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AWS CloudWatch

About AWS CloudWatch

AWS CloudWatch is an observability service that monitors applications and infrastructure, providing visibility into performance, availability, and security.

Key Capabilities

✓Unified metrics, logs, and traces observability
✓AI-powered root cause analysis and anomaly detection
✓Support for OpenTelemetry and open-source integrations
✓Generative AI workload monitoring and insights
✓Cross-cloud and hybrid environment monitoring

Integrations

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Quick Facts

aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch

CategoryObservability & Monitoring

SubcategoryInfrastructure Monitoring

PricingSubscription

DeploymentSaaS

Target SizeEnterprise

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