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Cloudcraft vs rsyslog server comparison

 

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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

Cloudcraft
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
85th
Average Rating
9.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
rsyslog server
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
32nd
Average Rating
9.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the AWS Marketplace category, the mindshare of Cloudcraft is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of rsyslog server is 0.2%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AWS Marketplace Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
rsyslog server0.2%
Cloudcraft0.2%
Other99.6%
AWS Marketplace
 

Featured Reviews

PrinceKumar7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at Rishabh Software
Visual planning has transformed how our teams document aws architecture and estimate costs
The best features Cloudcraft offers include visual AWS architecture, the ability to create professional AWS diagrams quickly, significant time savings during solution design, cost estimation, and having estimated infrastructure costs directly within the architecture diagram. Cloudcraft also makes collaboration easier as architecture diagrams can be shared across infrastructure teams. AWS best practice visualization is there, encouraging better architecture design by making it easy to visualize high availability, multi-AZ deployment, public versus private subnets, and security layers. Creating architecture documentation that previously required several hours can now be completed much more quickly. Architecture design and documentation have had the biggest impact on my team. These are part of our day-to-day work that were time-consuming previously, and now they are easy to accomplish.
Esther Sultaana - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Consultant Storage at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Centralized logging has transformed infrastructure monitoring and supports proactive recovery
The best features that rsyslog server offers include the ability to filter, tag, and rewrite logs, with logs stored in databases and files, then forwarded to various destinations such as SIEM or files as needed. Of course, the client sends the logs. Out of those features, I find myself relying most heavily on the logging capabilities it pulls from everything that is connected to Unix or Linux boxes, allowing me to see any particular issues or errors that may be occurring. The logs are stored in files or databases and they can be forwarded to me, even emailed directly. rsyslog server has positively impacted my organization, particularly with disaster recovery logging, where alerts for failures allow me to see failover events and any replication issues, especially within managed healthcare environments. It can indeed be used for HIPAA, pulling data from the entire infrastructure including Unix and Linux servers, network devices, firewalls, and storage arrays. Regarding how rsyslog server has improved efficiency and compliance, it provides insight into what's happening within the infrastructure as a high-performance systems log daemon receiving logs from the entirety of the network through UDP and TCP, writing to files, databases, or SIEM systems. It's user-friendly for Unix and Linux admins or engineers because it's been familiar for so long, and it certainly is not outdated.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Cloudcraft is an amazing tool for this use case."
"Cloudcraft has positively impacted our organization as infrastructure documentation is more consistent and easier to maintain."
"These features make my day-to-day work easier and more efficient because whenever I find any failure or boot problems in a client machine, I can easily identify the issue."
"The best feature rsyslog server offers is syslog recording, serving as the main and most important feature by recording syslogs and receiving them from TCP or UDP, other UDP servers, and forwarding those logs to even other servers, allowing for daily syslog handling in any direction, TCP, UDP, local, or remote."
"The impact of rsyslog server on my organization has been positive, making processes easier, faster, and more reliable, as before its integration with the firewall, we lacked insight into policies governing incoming and outgoing traffic."
"The easy configuration and quick monitoring of rsyslog server help me in my day-to-day work as it saves my time and makes my troubleshooting easier."
"Rsyslog server's AI capabilities depict it as a data pipeline feeding AI systems, working hand in hand with AI for anomaly detection, ops automation, and log analysis through the collected syslog data."
 

Cons

"I think Cloudcraft can be improved by possibly being a little less expensive."
"There are areas for improvement in Cloudcraft, such as more cloud service coverage and quicker support for new AWS services releases."
"Currently, I use rsyslog server, but I think some features could be improved by going through other SIEM tools or IBM tools."
"I have not seen a return on investment; it is just about functionality for me."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
50%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Healthcare Company
8%
Wholesaler/Distributor
3%
Construction Company
34%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cloudcraft?
My experience with Cloudcraft's pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is easy to use and easy to set up. It is straightforward.
What needs improvement with Cloudcraft?
I think Cloudcraft can be improved by possibly being a little less expensive.
What is your primary use case for Cloudcraft?
My main use case for Cloudcraft is drawing AWS diagrams and schemas. When I use Cloudcraft for AWS diagrams and schemas, for example, when the client asks for some architecture plan, I can make it ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for rsyslog server?
Our experience with pricing and setup has been very positive because rsyslog is open-source and highly flexible. The deployment and maintenance costs were minimal compared to commercial logging pla...
What needs improvement with rsyslog server?
rsyslog server can be improved; I wish it did something different or better, specifically regarding BRP.
What is your primary use case for rsyslog server?
My main use case for rsyslog server is syslogging. A quick, specific example of how I use it for logging is collecting any syslog from a Unix server, including syslogs from firewalls and routers.
 

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