS CloudTrail?
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 emplo...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS CloudTrail?
AWS CloudTrail is categorized into management events, data events, and CloudTrail Insights. For one hundred thousand events, management costs are approximately two dollars, data events ten cents, a...
What needs improvement with AWS CloudTrail?
I'm satisfied function-wise with AWS CloudTrail; only the integration with third-party solutions is a point for improvement.
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