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. Read their case studies.
What's good about Amazon Web Services
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
- Several products such as S3 are industry benchmarks
- Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
- 30+ datacenter locations around the world
What does Amazon Web Services do?
Here are some of the managed services that Amazon Web Services offers:
Amazon Web Services's Pricing
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®* | $114.58 / 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 | $92.16 |
You can find Amazon Web Services's latest pricing here.
Note: These 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.
Where are Amazon Web Services's data centers located?
Based on our records, Amazon Web Services has at least 31 data center locations around the world:
| 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 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | Middle East (UAE) |
| eu-west-2 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Europe (London) |
| us-east-2 | 🇺🇸 United States of America | US East (Ohio) |
| us-east-1 | 🇺🇸 United States of America | US East (N. Virginia) |
| us-west-1 | 🇺🇸 United States of America | US West (N. California) |
| us-west-2 | 🇺🇸 United States of America | US West (Oregon) |
| us-gov-east-1 | 🇺🇸 United States of America | AWS GovCloud (US-East) |
| us-gov-west-1 | 🇺🇸 United States of America | AWS GovCloud (US-West) |
Amazon Web Services Alternatives
Here are some alternatives to Amazon Web Services:
Microsoft Azure🇺🇸
Azure is a worthy alternative to AWS. It offers a wide range of managed services, server configurations and global infrastructure.
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.
Scaleway🇫🇷
If you're looking for a European-based alternative to AWS, it's worth checking out Scaleway as it too offers a wide range of services and server configurations.
Oracle Cloud🇺🇸
Oracle Cloud offers a solid price-performance ratio and a wide range of managed services too.
Our data for Amazon Web Services was last updated on Feb. 29, 2024.