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AWS Auto Scaling vs Actional comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jul 24, 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Actional
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
73rd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
SOA Governance (3rd)
AWS Auto Scaling
Ranking in Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
41st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
22
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability category, the mindshare of Actional is 0.6%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of AWS Auto Scaling is 0.5%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Auto Scaling0.5%
Actional0.6%
Other98.9%
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability
 

Featured Reviews

it_user690762 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Provides speed and scaling in the cloud
Provides speed and scaling in the cloud Effortless scaling Never throws away data Takes action now Delivers analytics at the speed of business Automates and speeds up system discovery I would like to see better marketing. We have used this for four years. There are no deployment issues at this…
Ishaka Michael Efe - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer Intern at HNG Tech
Automation has simplified traffic management and improved workload efficiency
I'm not really sure what improvements I would want to see in AWS Auto Scaling because I haven't really used it extensively or explored most of it. To the extent that I've used it so far, I think it is very good. I can't really say for certain what should be improved because I haven't really explored it a lot. However, what I've been using it for has been very good. If there could be training for AWS Auto Scaling, that would be fine. If you could add more training on how to use it correctly and on the functions that I haven't used before or some people have not really used before, that would help. If there could be more documentation and training on it, that would be beneficial.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"This tool has great scaling capabilities, i.e., no limitations."
"From a testing standpoint, ignoring license and cost issues, it's not a bad product."
"The various scaling options available, such as step scaling, are particularly useful."
"The automation aspect where you can automate it to whatever you want is what I value the most about Auto Scaling."
"The product provides self-healing features."
"When a lot of traffic comes into our organization, the product scales our instances based on our environment’s requirements."
"It can scale."
"It is a stable platform."
"Our internal business applications are hosted in AWS Auto Scaling."
"It helps us to reduce the cost."
 

Cons

"My concern is with Automation integration."
"The product could add more features for managing instances."
"The tool's stability could be improved."
"If there could be training for AWS Auto Scaling, that would be fine. If you could add more training on how to use it correctly and on the functions that I haven't used before or some people have not really used before, that would help."
"The solution is not out-of-the-box and you have to study to use it. It should be more easier to use."
"The setup can be a bit complex in some situations."
"The solution's infrastructure scalability and elasticity could be improved."
"Setting up the configuration involves too much work for the cloud engineer, like configuring the ALB, the target group, and all the steps."
"The product’s security features need improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"AWS Auto Scaling is a pay-per-use and pay-as-you-use service."
"The pricing is good. I have not had any customers that have complained about the price."
"The product is expensive."
"AWS Auto Scaling is an expensive solution."
"The product has moderate pricing."
"AWS Auto Scaling's price is high."
"AWS Auto Scaling is a cheap solution."
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Top Industries

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Outsourcing Company
16%
Construction Company
14%
Educational Organization
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business13
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Auto Scaling?
I'm not sure about the pricing aspect of AWS Auto Scaling or the cost of it.
What needs improvement with AWS Auto Scaling?
AWS Auto Scaling can be improved in many ways, such as providing better visibility into scaling decisions and clarifying why exactly scaling happens. Sometimes, I am not sure why scaling occurs. Ea...
What is your primary use case for AWS Auto Scaling?
My main use case for AWS Auto Scaling is automatically scaling EC2 instances behind a load balancer based on traffic, CPU, and memory usage, as well as custom CloudWatch metrics. I also use it with...
 

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AWS Auto-Scaling
 

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Sample Customers

Proximus, Air France-KLM, Barratt Developments, Freedom Mortgage
Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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