Amazon Web Services
Cloud computing platform by Amazon
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon founded in 2006. Since then AWS has grown to become one of the most comprehensive and broadly adopted computing platforms in the world.
It stands out for its extensive range of cloud products and services appealing to everyone from individuals to small businesses to enterprises and governments.
Example customers include Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro. More here.
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What's good about AWS
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
- Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
- 30+ datacenter locations around the world
AWS pricing examples
Below are some example configurations and their estimated costs:
| Example configuration | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| VM Small | $7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) |
| VM Medium | $119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) |
| VM Large | $248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) |
| Block Storage | $8.00 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $24.63 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | $22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) |
| Managed Redis®* | $24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small) |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration |
| Free egress allowance | 100 GB / mo |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America) |
AWS GPUs
Amazon Web Services offers cloud GPUs in the following configurations:
| GPU | Total VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Billing | $/GPU/h | Total/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1x H100
1x H100 80GB (p5.4xlarge)
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80GB | 16 | 256GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $6.88 | $6.88 | View |
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1x L40S
1x L40S 48GB (g6e.xlarge)
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48GB | 4 | 32GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $1.86 | $1.86 | View |
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1x RTX Pro 6000
1x RTX Pro 6000 96GB (g7e.2xlarge)
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96GB | 8 | 64GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $4.32 | $4.32 | View |
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1x V100
1x V100 16GB (p3.2xlarge)
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16GB | 8 | 61GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $3.06 | $3.06 | View |
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1x L4
1x L4 24GB (g6.xlarge)
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24GB | 4 | 16GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $2.30 | $2.30 | View |
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1x T4
1x T4 16GB (g4dn.xlarge)
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16GB | 4 | 16GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.53 | $0.53 | View |
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1x M60
1x M60 8GB (g3s.xlarge)
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8GB | 4 | 30GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.75 | $0.75 | View |
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1x K80
1x K80 12GB (p2.xlarge)
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12GB | 4 | 61GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.90 | $0.90 | View |
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1x A10G
1x A10G 24GB (g5.xlarge)
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24GB | 4 | 16GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $1.01 | $1.01 | View |
1x Radeon Pro V520
1x Radeon Pro V520 8GB (g4ad.xlarge)
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8GB | 4 | 16GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.38 | $0.38 | View |
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Heads up: We do our best to keep these prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates with the provider before provisioning. You can find Amazon Web Services's latest pricing here.
Which services does AWS offer
Here are some of the services that Amazon Web Services offers:
Data center locations
Based on our records, Amazon Web Services has at least 31 data centers:
| Country | Location | Slug |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Asia Pacific (Melbourne) | ap-southeast-4 |
| Australia | Asia Pacific (Sydney) | ap-southeast-2 |
| Bahrain | Middle East (Bahrain) | me-south-1 |
| Brazil | South America (São Paulo) | sa-east-1 |
| Canada | Canada (Central) | ca-central-1 |
| Canada | Canada West (Calgary) | ca-west-1 |
| France | Europe (Paris) | eu-west-3 |
| Germany | Europe (Frankfurt) | eu-central-1 |
| Hong Kong | Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | ap-east-1 |
| India | Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) | ap-south-2 |
| ap-south-1 | India | Asia Pacific (Mumbai) |
| ap-southeast-3 | Indonesia | Asia Pacific (Jakarta) |
| eu-west-1 | Ireland | Europe (Ireland) |
| il-central-1 | Israel | Israel (Tel Aviv) |
| eu-south-1 | Italy | Europe (Milan) |
| ap-northeast-3 | Japan | Asia Pacific (Osaka) |
| ap-northeast-1 | Japan | Asia Pacific (Tokyo) |
| ap-southeast-1 | Singapore | Asia Pacific (Singapore) |
| af-south-1 | South Africa | Africa (Cape Town) |
| ap-northeast-2 | South Korea | Asia Pacific (Seoul) |
| eu-south-2 | Spain | Europe (Spain) |
| eu-north-1 | Sweden | Europe (Stockholm) |
| eu-central-2 | Switzerland | Europe (Zurich) |
| me-central-1 | UAE | Middle East (UAE) |
| eu-west-2 | UK | Europe (London) |
| us-gov-west-1 | USA | AWS GovCloud (US-West) |
| us-east-2 | USA | US East (Ohio) |
| us-east-1 | USA | US East (N. Virginia) |
| us-gov-east-1 | USA | AWS GovCloud (US-East) |
| us-west-1 | USA | US West (N. California) |
| us-west-2 | USA | US West (Oregon) |
Alternatives to AWS
Compare AWS against other cloud providers:
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Google Cloud
With its extensive product range and a focus on big data and machine learning services, Google Cloud is a solid alternative to AWS.
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Microsoft Azure
Azure is a worthy alternative to AWS. It offers a wide range of managed services, server configurations and global infrastructure.
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Hetzner
Hetzner is a great alternative to AWS if you don't need as many managed services. Their prices are generally much lower while still offering high performance servers.
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Fly.io
Fly.io gets you a fully managed experience while still giving you access to multi-region deploys.
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Flightcontrol
Flightcontrol is a good alternative if you're looking for the experience of a service like Heroku or Vercel, but need the services that AWS offers.
Our data for Amazon Web Services was last updated on June 9, 2026.