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Amazon S3

A scalable, durable cloud object storage service for storing and managing massive amounts of data

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Vendor
Amazon Web Services
Also known as
amazon-s3

Available worldwide

What is Amazon S3?

Amazon S3 is a distributed cloud storage platform that allows organizations to store, retrieve, and manage any volume of data. It offers multiple storage classes optimized for different access patterns and use cases, along with built-in analytics, compliance controls, and security features.

Independently observed

Amazon S3 pricing

Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
from $0.03/gbUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing with metered storage (per GB), request charges (per 1,000 operations), and data transfer costs. Free tier includes $200 in AWS Free Tier credits for 6 months.

S3 Standard

-

General-purpose storage with frequent access

  • Full availability and durability guarantees

S3 Intelligent-Tiering

-

Automatic cost optimization through access pattern monitoring

  • Automatic tiering between access tiers
  • No retrieval charges
  • Up to 80% cost reduction

S3 Tables

$0.03 per gb

Optimized for Apache Iceberg analytics

  • Native Apache Iceberg support
  • Automatic table compaction
  • Higher transaction throughput

S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval

-

Long-term archival with retrieval fees

  • Cost-effective archival storage

S3 Glacier Deep Archive

-

Lowest-cost archival storage with longer retrieval times

  • Deep archival for compliance and long-term retention

S3 Express One Zone

-

Highest-performance storage class

  • Fastest cloud object storage
  • Single availability zone

Add-ons

  • Management & Insights
  • Data Transfer
  • API Requests

What Amazon S3 does

The capabilities that matter for file storage, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.

Capabilities
S3 API compatible
✓
Storage tiering
✓
Multi region replication
✓
Erasure coding
-
Object versioning
✓
Object lock immutability
✓
Encryption at rest
✓
Customer managed keys
✓
Free or discounted egress
✓
Open source
-
CDN integration
-
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (19)

Independently observed
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Dremio
  • DuckDB
  • HighByte Intelligence Hub
  • Ryft
  • AWS CloudFront
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS API Gateway
  • AWS Analytics Services
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Asana
  • Brave Search API
  • Pokee AI
  • Tailscale
  • TrendAI Vision One
  • Orca Security
  • Cast AI
  • LucidLink
  • Vanta

Amazon S3 FAQ

Common questions about Amazon S3, answered from independent, dated evidence.

What is Amazon S3?

Amazon S3 is a distributed cloud storage platform that allows organizations to store, retrieve, and manage any volume of data. It offers multiple storage classes optimized for different access patterns and use cases, along with built-in analytics, compliance controls, and security features. It is indexed under File Storage.

Source: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft

Is Amazon S3 free?

Amazon S3 offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.03. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

Source: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft

What platforms does Amazon S3 support?

Amazon S3 supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.

Source: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft

Can Amazon S3 be self-hosted?

We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon S3, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.

Source: https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_hub

What does Amazon S3 integrate with?

We have confirmed 19 integrations for Amazon S3, including Apache Iceberg, Dremio, DuckDB, HighByte Intelligence Hub, Ryft, AWS CloudFront, AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway, plus 11 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.

Source: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft

What security certifications does Amazon S3 have?

We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon S3. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon S3 not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.

Source: https://aws.amazon.com/trust-center/?nc1=f_cc

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The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Amazon S3, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 60 / 100
medium · 73%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Reliability500.167.8✓
Pricing transparency1000.066.3✓
Capabilities1000.055.1✓
Security posture350.124.0✓
Price level800.043.4✓
Integrations370.051.8✓

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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Content

AttributeValueEvidence
Faq6 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesVersioning, Storage tiering, Object lock worm, Object versioning, S3 api compatible, Encryption at rest, Lifecycle policies, Event notifications, Customer managed keys, Cross region replication, Multi region replication, Object lock immutability, Free or discounted egressmediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count19mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60%
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60%
Starting priceAmount: 0.027 · Currency: USDmediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Sla pct99.99mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
FedrampYeshighsource · 2026-09-28 · 75%
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-09-28 · 75%
HipaaYeshighsource · 2026-09-28 · 75%
PciYeshighsource · 2026-09-28 · 75%
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60%
Trust centerhttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmpmediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60%
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