My main use case for Cloudcraft is drawing AWS diagrams and schemas. When I use Cloudcraft for AWS diagrams and schemas, for example, when the client asks for some architecture plan, I can make it in Cloudcraft and then send it with all the details about pricing, network infrastructure, and layers shown on the schema. This is incredibly useful for AWS. Cloudcraft is an amazing tool for this use case. Additionally, you can import your Terraform templates, and it will generate a schema for you.
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Visual planning has saved time and presents detailed cloud architectures with pricing insights
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The best feature Cloudcraft offers is its diagram structure, which is amazing. The aspect of the diagram structure that stands out for me is that it is easy to use, which is the most important part. It is easy to use and looks great. Cloudcraft has positively impacted my organization as it has saved us a considerable amount of time.
When I roughly calculate the time I save with Cloudcraft, I can give an example of a project where Cloudcraft made a significant difference. When I had to make a schema for one of the projects, it is internal and confidential information. When I had to make a project structure, it took me minutes to create it, especially if you use the Terraform code.
What needs improvement?
I think Cloudcraft can be improved by possibly being a little less expensive.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Cloudcraft for around three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Cloudcraft is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Cloudcraft's scalability is perfect, and I have nothing to complain about.
How are customer service and support?
Cloudcraft customer support is great.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I previously used a different solution called draw.io. It was far too limited and was not as well integrated into AWS infrastructure, so I found it not as good as Cloudcraft.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with Cloudcraft's pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that it is easy to use and easy to set up. It is straightforward.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Good for visualisation but ...
What do you like best about the product?
The visuals are amazing. Its easy to get the cloud resorce diagram.
What do you dislike about the product?
Only visualisation does not help. Diagrams should be in the format AWS SA accepts. Missing DevOps automations.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Helps visualising the cloud components. The UI is awesome.
Designing of Avensent Cloud Architecture in AWS Platfrom using Blueprint Features of Cloudcraft
What do you like best about the product?
Cloudcraft provides me with programmatic access to our architecture diagrams and blueprints. It gives fully automated features for designing our AWS visualization in the form of ready-to-use images or JSON scripts. We can create snapshots and also do comparisons in both pre & post-deployment stages in our AWS environment. We can conveniently take backups, import & export data present in Cloudcraft and secure its access privileges using API-based authentication enablements.
What do you dislike about the product?
The time required to create the snapshot is based on the number of resources we have incorporated in our AWS Region. Its API waits only for up to 120 seconds after which the request is not processed. This results in waiting for snapshot creation which may delay your design requirements if you happen to have immediate deployments on hand.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We prepare our Blueprint for Avensent cloud architecture design through diagram, budget and by attaching components to them. We can also utilize its API feature to build, read, modify and remove the designs in our blueprint. We can share them with our team members, view the cost metrics and configurations of each component & utilizing its cloud libraries for overviewing our resource distributions in the AWS platform.
Very elegant tool
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to interrogate my account and render it visually is a huge help. Even if just to explain to others how things work, this kind of automatic visualization is a big time saver.
What do you dislike about the product?
Not a "dislike" so much as an eager desire: the ability to output CloudFormation scripts as well as Terraform. We don't use Terraform, but would make tremendous use of CloudFormation scripts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The visualizations have been great to review the components we have implemented, and to generate "marketecture" diagrams for our company management to use to explain our systems.
Excellent interface, although not completely inclusive.
What do you like best about the product?
The cost feature-- you can easily update your infrastructure and see what costs you'll incur. I haven't come across another tool that's this good yet. Easily worth the money for this feature alone.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are many missing products, like SageMaker, so there isn't a good way to get an entirely inclusive cost estimate for your stack based on this.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Visualization for our infrastructure. These are being added to the README and to help new devs understand our stack. Helps with understanding costs as well.
Great Cloud Architecture tool to help communicate ideas/solutions to not technical staff
What do you like best about the product?
Great tool to help communicate ideas/solutions to not technical staff
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing I dislike about cloudcraft software
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
communicate ideas/solutions to not technical staff
Easy to set up , clear instructions
What do you like best about the product?
Lets you get on with your DNS, assets and quick installation
What do you dislike about the product?
The Price is quite High , but I think its worth it
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
distributed DNS assests is the quickest way to get website
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Recommendation is one hundred percent
Great tool for students to learn and discover new things.
What do you like best about the product?
Cloudcraft is a dynamic cloud infrastructure drawing tool that allows systems architects, developers, and technical designers to create smart diagrams of their cloud infrastructures.
What do you dislike about the product?
One helpful feature would be to link icons with other objects so that they are in an object group.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Solving both visual understanding and implementation of our AWS architecture for documentation purposes as well as cost analysis for budgeting and proposals.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Good product to use.
DECENT SOFTWARE
What do you like best about the product?
DRAG AND drop icons.
abilility to show VPCs clearly without ambiguity.
abilility to show VPCs clearly without ambiguity.
What do you dislike about the product?
missing icons for azure, gcp, oci etc.
some of the aws icons are older.
some of the aws icons are older.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
createing architecture doiagrams quicly and effectively.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
good product
Nice visual representation of the cloud environment
What do you like best about the product?
The overall representation of the architecture, icons, and ease to use are some of the best features.
What do you dislike about the product?
Integration with other well know office applications is not up to mark. Considering this will help CC go to the next level.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Representation of the architecture that a non-tech person can understand with a little effort. This is one of the major tools that i use regularly for my work.
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