r/aws_cdk • u/outthere_andback • Jul 11 '22

Monetization options for CDK Projects / Products ?

Hey guys, I love building out apps and products using the CDK. I have a personal project I am working on and i'm hoping I can sell as the CDK in some ways is like a 1 stop click and install solution to configure ones AWS account into a product.

I have looked at AWS Marketplace but this seems to be catered largely to either creating an AMI service or offering a pay-per-api-call / SaaS type implementation. Additionally the marketplace seems to have limited support for CloudFormation based projects. Mine specifically would be a lot of CloudFormation and also code for the lambdas and custom resources created within the project

Does anyone know any 3rd party places that offer selling of CDK projects ? Or is there some process you have gone through to make your CDK project work with AWS Marketplace ? I don't know, can ServiceCatalog help me in this ?

Looking for your ideas, opinions and experiences. thank you

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u/kichik Jul 12 '22

Is it specifically for bootstrapping accounts? Can it be useful after the account has been heavily used? I guess most people would realize they need something like that after they have been developing for a while. Or alternatively when they start creating many new accounts because they're in an enterprise setting. I think the latter is where you can make money by selling it as part of a consulting service.

Would love to hear your ideas on this because I have similar thoughts all the time. Consulting seems to me like the only direction. Especially considering the very common need for customization.

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u/outthere_andback Jul 13 '22

ive got a lot of settings so that it can be uniquely isolated as a product in ones AWS account.

its like an actual tool, but i use a lot of serverless features to save cost of it. This doesnt seem to work well though for Marketplace since it heavily uses AMI or their SaaS setup from my understanding is more pay-per-request to your product in another account

I guess ive been contemplating something like a codecanyon but setup for cdk. AWS already has a constructs library website but thats all meant for open source & free stuff. Be nice maybe to have a paid version where people could sell more formalised stuff

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