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We performed a comparison between AWS Control Tower and Cisco Piston Enterprise OS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"Compliance is the most valuable feature.""It is incredibly user-friendly and functions seamlessly.""One of the standout advantages is the fine-grained control it offers in terms of permissions and privileges.""The most intriguing feature is the automatic generation of user accounts. Leveraging Active Directory and global company settings, AWS Cloud Tower enables the creation of AWS user accounts based on job descriptions in Active Directory. This establishes a direct correlation between the user's name, job definition, and the corresponding rules applied to each account.""With Control Tower, there are ready-to-use automated templates available, simplifying the implementation of a centralized management solution.""AWS Control Tower helps to save a lot of work and manage multiple accounts.""The solution's initial setup was easy for me.""The most significant benefit of Control Tower is its capability to align with our organization's standards."

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"It offers enough support so that you don't need to have the need to get another device."

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"AWS Control Tower should improve its fast execution. It also needs more tools for triggering and monitoring AWS services. AWS Control Tower needs more tracking as well.""The solution's stability could be improved.""While using the solution recently, it broke a certain activity. So, AWS Control Tower needs to consider making the solution better.""The integration with other AWS functions has room for improvement.""By making APIs and organizational units more centralized, it would be simpler to pinpoint the source of issues in case of a breach and would ultimately benefit everyone involved.""It could be improved by having a more intuitive graphical interface. It could also include other coding languages like PowerShell and Python, as it would be beneficial for DevOps recommendations.""The sole drawback is its restriction to enable only one Control Tower.""It is essential to clarify that this isn't necessarily a drawback of the service, but having a clear and concise set of predefined guidelines from AWS for moving existing accounts under AWS Control Tower would be highly beneficial as it would simplify the process and make it more user-friendly."

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"The solution is just too expensive, so maybe the pricing could be better."

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  • "The solution is free."
  • "On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."
  • "The product's affordability depends on the value it brings to specific organizations."
  • "It is expensive but it is an investment in my opinion."
  • "AWS Control Tower is not really that expensive."
  • "The pricing is efficient, not overly expensive but also not very cheap."
  • "The cost is reasonable, but there are opportunities for improvement in terms of pricing for larger enterprises."
  • "It operates on a pay-as-you-go model, meaning we are charged only for the services we actively use within it."
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    Top Answer:The most intriguing feature is the automatic generation of user accounts. Leveraging Active Directory and global company settings, AWS Cloud Tower enables the creation of AWS user accounts based on… more »
    Top Answer:I believe it's free of charge or comes at a very low cost. It's an additional feature. Even if there is a fee, it's minimal. AWS seems to assist customers in gaining a comprehensive view of their… more »
    Top Answer:There aren't any additional features that I feel are missing. However, it's worth noting that Control Tower seems to function as a layer utilizing standard AWS products in the background… more »
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    Overview

    AWS Control Tower offers the easiest way to set up and govern a new, secure, multi-account AWS environment. It establishes a landing zone that is based on best-practices blueprints, and enables governance using guardrails you can choose from a pre-packaged list.

    Piston Enterprise OS (pentOS) is an enterprise grade cloud operating system meeting the security and governance needs of enterprises wanting to use OpenStack for their infrastructure services. pentOS is an OpenStack distro that builds on top of the OpenStack codebase adding some proprietary features to meet the security and governance needs of the enterprise customers.

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    Large Enterprise27%
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    AWS Control Tower is ranked 11th in Cloud Management with 15 reviews while Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is ranked 51st in Cloud Management. AWS Control Tower is rated 8.2, while Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of AWS Control Tower writes "A robust protection for efficient cloud governance and security". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Piston Enterprise OS writes "A simple interface and helpful support for a solution that grows with us". AWS Control Tower is most compared with AWS Trusted Advisor, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, VMware Aria Automation and Morpheus, whereas Cisco Piston Enterprise OS is most compared with Abiquo.

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