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Amazon SNS

Overview

What is Amazon SNS?

Amazon Web Services offers the Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) which provides pub/sub messaging and push notifications to iOS and Android devices. It is meant to operate in a microservices architecture and which can support event-driven contingencies and support the…

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Recent Reviews

AWS SNS delivers

7 out of 10
November 08, 2020
Incentivized
We use it as part of our mobile learning app to send transactional messages to learners to start a module. It allows us to reach learners …
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I love Amazon SNS.

10 out of 10
September 22, 2020
Incentivized
Amazon SNS is being used to deliver notifications to users. We started with custom software where users could subscribe to certain topics …
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Pricing

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API Requests & Payload Data

$0.01

Cloud
per 1 million

API Requests

$0.50

Cloud
per 1 million requests

Notification Deliveries

$0.50

Cloud
per million notifications

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Details

What is Amazon SNS?

Amazon SNS Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon Web Services offers the Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) which provides pub/sub messaging and push notifications to iOS and Android devices. It is meant to operate in a microservices architecture and which can support event-driven contingencies and support the decoupling of applications.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 8.5.

The most common users of Amazon SNS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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February 06, 2020

Serverless notification handling that fits well into the AWS ecosystem

Verified User
Vice-President in Information Technology
Marketing & Advertising Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) within several serverless applications to create and manage both human-read and service-read notifications as a part of our internal automation workflows. One of these applications uses Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) notifications to notify a dashboard interface when there are status changes in a queue process that places ad campaign listings on different platforms. Success and failure messages can be triggered and display in realtime.
Pros and Cons
  • Integrates with Lambda and SQS to allow for sophisticated serverless applications.
  • It can be used to support any combination of email, push, or even SMS notifications.
  • E-mail and SMS notifications aren't all that customizable, meaning this won't be a good solution for consumer-facing notifications.
  • The opt-in process for e-mail and SMS notifications is cumbersome.
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) can be a powerful tool in a serverless toolbox. Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is best suited for handling service-to-service notifications between different applications or steps in an existing serverless workflow. If you're using AWS services to handle different parts of your existing serverless application or workflow and you need a tool to facilitate reliable notifications, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) will handle that task very well.
Return on Investment
  • Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) saved us a lot of extra coding time by providing straightforward functionality we needed in our ad campaign automation tool.
  • Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) allows us to maintain a consistent, serverless model within our applications.
Support Rating
10
We have reached out to Amazon Web Services support for help with Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) a few times and always received helpful responses promptly. Getting limits increased, and questions answered has been easy and convenient.
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