Amazon Web Services

Cloud computing platform offering compute, storage, database, and deployment services.

Pricing: usage, subscription
Free tier: true
Open source: No

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Identity · Taxonomy

Tags(open-source;cloud-native): cloud-computing, cloud-hosting, serverless, managed-databases, ai-ml-platformVerification pending

Platform · Deployment

Delivery model(SaaS;self-hosted;desktop;mobile;embedded;managed-cloud;appliance): managed-cloudVerification pending

Pricing · Licensing

Free plan(true/false): trueVerification pending
Free trial(true/false): trueVerification pending
Pricing model(free;subscription;usage;seat;asset;transaction;revenue-share;perpetual;custom): usage, subscriptionVerification pending

Features · Product · Fit

Core capabilities(authoring;automation;analytics): run instances, containers, and serverless computing, secure and resizable compute capacity for virtually any workload (Amazon EC2), store and manage data for every workload at scale, serverless relational database service for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DSQL (Amazon Aurora), end-to-end platform for building generative AI applications and agents (Amazon Bedrock), run every workload on a secure and reliable global networkVerification pending

Audience · Use · Case

Best for(Neutral editorial summary): Startups, enterprises, and government agencies that want on-demand cloud compute, storage, databases, and AI services with pay-as-you-go pricingVerification pending
Company-size fit(individual;SMB;mid-market;enterprise): SMB, mid-market, enterpriseVerification pending
Primary use cases(build;monitor;automate): clear technical debt, modernize infrastructure, and move to the cloud, future proof your data foundation for agentic AI, AI for small businesses, lower costs, become more agile, and innovate fasterVerification pending

Lifecycle · Versioning

Maintenance status(active;maintenance;deprecated;EOL;archived): activeVerified

Vendor · Maintainer

Founded year(2012): 2002Verified
Vendor type(commercial;foundation;community;government;consortium;individual): commercialVerification pending

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