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LocalStack pros and cons

Vendor: LocalStack
4.2 out of 5
 

LocalStack Pros review quotes

Harshal Jethwa - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
Apr 24, 2026
Using LocalStack has positively impacted my organization by saving 50-60% of our money because of using LocalStack and AWS resources on our local environment.
RV
Specialist Backend Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 14, 2026
All of the features LocalStack offers are great, including AWS services such as S3, SNS, and SQS.
reviewer2816820 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
Jul 10, 2026
The positive impact on our organization has been massive, primarily visible in three key outcomes.
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Vikas Kejriwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Jun 18, 2026
Organizations should definitely check out LocalStack if they want to reduce their development and testing costs.
Alexandre Miguel Costa - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer at Integer Consulting
May 4, 2026
LocalStack positively impacts my organization because it is used across the organization, increasing the productivity of all team members, not just developers but also QAs sometimes.
reviewer2830572 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 27, 2026
Some features of LocalStack that stand out for me are that I have the opportunity to integrate with many third-party systems, and for example, I used it in connection with PostgreSQL because we needed to use a shared database.
 

LocalStack Cons review quotes

Harshal Jethwa - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at a educational organization with 501-1,000 employees
Apr 24, 2026
LocalStack can be improved as it is currently not fully compatible with AWS services in each case, and there are limited features right now in that service.
RV
Specialist Backend Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 14, 2026
The Lambda application is not simple to test locally in LocalStack.
reviewer2816820 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a educational organization with 51-200 employees
Jul 10, 2026
Resource consumption is the one pain point, as running a full LocalStack instance with multiple services can be quite heavy on our system's RAM and CPU, sometimes slowing down older developer laptops.
Learn what your peers think about LocalStack. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2026.
908,800 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Vikas Kejriwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Jun 18, 2026
Several of its features are paywalled and require payment.
Alexandre Miguel Costa - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Engineer at Integer Consulting
May 4, 2026
LocalStack can be improved by enabling all premium features, but that is not the case.
reviewer2830572 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 27, 2026
LocalStack could be improved by adding more feedback when you use the CLI.

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