AWS Infrastructure Composer
Drag-and-drop infrastructure design
A visual tool (formerly Application Composer) for dragging, dropping, and connecting resources and automatically generating CloudFormation/SAM templates; usable in the console or in VS Code through the AWS Toolkit.
- Cost$ Low
- Difficulty●●●●●
- Costs money when idle?No
- Serverless
Think of it asLike drawing a house floor plan in software, with the drawing automatically producing a materials list.
When to use it
✓ Use it when
You want to quickly sketch a serverless architecture or understand an existing CloudFormation template visually.
✗ Avoid it when
Large infrastructure that needs logic and reuse through code → CDK.
Common uses
- Draw an API Gateway + Lambda + DynamoDB application and export the template
- Visualize legacy CloudFormation templates
- Learn how resources connect to each other
What does it cost?
- Pricing model: Free; you only pay for resources deployed from the template.
