AWS CloudTrail vs Azure Monitor

Developers should learn and use AWS CloudTrail when they need to ensure security and compliance in AWS environments, such as for auditing API usage, detecting unauthorized access, or investigating incidents meets developers should use azure monitor when building or managing applications on azure to gain insights into performance, troubleshoot issues, and set up proactive alerts. Here's our take.

AWS CloudTrail

Nice Pick

Developers should learn and use AWS CloudTrail when they need to ensure security and compliance in AWS environments, such as for auditing API usage, detecting unauthorized access, or investigating incidents

Pros

• It is essential for use cases like monitoring changes to IAM policies, tracking resource modifications (e
• Related to: aws-cloudwatch, aws-config

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Azure Monitor

Developers should use Azure Monitor when building or managing applications on Azure to gain insights into performance, troubleshoot issues, and set up proactive alerts

Pros

• It is essential for monitoring cloud-native applications, virtual machines, containers, and databases, enabling DevOps practices and compliance with service-level agreements (SLAs)
• Related to: azure, observability

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. AWS CloudTrail is a tool while Azure Monitor is a platform. We picked AWS CloudTrail based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

AWS CloudTrail wins

Based on overall popularity. AWS CloudTrail is more widely used, but Azure Monitor excels in its own space.