Amazon SNS

A managed messaging service that routes messages between applications and delivers notifications to end users

Vendor
Amazon Web Services, Inc.
Also known as
amazon-sns

Available worldwide

What is Amazon SNS?

A cloud-based messaging platform that automatically distributes published messages to multiple subscribed destinations. Supports application-to-application messaging, SMS delivery to 200+ countries, mobile push notifications across iOS and Android devices, and email delivery, with built-in encryption and cross-region availability.

Independently observed

Amazon SNS pricing

We don't have Amazon SNS's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
Usage-basedFree tier

Pay-as-you-go pricing for messages published, SMS sent, and data transferred. Free tier includes $200 AWS credits for 6 months.

What Amazon SNS does

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

Capabilities
Programmable SMS
✓
Programmable voice
-
Webrtc video API
-
Whatsapp business omnichannel
-
A2p 10dlc compliance portal
✓
Sip trunking
-
Visual ivr workflow builder
-
Global virtual numbers
-
HIPAA compliant
✓
SOC2 type ii
-
ISO 27001
-
Pricing model
Usage based
Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • CLI
  • Web
Deployment
  • Cloud / SaaS

Integrations (27)

Independently observed
compute
  • AWS Lambda→•
security
  • AWS Key Management Service⇄•
network
  • AWS PrivateLink⇄•
  • SQS
  • CloudWatch
  • EventBridge
  • API Gateway
  • AppSync
  • Step Functions
  • Lambda
  • MongoDB
  • Datadog
  • New Relic
  • Splunk
  • Apple Push Notification Service (APNs)
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging
  • Amazon Device Messaging (ADM)
  • Baidu Cloud Push
  • Email
  • SMS
  • Amazon SQS→•
  • Amazon Data Firehose→•
  • Apple Push Notification Service→
  • Amazon Device Messaging→•
  • AWS CloudFormation⇄•
  • Amazon CloudWatch⇄•
  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud⇄•

Amazon SNS FAQ

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

What is Amazon SNS?

A cloud-based messaging platform that automatically distributes published messages to multiple subscribed destinations. Supports application-to-application messaging, SMS delivery to 200+ countries, mobile push notifications across iOS and Android devices, and email delivery, with built-in encryption and cross-region availability. It is indexed under SMS Voice Infrastructure.

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

Is Amazon SNS free?

Amazon SNS offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.

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

What platforms does Amazon SNS support?

Amazon SNS 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/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr

Can Amazon SNS be self-hosted?

We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon SNS, 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_pr

What does Amazon SNS integrate with?

We have confirmed 17 integrations for Amazon SNS, including SQS, CloudWatch, EventBridge, API Gateway, AppSync, Step Functions, Lambda and MongoDB, plus 9 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/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr

What security certifications does Amazon SNS have?

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

Source: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp

Where is Amazon SNS available?

Amazon SNS is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.

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

Amazon SNS alternatives

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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 SNS, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 51 / 100
high · 75%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Reliability500.167.9✓
Pricing transparency800.065.0✓
Security posture300.123.5✓
Price level800.043.4✓
Capabilities580.053.0✓
Integrations320.051.6✓

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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
Faq7 itemsmediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
CapabilitiesPricing model: usage_based · Hipaa compliant: Yes · Programmable sms: Yes · A2p 10dlc compliance portal: Yesmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%

Integrations

AttributeValueEvidence
Count12mediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-10-13 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
Modelfreemiummediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
TransparentYesmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
FedrampYeshighsource · 2026-10-13 · 75%
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-10-13 · 75%
HipaaYeshighsource · 2026-10-13 · 75%
PciYeshighsource · 2026-10-13 · 75%
Trust centerhttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmpmediumsource · 2026-10-13 · 60%
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