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Amazon Web Services

Overview

What is Amazon Web Services?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.

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Pricing

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Free Tier

$0

Cloud
per month

Basic Environment

$100 - $200

Cloud
per month

Intermediate Environment

$250 - $600

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

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

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $100 per month
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Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

IaaS provides the basic building blocks for an IT infrastructure like servers, storage, and networking, in an on-demand model over the Internet

7.9
Avg 8.2
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Product Details

What is Amazon Web Services?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools. According to Amazon, AWS is suitable for organizations of any size, and helps to efficiently power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. AWS is also known for its service coverage, with over 69 Availability Zones across the world, allowing for users to experience lower latency and prevent their data centers from failing, which is important for cloud computing services.

AWS product range covers, but is not necessarily limited to, the following categories:

  • Analytics

  • Application Integration

  • AR & VR

  • AWS Cost Management

  • Blockchain

  • Business Applications

  • Compute

  • Customer Engagement

  • Database

  • Developer Tools

  • End User Computing

  • Game Tech

  • Internet of Things

  • Machine Learning

  • Management & Governance

  • Media Services

  • Migration & Transfer

  • Mobile

  • Networking & Content Delivery

  • Robotics

  • Satellite

  • Security, Identity, & Compliance

  • Storage

Pricing varies greatly across their vast scope of products, but AWS does provide an “AWS Free Tier” offering of services. Depending on the product, users can use the product for free indefinitely, a year, or in shorter-term trials.


Amazon Web Services Technical Details

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing services. With over 165 services offered, AWS services can provide users with a comprehensive suite of infrastructure and computing building blocks and tools.

Amazon Web Services starts at $100.

DXC Managed Cloud Services, 9STAR EasyIdentity Cloud, and 9STAR Elastic SSO are common alternatives for Amazon Web Services.

Reviewers rate Elastic load balancing highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of Amazon Web Services are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Amazon Web Services - A Revolutionary cloud product!

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 23, 2025
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Web Services
5 years of experience
  • It has increased efficiency of our application by 72%
  • One of the application was experiencing timeouts on on-prem environment due to scaling issues. Amazon Web Services resolves it now by auto scaling.
  • We have optimized storage cost by 34% shifting from on prem db to cloud db.

Here I share with you all on how AWS and its tools enhance our business operations

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 03, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Web Services
5 years of experience
  • Transitioning to AWS reduced infrastructure costs by 30% and enabled a 200% increase in user registrations contributing to a 40% revenue boost.
  • AWS tools cut product launch cycles by 40% allowing for quicker feature releases and improved customer satisfaction.
  • Initial training costs were around $50,000 and we faced unexpected billing spikes highlighting the need for better usage monitoring.

Best and most comprehensive cloud platform

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 02, 2023
Vetted Review
Verified User
Amazon Web Services
5 years of experience
  • Initial benefit is huge, once that settles it takes time to derive incremental savings vs. time spent to master the offering
  • Auto scaling helps with cost optimization and usage monitoring helps to push back against users who allocate more than what they need
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