Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor
Internet connectivity monitoring for apps
Monitors internet quality (latency, availability) between users and applications running on AWS, based on AWS's global network data, and alerts you when issues affect particular areas/ISPs.
- Cost$$ Medium
- Difficulty●●●●●
- Costs money when idle?Yes
- Serverless
Think of it asLike a traffic map: you know which roads to your store are jammed.
When to use it
✓ Use it when
Apps with users in many places that need to know whether an issue is caused by the internet or their own system.
✗ Avoid it when
Need proactive user-journey testing → CloudWatch Synthetics.
Common uses
- Detect a slow ISP in a specific country
- Suggest Regions/CloudFront to reduce latency
- Tell network issues apart from application errors
What does it cost?
- Pricing model: Charged by the number of monitored resources and city-networks tracked.
