Moving many sites to it cut hosting costs by 60 to 70 percent compared to Vercel, but brought poor UX, slow builds and time-consuming configuration.
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A score out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews, so a handful of glowing reviews can’t beat a product many people like.
41% Positive22% Mixed37% Negative
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Very opinionated, with CI/CD that does not allow Docker-in-Docker builds, so only the hosting part is used alongside CDK, which keeps switching easy.
Powerful for IoT apps and deep AWS integrations with Lambda, DynamoDB, and Cognito, though DataStore and initial setup are much trickier than Firebase.
Combining it for auth and GraphQL queries alongside CDK v2 works well in theory, though documentation gaps force heavy reliance on tutorials.
Common questions about AWS Amplify
Is AWS Amplify worth it?
Of the 8 reviews with a clear verdict, 25% are positive, 25% mixed and 50% negative. The praise mentioned most is easy to use. The most common complaint is resource limits.
What do people like about AWS Amplify?
The praise reviewers mention most: easy to use (5 reviews), reliable (4 reviews) and great value (2 reviews). For example: Hosts three of their websites and finds it convenient to keep builds, Route53 domain purchase and DNS in one place.
What are the most common complaints about AWS Amplify?
The complaints reviewers mention most: resource limits (4 reviews), outages (3 reviews) and slow (2 reviews). For example: Next.js on-demand revalidation did not work at all during testing, adding frustrating DevOps overhead.
What does the signal score of 60 mean?
It's how well reviewed AWS Amplify is, out of 100. Negative and mixed reviews take points off, and so does having only a few reviews: a service needs plenty of them, compared with the most-reviewed services here, to reach the high 80s and 90s. It's worked out from reviews only, needs at least 5 of them, and updates as new ones come in.
What are the specs of AWS Amplify?
Category: Static & frontend hosting.
Where do these AWS Amplify reviews come from?
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