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We performed a comparison between AWS Control Tower and CloudCheckr based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"It aligns well with the customer's needs and it ultimately fosters a strong customer-company relationship.""It offers automated recommendations for security and policies, creating a landing zone and providing a list of policies.""AWS Control Tower helps to save a lot of work and manage multiple accounts.""There are two features in Control Tower which are the most valuable. One is the guardrails because it has preventive and detective guardrails.""It provides centralized solutions for all AWS accounts in one place, customized to meet the organization's specific needs.""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.""The most significant benefit of Control Tower is its capability to align with our organization's standards.""One of the standout advantages is the fine-grained control it offers in terms of permissions and privileges."

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"The recommendation section is pretty helpful.""It will automatically suggest areas for optimization.""The best feature I like about CloudCheckr CMx High Security is its simplicity. I love that it's not rocket science to use the solution. Even if you're not familiar with the cloud, you can easily figure out how to use CloudCheckr CMx High Security. You can use AWS, you can use Azure, and you can use GCP with the solution because the integration is quite simple. You can also use multi-cloud with it, and you could see the billing part. You'll have complete visibility into your cost which I love about the solution. I also love that data on any security issues and vulnerabilities are available on the go with CloudCheckr CMx High Security. You don't need to do anything different. Just run the scan and you'll have all these open findings in the tool, in terms of the priority level, so if it's critical, it will tell you, "It's critical," and you need to fix it right away.""The initial setup is straightforward.""The solution is scalable for our purposes.""The solution is mostly stable.""It's one of the leading players for cloud optimization. It's hard to find anything better.""The most valuable feature of CloudCheckr CMx High Security is granular reporting. Additionally, the user interface is easy to use."

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Cons
"The sole drawback is its restriction to enable only one Control Tower.""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 process of closing an AWS account using Control Tower needs improvements to simplify it, especially when managing multiple accounts.""The initial setup is complex.""The solution's stability could be improved.""It would be beneficial if AWS offered the capability to seamlessly deploy your infrastructure to another region to ensure continuous availability and redundancy.""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.""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."

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"The performance of the tool really needs to be improved.""The solution needs to work better with larger capacities of data.""CloudCheckr CMx High Security is complex. There are a lot of menus, and if you do not know what you are looking for you can get lost. However, the interface is self-explanatory. It's easy to understand where to go to get what you want.""Many features still need to be implemented in this tool.""What needs to be improved in CloudCheckr CMx High Security is integration. All the clouds are going quite fast, for example, all the cloud providers: Microsoft, Google, etc. CloudCheckr CMx High Security is good with AWS, no doubt about it, but with Azure and Google Cloud, I find that the solution is slow in that direction. If the vendor planned for CloudCheckr CMx High Security to be automated just for AWS, then it does make sense. If not, if the vendor is also targeting good integration with Google and Microsoft, then CloudCheckr CMx High Security integration needs improvement, in particular, it has to be faster. At the moment, its integration with Azure is not as good as its integration with AWS. With GCP, integration is nowhere.""The solution must improve its user interface.""Self-healing could be a bit smoother and a bit cleaner, easier to access and more functional. That would help.""The reporting and analytic capabilities are very limited."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "A license is needed to use CloudCheckr CMx High Security, but because we are a managed service provider, the price of the license would vary. It depends on the type of cloud users we have, for example, it would be some type of percentage or monthly billing, etc."
  • "The solution is reasonably priced."
  • "The cost is on par with other providers."
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    Questions from the Community
    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 »
    Top Answer:The recommendation section is pretty helpful.
    Top Answer:The price depends on the actual Azure consumption and what we feed into it. The cost is on par with other providers.
    Top Answer:We are not happy with the product’s reporting capabilities. We are planning to change the solution. The security compliance feature doesn’t give much data because CloudCheckr has done a majority of… more »
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    Also Known As
    CloudCheckr CMx High Security, CloudCheckr CMP
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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.

    CloudCheckr CMx High Security is a cloud management platform that provides complete visibility into cost and security issues. The primary use cases are day-to-day operations, cloud management, identifying open vulnerabilities and issues from a security perspective, and cost management and optimization. 

    The solution is praised for its stability, simplicity, ease of use, scalability, excellent technical support, and granular reporting. CloudCheckr CMx High Security provides priority-level data on security issues and vulnerabilities, making it easy to identify critical issues that need immediate attention.
    Sample Customers
    Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
    Accenture, Logitech, Ingram, Cloudar, Infor, DXC, Cornell University, DLT, Lumen, Lightstream, Choice Hotels, B-Tech, SmileShark, PTP, Explicity, JCH Technology, Siemens Mobility
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Educational Organization9%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company20%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Retailer11%
    Government9%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business60%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise27%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise65%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise63%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise65%
    Buyer's Guide
    AWS Control Tower vs. CloudCheckr
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about AWS Control Tower vs. CloudCheckr and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    AWS Control Tower is ranked 11th in Cloud Management with 15 reviews while CloudCheckr is ranked 23rd in Cloud Management with 8 reviews. AWS Control Tower is rated 8.2, while CloudCheckr is rated 7.6. 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 CloudCheckr writes "Beneficial granular reporting, highly stable, and excellent support". AWS Control Tower is most compared with AWS Trusted Advisor, Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control, VMware Aria Automation, Morpheus and VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth, whereas CloudCheckr is most compared with AWS Trusted Advisor, Azure Cost Management, VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth, Apptio One and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks. See our AWS Control Tower vs. CloudCheckr report.

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