Amazon WorkSpaces
Cloud-hosted virtual desktops and applications accessible from anywhere
- Vendor
- Amazon Web Services
- Also known as
- amazon-workspaces
Available worldwide
What is Amazon WorkSpaces?
Amazon WorkSpaces is a cloud desktop service that provisions virtual desktops and applications through AWS infrastructure. It serves multiple user roles including remote workers, contact center agents, and technical staff, with flexible per-use billing and no long-term contracts.
Amazon WorkSpaces pricing
We don't have Amazon WorkSpaces'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 WorkSpaces does
The capabilities that matter for virtual desktops vdi, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Daas cloud
- Persistent workspaces
- ✓
- Non persistent stateless
- -
- Published app virtualization
- -
- GPU acceleration passthrough
- -
- Browser html5 client
- -
- Zero thin client os support
- -
- Granular usb clipboard controls
- -
- Multi monitor support
- -
- Azure active directory SSO
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- Fedramp authorized
- -
- Pricing model
- Pay as you go hourly
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Cloud / SaaS
Amazon WorkSpaces FAQ
Common questions about Amazon WorkSpaces, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Amazon WorkSpaces?
A fully managed Virtual Desktop Infrastructure service that enables organizations to deploy secure cloud desktops and applications with flexible scaling and pay-as-you-go pricing, designed to support remote and hybrid work environments. It is indexed under Virtual Desktops VDI.
Is Amazon WorkSpaces free?
Amazon WorkSpaces offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Can Amazon WorkSpaces be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon WorkSpaces, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What security certifications does Amazon WorkSpaces have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon WorkSpaces. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon WorkSpaces not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Amazon WorkSpaces alternatives
Other virtual desktops vdi we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Kasm WorkspacesStream computing environments through a web browser from any locationlow · 41%
- Parallels RASlow · 21%
- ThinLincRemote desktop virtualization platform for centralized workspace accesslow · 21%
- WorkspotManaged virtual desktops on major cloud platforms with consumption-based cost optimizationlow · 25%
- LeostreamRemote desktop access platform for managing hybrid and GPU-enabled digital workspaces with security and performancelow · 9%
- Omnissa Horizon (VMware Horizon)A desktop virtualization platform delivering secure virtual desktops and applications with centralized management across on-premises and cloud environmentslow · 39%
Compare Amazon WorkSpaces
Side by side against other virtual desktops vdi, 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 WorkSpaces, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 95 | 0.12 | 10.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.06 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.05 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
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 | 4 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 63% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: pay_as_you_go_hourly · Deployment model: daas_cloud · Persistent workspaces: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fedramp | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
| Pci | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
| Trust center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
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