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AWS Control Tower vs Cloudify comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 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 Control Tower
Ranking in Cloud Management
25th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cloudify
Ranking in Cloud Management
40th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of AWS Control Tower is 1.3%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cloudify is 1.4%, down from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Control Tower1.3%
Cloudify1.4%
Other97.3%
Cloud Management
 

Featured Reviews

Chukwudi Uzoma - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT, Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Centralized guardrails have streamlined multi-account governance and accelerated secure onboarding
I rely on the guardrails because they help enforce security and compliance standards without requiring extensive custom development. AWS Control Tower provides tremendous value by simplifying multi-account governance and reducing operational complexity. The reason I do not give it a 10 is that larger enterprises sometimes require more flexibility and customization than the service currently provides. While AWS Control Tower is not primarily an AI-driven service, its governance and security capabilities are among its strongest features, as the combination of guardrails, centralized governance, AWS Organizations integration, and automated compliance monitoring helps AWS organizations establish a secure foundation for AWS adoption. I find AWS Control Tower's governance and compliance output highly reliable, as the service accurately reports guardrail compliance status, account enrollment status, and governance posture, providing trustworthy information for operational and audit purposes. You should start with a clear account strategy, as the design architecture for your organization must be clear. Different organizational units, security requirements, logging strategy, and account lifecycle processes should be clear upfront. AWS Control Tower delivers the most value when implemented as the foundation of a well-planned multi-account architecture. I would also recommend adopting AWS Control Tower early in your cloud journey because it is easier to establish governance from the beginning rather than to try to retrofit governance into a large existing environment later. I rate this solution nine out of ten.
Ullas Soman - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Consultant at Coforge Growth Agency
Great at enabling a single platform to communicate with an entire infrastructure.
The best feature of Cloudify is that it enables a single platform to communicate with the DB, with applications, and with the entire infrastructure. The product is very stable and has a lot of troubleshooting and analytical features. It's easy to understand and user-friendly. If you want to uninstall something, it's very easy to have the logic created in Cloudify. Other solutions don't have this. For example, if you wanted to decommission after three or four years, rather than going for a full decommission, it's possible to unallocate a particular space. If you want to allocate storage for a new build, it's very easy to deploy, uninstall and release some storage from the TOSCA.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It provides a central point for account management, access control, and compliance monitoring."
"It is incredibly user-friendly and functions seamlessly."
"With Control Tower, there are ready-to-use automated templates available, simplifying the implementation of a centralized management solution."
"Control Tower offers many valuable features for managing all account security."
"AWS Control Tower helps companies save costs."
"AWS Control Tower is a tool specifically designed for multi-account management. It offers the advantage of highly granular management."
"The solution's initial setup was easy for me."
"It aligns well with the customer's needs and it ultimately fosters a strong customer-company relationship."
"No need to change the existing application code base."
"We have found that this is not an undue burden, and the extra work gives immense flexibility and portability."
"Product has given us the ability to catch early scaling issues that many companies hit on with private clouds."
"The best feature of Cloudify is that it enables a single platform to communicate with the DB, with applications, and with the entire infrastructure."
"It's easy to create a cloud server, such as Linux with JBoss or WebSphere, which is good for continuous deployment."
"Cloudify works in cases where you have very advanced service chaining requirements. It really works well there, and it fits the best. They have a standardized markup that's based on TOSCA, which is a standard. I like the fact that they're standards-based. Their solution works extremely well if you have the talent and the manpower to write TOSCA descriptors to deploy and interchange services or to automate the configuration and turn up of services."
"Cloudify provides a good framework that you can build on to provide custom solutions for an organization."
"Valuable features are auto-scaling and load balancing."
 

Cons

"It could be improved by having a more intuitive graphical interface. It could also include other coding languages like PowerShell and Python, as it would be beneficial for DevOps recommendations."
"The initial setup is complex."
"It is essential to clarify that this isn't necessarily a drawback of the service, but having a clear and concise set of predefined guidelines from AWS for moving existing accounts under AWS Control Tower would be highly beneficial as it would simplify the process and make it more user-friendly."
"There should be more automation security tools in the Control Tower."
"There is a sync issue within the organization. It is important that the system syncs automatically instead of requiring me to manually choose sync options."
"The product's affordability depends on the value it brings to specific organizations."
"AWS Control Tower should improve its fast execution. It also needs more tools for triggering and monitoring AWS services. AWS Control Tower needs more tracking as well."
"AWS should provide more resources, examples, and tutorials."
"Cloudify is not a turn-key solution, nor designed as such."
"Unlike the Docker environment, Cloudify takes time for configuration and its learning curve."
"It lacked the user interface for multitenancy and basic platform management tasks."
"We'd like to see the maturity of the plugins continue, including Amazon EMR and others."
"Install of the product itself could be improved and I would like to see better event monitoring."
"Certainly the UI could use some intensive work, but nevertheless, overall, it’s a complete product with its 3.4 version and much better features are available with 4.0."
"I did encounter any issues with scalability."
"There were some issues with deploying the solution on OpenStack Mitaka."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing structure is closely intertwined with the specifics of your environment and the billing strategy you employ."
"The product's affordability depends on the value it brings to specific organizations."
"AWS Control Tower is not really that expensive."
"The pay-as-you-go model ensures you're only charged for what you use, which offers great flexibility for different types of companies."
"It is cost-effective and the associated cost is quite minimal."
"The cost is reasonable, but there are opportunities for improvement in terms of pricing for larger enterprises."
"The solution is free."
"It is expensive but it is an investment in my opinion."
"I wasn't involved in the pricing of it because we were just doing prototype work with it, but I was told by the upper management team that it was quite expensive. That was another reason we switched to Morpheus."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
18%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Construction Company
13%
Computer Software Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise8
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AWS Control Tower?
Control Tower within the AWS Organization does not have a charge. It is free and does not incur additional charges.
What needs improvement with AWS Control Tower?
I would like to see greater customization and flexibility for the landing zone, easier integration with existing enterprise environments, more advanced reporting and governance dashboards, and expa...
What is your primary use case for AWS Control Tower?
My primary use case for AWS Control Tower is multi-account governance, as it provides a standardized landing zone that allows us to provision accounts consistently, enforce security guardrails, cen...
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Sample Customers

Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
Proximus Partner Communications (Israel) VMware NTT Data Metaswitch Spirent Communications Lumina Networks Atos Fortinet
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