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AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs Red Hat OpenShift comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 15, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
9th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Red Hat OpenShift
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
62
Ranking in other categories
Server Virtualization Software (10th), Container Management (11th), Hybrid Cloud Computing Platforms (6th), Agile and DevOps Services (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of AWS Elastic Beanstalk is 0.6%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Red Hat OpenShift is 11.6%, down from 11.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Red Hat OpenShift11.6%
AWS Elastic Beanstalk0.6%
Other87.8%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

Kevin-Davis - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient deployment and management of web apps with integration into cloud services
One area where AWS Elastic Beanstalk struggles is with the complexity of deployments. As deployments become more complex, technical constraints can become a burden. This can lead to a situation where I might be better off building my own deployment mechanism. Additionally, CloudFormation controlling AWS Elastic Beanstalk in more complex environments is poorly supported, which can make management challenging.
Pratul Shukla - PeerSpot reviewer
Adopting a flexible and efficient approach with noticeable improvements in operational costs and continued challenges in job management
Currently, one of the biggest challenges we face is with services and jobs. For spawning batches, although it has crons, it is not easy to integrate with enterprise systems such as Autosys. The entire company uses Autosys, but we are not able to integrate it effectively. We need intermediate servers to run OC utility commands and initiate the cron job. We have to do a lot of modifications to ensure our batches work properly. With physical or virtual servers, even in AWS, we are able to write and manage multiple jobs. Managing batches in Red Hat OpenShift has been a significant challenge. Integrating third parties is a challenge with Red Hat OpenShift. For example, with Elasticsearch, onboarding itself was difficult, running file beats and dealing with routing issues. It is not straightforward, especially since we have some components in AWS as. AWS has many capabilities that come out of the box and are easier to work with compared to Red Hat OpenShift. Red Hat OpenShift's biggest disadvantage is they do not provide any private cloud setup where we can host on our site using their services. The main reason we went with Red Hat OpenShift was because it is a private cloud, and we have regulatory requirements that prevent us from using public cloud.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The simplicity in the speed of provisioning users is what I like best about Elastic Beanstalk."
"Elastic Beanstalk is very easy to use, providing infrastructure to deploy our third-party application to the cloud within 15 to 20 minutes."
"I highly recommend it to others and frequently discuss it with customers."
"The most valuable feature of Elastic Beanstalk is its ease of use and management."
"AWS Elastic Beanstalk helps improve my efficiency, saves time, and streamlines application hosting in the cloud."
"Elastic Beanstalk simplifies deploying and managing applications."
"The management of environments is a valuable feature."
"Elastic Beanstalk is helpful and easy to manage services, even when dealing with multiple clients."
"It has features that enhance security, ease of deployment, and service exposure compared to Kubernetes."
"Key features are WildFly, because it standardizes infrastructure and the git repository and docker. Git is essential for source code and Docker for infrastructure."
"It's cloud agnostic and the containerization and security features are outstanding."
"I am impressed with the product's security features."
"I would recommend Red Hat OpenShift, especially for its automation capabilities."
"OpenShift offers an easy-to-use graphical user interface for cluster management, making it more accessible for administrators."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is the great customer service and the ability for our team to get assistance when we need it."
"We are currently dealing with both local support and Red Hat support, and they have been amazing."
 

Cons

"Logs and debugging can sometimes be cumbersome, and there could be a more seamless method to analyze application issues without relying heavily on CloudWatch, which would improve my experience."
"There are areas for improvement in Elastic Beanstalk, especially in the management part."
"The documentation needs to be clearer, particularly relating to editing JSON files before uploading applications."
"The automatic scaling functionality could use improvement."
"There are areas for improvement in Elastic Beanstalk, especially in the management part. Tasks like creating load balancers and retiring versions require manual code updates, and URL changes can be time-consuming."
"Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options."
"From what I've observed, it seems AWS has ceased further development on Elastic Beanstalk."
"Sometimes there are issues when auto-scaling with CloudFront."
"The monitoring part could be better to monitor the performance."
"They could work on the pricing model, making it more flexible and possibly lower."
"The speed of deploying new applications can be improved."
"Some of the storage services and integrations with third-party tools should be made possible."
"One area for improvement is the documentation. They need to make it a little bit more user-friendly. Also, if you compare certain features and the installation process with Rancher, Rancher is simpler."
"An enhancement to consider for the future might involve incorporating a comprehensive solution for CI/CD tailored specifically for OpenShift."
"It would be great if it supported Bitbucket repositories too."
"There are challenges related to additional security layers, connectivity compliance for endpoints, and integration."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"We are currently using the open version, OKD. We plan to get the enterprise version in the future."
"My company makes payments towards the licensing costs attached to OpenShift."
"Pricing of OpenShift depends on the number of nodes and who is hosting it."
"The price depends on the type and the nature of the organizations, along with the types of projects that are of considerable range."
"The cost is quite high."
"It's important to start small because the solution is scalable. We can build our cluster and look at the bundle option, not the external subscriptions. Talking to the people at Red Hat can save us money."
"The solution is cost-effective."
"The licensing cost for OpenShift is expensive when compared to other products. RedHat also charges you additional costs apart from the standard licensing fees."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Educational Organization
15%
Outsourcing Company
14%
University
10%
Financial Services Firm
28%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise40
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
AWS Elastic Beanstalk itself is free to use, but there are charges for other integrated services like RDS ( /products/amazon-rds-reviews ), ELBs, and EC2s. If only AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used, th...
What needs improvement with AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
Elastic Beanstalk can enhance its customizability further, especially in terms of deployment options.
What is your primary use case for AWS Elastic Beanstalk?
I have used AWS Elastic Beanstalk ( /products/aws-elastic-beanstalk-reviews ) primarily to manage infrastructure. The main purpose is to offload the complexity of managing servers, operating system...
How does OpenShift compare with Amazon AWS?
Open Shift makes managing infrastructure easy because of self-healing and automatic scaling. There is also a wonderful dashboard mechanism to alert us in case the application is over-committing or ...
Which would you recommend - Pivotal Cloud Foundry or OpenShift?
Pivotal Cloud Foundry is a cloud-native application platform to simplify app delivery. It is efficient and effective. The best feature is how easy it is to handle external services such as database...
What do you like most about OpenShift?
OpenShift facilitates DevOps practices and improves CI/CD workflows in terms of stability compared to Jenkins.
 

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