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AWS Control Tower vs Cloudify comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 17, 2024

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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
23rd
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
39th
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 November 2026, in the Cloud Management category, the mindshare of AWS Control Tower is 1.4%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Cloudify is 1.4%, down from 1.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
AWS Control Tower1.4%
Cloudify1.4%
Other97.2%
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

"I would rate the solution a 10 out of 10."
"The most intriguing feature is the automatic generation of user accounts. Leveraging Active Directory and global company settings, AWS Cloud Tower enables the creation of AWS user accounts based on job descriptions in Active Directory. This establishes a direct correlation between the user's name, job definition, and the corresponding rules applied to each account."
"Security is the most valuable feature of Control Tower."
"It provides a central point for account management, access control, and compliance monitoring."
"AWS Control Tower helps to save a lot of work and manage multiple accounts."
"It aligns well with the customer's needs and it ultimately fosters a strong customer-company relationship."
"It is incredibly user-friendly and functions seamlessly."
"Compliance is the most valuable feature."
"This is a somewhat complex solution for very complex use cases where there are multiple cloud vendors, multiple infrastructures, and multiple configurations."
"The best feature of Cloudify is that it enables a single platform to communicate with the DB, with applications, and with the entire infrastructure."
"Product has given us the ability to catch early scaling issues that many companies hit on with private clouds."
"It's easy to create a cloud server, such as Linux with JBoss or WebSphere, which is good for continuous deployment."
"The solution includes the option to run background scripts and processes from a connected API."
"Has great extendability which means you can build your own custom logic."
"No need to change the existing application code base."
"It has enabled us to create the DICE Deployment Service and simplified deployment of any other services (monitoring, continuous integration, etc.)."
 

Cons

"While using the solution recently, it broke a certain activity. So, AWS Control Tower needs to consider making the solution better."
"The tool's setup is very technical. Its pricing can be cheaper."
"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."
"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."
"There should be more automation security tools in the Control Tower."
"For ROI, I do not see it yet. At that time, it felt excessive because when we create a new project, it should be something small and go to market fast, or an MVP product."
"It would be beneficial if AWS offered the capability to seamlessly deploy your infrastructure to another region to ensure continuous availability and redundancy."
"By making APIs and organizational units more centralized, it would be simpler to pinpoint the source of issues in case of a breach and would ultimately benefit everyone involved."
"More of the debug functionality is needed; hopefully, we can pause during the server building process."
"Error handling could be improved; GUI is lacking with respect to user privileges and connectivity."
"The solution could be improved with respect to error handling. If we want to troubleshoot further and deep dive, we don't have access to admin privileges to extract those errors."
"Install of the product itself could be improved and I would like to see better event monitoring."
"The solution is a bit of a headache because mistakes happen in the blueprint every time we deploy and they require modifications."
"It lacked the user interface for multitenancy and basic platform management tasks. It is a leader in the niche area that they like to perform in, but it only does about 30% of top-tier advanced functions of platform management. It doesn't meet about 70% of what you need to manage a private cloud platform."
"The upgrading process could be simplified."
"It lacked the user interface for multitenancy and basic platform management tasks."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."
"The pay-as-you-go model ensures you're only charged for what you use, which offers great flexibility for different types of companies."
"The product's affordability depends on the value it brings to specific organizations."
"It is expensive but it is an investment in my opinion."
"It is cost-effective and the associated cost is quite minimal."
"The pricing structure is closely intertwined with the specifics of your environment and the billing strategy you employ."
"AWS Control Tower is not really that expensive."
"I believe it's free of charge or comes at a very low cost. It's an additional feature. Even if there is a fee, it's minimal. AWS seems to assist customers in gaining a comprehensive view of their security setups within AWS. Using Control Tower is highly recommended, especially as your company grows and involves Active Directory, various departments, and different architectural aspects. It becomes more advisable to leverage Control Tower rather than managing these aspects manually, especially for larger organizations."
"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
15%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Construction Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
17%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Construction Company
12%
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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