What is Amazon CloudWatch?
Amazon CloudWatch is a native AWS monitoring and observability service
built for DevOps engineers, developers, site reliability engineers (SREs), and
IT managers. CloudWatch provides users with data and actionable insights to
monitor applications, respond to system-wide performance changes, optimize
resource utilization, and get a unified view of operational health. CloudWatch
collects monitoring and operational data in the form of logs, metrics, and
events, providing users with a unified view of AWS resources, applications, and
services that run on AWS and on-premises servers. CloudWatch can be used to
detect anomalous behavior in environments, set alarms, visualize logs and
metrics side by side, take automated actions, troubleshoot issues, and discover
insights to keep your applications running smoothly. With Amazon CloudWatch, there is no up-front commitment or minimum fee; users simply pay for what they use.
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How Amazon CloudWatch works - high-level overview
Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-Premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux, Mac |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Countries | Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific |
FAQs
What is Amazon CloudWatch?
Amazon CloudWatch is a native AWS monitoring tool for AWS programs. It provides data collection and resource monitoring capabilities.
What are Amazon CloudWatch's top competitors?
Datadog, Splunk IT Essentials, phased out, and Azure Monitor are common alternatives for Amazon CloudWatch.




