Amazon Web Services (AWS)
A comprehensive cloud computing platform offering AI, infrastructure, and managed services at scale
- Vendor
- Amazon Web Services
- Also known as
- amazon-web-services-aws
Available worldwide
What is Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
AWS provides pay-as-you-go cloud computing services across compute, storage, databases, AI, and numerous other capabilities deployed across 39 global regions. Customers can start with a free tier and pay based on usage, with options for volume-based discounts and long-term commitment savings.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) pricing
We don't have Amazon Web Services (AWS)'s full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
What Amazon Web Services (AWS) does
The capabilities that matter for cloud infrastructure, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Provider tier
- Hyperscaler
- Regions / global footprint
- 39 regions, 123 availability zones
- Bare-metal servers
- -
- GPU / accelerated compute
- -
- Spot / preemptible pricing
- -
- Object storage
- ✓
- Block storage
- -
- Managed Kubernetes
- ✓
- Managed databases
- -
- Serverless / FaaS
- ✓
- VPC / private networking
- ✓
- Free / low egress
- ✗
- Data-residency / sovereign options
- ✓
- Partner marketplace
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (18)
Independently observed- Trend Micro Vision One
- Brave Search API
- Brave
- Upstage
- Asana
- Pokee AI
- Tailscale
- 1Password
- Trend Micro
- Orca Security
- Okta
- Suger
- Arctic Wolf
- Cast AI
- LucidLink
- Vanta
- Orca Security CNAPP
- Epsagon
Amazon Web Services (AWS) FAQ
Common questions about Amazon Web Services (AWS), answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
AWS provides pay-as-you-go cloud computing services across compute, storage, databases, AI, and numerous other capabilities deployed across 39 global regions. Customers can start with a free tier and pay based on usage, with options for volume-based discounts and long-term commitment savings. It is indexed under Cloud Infrastructure.
Is Amazon Web Services (AWS) free?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Amazon Web Services (AWS) support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Amazon Web Services (AWS). That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Can Amazon Web Services (AWS) be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon Web Services (AWS), so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Amazon Web Services (AWS) integrate with?
We have confirmed 15 integrations for Amazon Web Services (AWS), including Brave, Upstage, Asana, Pokee AI, Tailscale, 1Password, Trend Micro and Orca Security, plus 7 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Amazon Web Services (AWS) have?
We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon Web Services (AWS) not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) alternatives
Other cloud infrastructure we track, ranked by the same independent score.
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- Google CloudA cloud platform combining AI capabilities with comprehensive infrastructure and analytics serviceslow · 41%
- UpCloudEuropean-based cloud infrastructure providermedium · 63%
Compare Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Side by side against other cloud infrastructure, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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 Web Services (AWS), not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.06 | 5.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 81 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 35 | 0.12 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 32 | 0.05 | 1.6 | ✓ |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
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
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Tier: hyperscaler · Free egress: No · Marketplace: Yes · Regions count: 39 regions, 123 availability zones · Data residency: Yes · Object storage: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 12 | mediumsource · 2026-09-07 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-07 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Security
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