AWS Trusted Advisor vs CloudStack comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Apache are both solutions in the Cloud Management category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #17 with an average rating of 8.5, while Apache is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.7. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 1.1% mindshare in CM, compared to Apache’s 5.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 93% of Apache users who would recommend it.

AWS Trusted Advisor

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100% willing to recommend

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93% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

CloudStack and AWS Trusted Advisor operate in the cloud management and optimization category. AWS Trusted Advisor tends to have an advantage due to its integration and tailored features for AWS environments.

Features: CloudStack offers robust infrastructure management, supports hybrid deployments, and provides scalable virtualized environments. AWS Trusted Advisor provides insights into cost-optimization, security enhancements, and performance improvements with real-time alerts specific to AWS users.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: CloudStack is flexible across infrastructures and supported by an open-source community. AWS Trusted Advisor integrates smoothly with AWS services for easy deployment, relying on AWS customer service for support.

Pricing and ROI: CloudStack's open-source nature leads to low-cost setup and high ROI for customizable management solutions. AWS Trusted Advisor, requiring a subscription, offers ROI through cost savings and performance improvements in AWS environments.

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Trusted Advisor

Ranking in Cloud Management

17th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

CloudStack

Ranking in Cloud Management

11th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of AWS Trusted Advisor is 1.1%, down from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of CloudStack is 5.1%, down from 5.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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MuhammadAzhar Khan

Senior DevOps Engineer at Alibaba Group

Optimizes cloud strategies with security and cost insights

Trusted Advisor offers features that provide inside information for the entire account, including identifying security gaps and offering cost optimization insights. The key features include security recommendations, cost optimization, and various packages to choose from, depending on the size of the company. It is especially beneficial for larger companies, as the tool provides a comprehensive view of account security, open ports, buckets, and offers recommendations for protection.

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Wido Den Hollander

Community Ambassador at 42on

A solution that strikes a balance between user-friendliness, scalability, and stability

The market keeps changing, and so does technology. I think that container technology in CloudStack is an area that needs to be improved. Regarding container technology, Kubernetes is something many people want to use and something which, as of now, many are using currently. However, there is still room for improvement in Kubernetes, particularly with networking functionality and network virtualization. When it comes to what needs to be improved in CloudStack, I would say that it should stay the way it is currently. It should continue being a stable product that people can rely on since many may be inclined to follow the latest trends and hype, which is not always good for a solution's stability. It is crucial to prioritize stability, which is a key factor that companies seek. In my view, the platform could benefit from adding more metrics. More metrics would offer more insights and data on the platform's performance, utilization, and usage. Overall, I believe that having more metrics available would be highly desirable.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is very stable."

"The recommendation feature is really good."

"Trusted Advisor offers features that provide inside information for the entire account, including identifying security gaps and offering cost optimization insights."

"The key features include security recommendations, cost optimization, and various packages to choose from, depending on the size of the company."

"The cost optimization features are valuable."

"I strongly recommend using Trusted Advisor due to its role in cybersecurity, providing cost-effective solutions compared to external companies."

"AWS Trusted Advisor is a tool that we can use to optimize the AWS infrastructure cost."

"I would give it a ten out of ten."

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"CloudStack provides an environment that is very simple to use, with built-in APIs and a web interface that supports almost all features of AWS and Azure."

"The product gives us the ability to orchestrate large virtual environments and is flexible enough to allow us to configure it for what we need. We value the flexibility of the networking feature set as well as the ability to build virtual private clouds."

"You can manage infrastructure with a few people, since product is monolithic. We had three engineers (storage, virtual, Linux admins) only. Also, CS supports different flavours of hypervisors."

"My company could implement a lot of customizations and integration with load balancers and DNS. When we started using CloudStack, we didn't have that integration, so we developed that. We could fix anything missing in the solution."

"When compared to OpenStack, CloudStack is also an open-source platform that is continuously improving its features and capabilities with each new version release. Having worked with CloudStack 4.7, 4.14, and most recently, 4.17, I have noticed significant enhancements in the platform's features and customer experience, such as the introduction of a new user interface in the latest release. Notably, the latest versions have made major improvements to VM live migrations, making them more efficient and effective."

"It was easy to deploy, both for PoC and production (with HA)."

"Everything in CloudStack works effectively."

"I have been impressed by CloudStack's most recent updates around Kubernetes. In particular, they have worked with Kubernetes to support the Cluster API, and you can now easily integrate Kubernetes into CloudStack and get access to a lot of good features."

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Cons

"The integration between Trusted Advisor and Security Hub sometimes lacks, and I need a way to ensure things come through there."

"Trusted Advisor currently scans the whole system, including development, staging, and QA environments, which increases costs."

"Cost is a significant factor that needs improvement. Reducing the cost would make it more beneficial for all users."

"For EC2 instances, we need to install the AWS CloudWatch agent to get the memory metric because we don't have a by-default memory utilization graph on cost optimization."

"Trusted Advisor currently scans the whole system, including development, staging, and QA environments, which increases costs. It would be better if it could selectively scan only production systems."

"The tenancy must be free for all metrics."

"I'd like the solution to support clouds beyond AWS."

"Cost is a significant factor that needs improvement."

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"There are some minor things that can be improved even more such as, perhaps, a bit more polishing on the GUI side to catch up with the API possibilities (which are really extensive) but otherwise nothing critical."

"The number of contributors to this solution is relatively small compared to other solutions. However, if more frequent users of CloudStack contribute to the open-source community, it will significantly enhance the overall community experience and make it more useful for everyone involved."

"A technology upgrade is one item which could be improved upon a lot."

"The Windows hosts do not get their hostnames from cloud-init."

"We recognize that CloudStack is an easy-to-use cloud management platform and, in my opinion, there has been a large number of improvements in the past few years, particular when it comes to the modern UI and overall ease of management. However, I believe that CloudStack needs to grow their marketing in the commercial side. They don't have a great piece of market share right now."

"My teammates have complained about the upgrade. The source code had massive files that had to be merged with our own development to upgrade to the latest version of CloudStack. It was quite painful for them. CloudStack could add some cost management tools to give me some control over the costs associated with the number of users of my services."

"I think that container technology in CloudStack is an area that needs to be improved."

"We did encounter issues with stability, and the main issue was secondary storage. When it is not available, XenServers and hypervisors are affected. And CS doesn’t do anything to reboot, or fix. Come to think of it, maybe it shouldn’t, considering their approach – CS just orchestrates everything else on the hypervisor and storage level."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Trusted Advisor offers various packages, with the most comprehensive costing $15,000 per month."

"As far as I know, CS is still free of charge. If you want to pay some money, Citrix Cloud Platform is based on CS, I think. As for hypervisors – everything as usual, you need to pay for VMware and vCenter. As for XenServer, recently they changed the free feature list, so you may need to pay some money to get useful features like XenMotion."

"There is no license, so the product is free unless you are buying professional technical support services."

"CloudStack is an open-source product."

"The Apache CloudStack is open source, so you do not have licenses to purchase."

"CloudStack is an open source solution, so you don't need to pay anything for it. When our company develops something specially for CloudStack, it is donated to the Apache Software Foundation and provided to anyone that wants to use it."

"It is a 100% open-source solution needing just an Apache license. Also, there are no hidden fees to be paid."

"The solution is open-source and free."

"Give an effort to planning. If possible, contract a specialized consultant company for the initial setup and knowledge transfer."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

17%

Manufacturing Company

12%

Real Estate/Law Firm

10%

Computer Software Company

21%

Educational Organization

10%

University

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AWS Trusted Advisor?

The Security Advisor is the most valuable feature. It instantly informs you about any system misconfigurations, and the best part is, it's completely free.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Trusted Advisor?

The cost of Trusted Advisor is reasonable, though it can be further economized by allowing selective scanning, focusing only on production systems, to avoid unnecessary costs associated with develo...

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What needs improvement with AWS Trusted Advisor?

Trusted Advisor currently scans the whole system, including development, staging, and QA environments, which increases costs. It would be better if it could selectively scan only production systems...

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What do you like most about CloudStack?

The initial implementation process was quite good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CloudStack?

CloudStack is open-source, so there is no cost apart from learning. Billing solutions, if outsourced, come at a moderate cost.

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What needs improvement with CloudStack?

CloudStack lacks a billing solution which would complete it as a full 360-degree product. Additionally, more themes and drag-and-drop interfaces could enhance the user experience. Improved document...

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Overview

AWS Trusted Advisor is your customized cloud expert! It helps you to observe best practices for the use of AWS by inspecting your AWS environment with an eye toward saving money, improving system performance and reliability, and closing security gaps.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Apache CloudStack is open source software designed to deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines, as a highly available, highly scalable Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform.

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