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AWS Config vs. Power Systems Entry for IBM Cloud Private

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Config

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Web Services offers AWS Config, a service that provides monitoring and assessment of AWS resource configurations to support compliance auditing, change management and troubleshooting, with resource histories and comparison of historical configurations against planned configurations.N/A

    Power Systems Entry for IBM Cloud Private

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AIBM Power Systems Entry for IBM Cloud Private is presented as a scalable, microservices-based platform with enterprise-grade management, including HA, security, and monitoring and logging on the IBM PowerPC architecture. It is built on Kubernetes and a variety of open source technologies. IBM Power Systems Entry for IBM Cloud Private is presented as a starting point for clients looking to try out a Kubernetes-based private container cloud platform and take advantage of the Power Architecture for…N/A
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    AWS ConfigPower Systems Entry for IBM Cloud Private
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    AWS ConfigPower Systems Entry for IBM Cloud Private
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsWith AWS Config, you are charged based on the number of configuration items recorded, the number of active AWS Config rule evaluations and the number of conformance pack evaluations in your account. A configuration item is a record of the configuration state of a resource in your AWS account. An AWS Config rule evaluation is a compliance state evaluation of a resource by an AWS Config rule in your AWS account, and a conformance pack evaluation is the evaluation of a resource by an AWS Config rule within the conformance pack.
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    User Ratings
    AWS ConfigPower Systems Entry for IBM Cloud Private
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (6 ratings)
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    Performance
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    6.2
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    User Testimonials
    AWS ConfigPower Systems Entry for IBM Cloud Private
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    It's really good if your infrastructure services is all in AWS, that means everything could be audited and monitored using AWS config. You also can create alarms to notify you or your team about any changes on your AWS resources which is very useful to prevent abuse if you have a fairly large team. It's also very useful whenever some third party wants to audit your AWS resources, if you have a fairly comprehensive AWS config configured, the auditing process will be easy since they only need to look at your AWS config setup.
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    IBM
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • The ability to track changes in AWS is paramount, AWS config allows you to do this
    • Allows the auditing of an AWS account
    • Can view history of an account that has AWS config enabled
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    IBM
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • It's only AWS, no third party.
    • Not the most intuitive interface, but with a little getting used to it is OK.
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    IBM
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    Would rate lower for other workloads but for AWS workloads its simple to set up, cost effective and customisable. Primary use case is compliance from a governance perspective.
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    IBM
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    I do not know or have used any other product in AWS cloud space that matches what AWS Config provides. We have some custom built monitoring and governance, however that is there because AWS Config does not provide it currently.
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    IBM
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Enforcing audit requirements
    • Easy to set up alerting when there are rule breaches
    • Auto remediation reduces the manual policing of such breaches
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    IBM
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