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.
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 cost:
| 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) |
GPUs are available in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g5g.xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 4 | 16GB | $0.42 | Source |
| g4dn.xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 4 | 16GB | $0.53 | Launch |
| g5g.2xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 8 | 16GB | $0.56 | Source |
| g3s.xlarge | 1x M60 | 8GB | 4 | 30GB | $0.75 | Source |
| g4dn.2xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 8 | 32GB | $0.75 | Source |
| g5g.4xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 16 | 16GB | $0.83 | Source |
| p2.xlarge | 1x K80 | 12GB | 4 | 61GB | $0.90 | Source |
| g5.xlarge | 1x A10G | 24GB | 4 | 16GB | $1.01 | Source |
| g3.4xlarge | 1x M60 | 8GB | 16 | 122GB | $1.14 | Source |
| g4dn.4xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 16 | 64GB | $1.20 | Source |
| g5.2xlarge | 1x A10G | 24GB | 8 | 32GB | $1.21 | Source |
| g5g.8xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 32 | 16GB | $1.37 | Source |
| g5.4xlarge | 1x A10G | 24GB | 16 | 64GB | $1.63 | Launch |
| g4dn.8xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 32 | 128GB | $2.18 | Source |
| g3.8xlarge | 2x M60 | 16GB | 32 | 244GB | $2.28 | Source |
| g5.8xlarge | 1x A10G | 24GB | 32 | 128GB | $2.45 | Source |
| g5g.16xlarge | 2x T4G | 32GB | 64 | 32GB | $2.74 | Source |
| p3.2xlarge | 1x V100 | 16GB | 8 | 61GB | $3.06 | Launch |
| g4dn.12xlarge | 4x T4G | 64GB | 48 | 192GB | $3.92 | Launch |
| g5.12xlarge | 4x A10G | 96GB | 48 | 192GB | $4.10 | Source |
| g4dn.16xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 64 | 256GB | $4.35 | Source |
| g3.16xlarge | 4x M60 | 32GB | 64 | 488GB | $4.56 | Source |
| g5.12xlarge | 4x A10G | 384GB | 48 | 192GB | $5.68 | Launch |
| p2.8xlarge | 8x K80 | 96GB | 32 | 488GB | $7.20 | Source |
| g4dn.metal | 8x T4G | 128GB | 96 | 384GB | $7.83 | Launch |
| g5.24xlarge | 4x A10G | 96GB | 96 | 384GB | $8.14 | Source |
| p3.8xlarge | 4x V100 | 64GB | 32 | 244GB | $12.24 | Launch |
| p2.16xlarge | 16x K80 | 192GB | 64 | 732GB | $14.40 | Source |
| g5.48xlarge | 8x A10G | 192GB | 192 | 768GB | $16.29 | Launch |
| p3.16xlarge | 8x V100 | 128GB | 64 | 488GB | $24.48 | Launch |
| p4d.24xlarge | 8x A100 | 320GB | 96 | 1152GB | $32.77 | Launch |
| p5.48xlarge | 8x H100 | 640GB | 192 | 2048GB | $98.32 | Source |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing. 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 center locations:
| Slug | Country | Location |
|---|---|---|
| ap-southeast-4 | Australia 🇦🇺 | Asia Pacific (Melbourne) |
| ap-southeast-2 | Australia 🇦🇺 | Asia Pacific (Sydney) |
| me-south-1 | Bahrain 🇧🇭 | Middle East (Bahrain) |
| sa-east-1 | Brazil 🇧🇷 | South America (São Paulo) |
| ca-central-1 | Canada 🇨🇦 | Canada (Central) |
| ca-west-1 | Canada 🇨🇦 | Canada West (Calgary) |
| eu-west-3 | France 🇫🇷 | Europe (Paris) |
| eu-central-1 | Germany 🇩🇪 | Europe (Frankfurt) |
| ap-east-1 | Hong Kong 🇭🇰 | Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) |
| ap-south-2 | India 🇮🇳 | Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) |
| 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-east-2 | USA 🇺🇸 | US East (Ohio) |
| us-east-1 | USA 🇺🇸 | US East (N. Virginia) |
| us-west-1 | USA 🇺🇸 | US West (N. California) |
| us-west-2 | USA 🇺🇸 | US West (Oregon) |
| us-gov-east-1 | USA 🇺🇸 | AWS GovCloud (US-East) |
| us-gov-west-1 | USA 🇺🇸 | AWS GovCloud (US-West) |
Alternatives to AWS
Here are some alternatives to Amazon Web Services:
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.
Microsoft Azure🇺🇸
Azure is a worthy alternative to AWS. It offers a wide range of managed services, server configurations and global infrastructure.
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.
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.
Fly.io🇺🇸
Fly.io gets you a fully managed experience while still giving you access to multi-region deploys.
Our data for Amazon Web Services was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024.