AWS Cloud9 pros and cons

Name: AWS Cloud9
Brand: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Rating: 3.8 (4 reviews)

Vendor: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

3.8 out of 5

4 reviews
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Rituraj NSIT

SDE 2 at Virtusa

Apr 23, 2026

Overall, AWS Cloud9 is a solid choice for working within the Amazon Web Services ecosystem, with its biggest strengths being zero setup, seamless AWS integration, scalability, and accessibility from anywhere, making development faster and more consistent.

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reviewer2746791

Cloud Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 10, 2025

Some of the best features with AWS Cloud9 are that it is a cloud-based DE, so you do not have to have an IDE locally or set up the IDE every time when using different computers.

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Matthew G.

Biomedical Equipment Technician at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Oct 29, 2025

One thing I like the most about AWS Cloud9 is how easy it is to access different things and to look for what you are searching for.

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Ai Engineer at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

May 5, 2026

AWS Cloud9 saves me two to three days per week in my work at Probus Insurance.

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Rituraj NSIT

SDE 2 at Virtusa

Apr 23, 2026

AWS Cloud9 is great for AWS native development but still lags behind modern IDEs in performance, flexibility, and the pace of innovation.

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reviewer2746791

Cloud Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Sep 10, 2025

AWS Cloud9 is being discontinued, so preventing its discontinuation would address the main pain point.

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Matthew G.

Biomedical Equipment Technician at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Oct 29, 2025

Regarding the learning curve of AWS Cloud9, I would say for an average person, it will take at least three weeks to a month of consistently using it to finally get out of that learning curve.

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Ai Engineer at a insurance company with 501-1,000 employees

May 5, 2026

I would prefer to see changes in the pricing structure of AWS Cloud9 because it is too high.