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AWS

The biggest cloud. Every service you can imagine, complexity and cost to match. EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS.

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Quick facts

  • CategoryHyperscaler
  • PricingPaid
  • LicenseProprietary
  • Created2006
  • GitHub starsclosed
  • Edge-readyYes
  • Free tierYes
  • Egress billingExpensive

Bundled services: EC2 S3 Lambda RDS DynamoDB CloudFront EKS

What it is

AWS is the largest cloud provider with the broadest service catalogue — EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, EKS, and 200+ other services. Pay-as-you-go, complex pricing, real operational overhead. The default for enterprise workloads at serious scale where the cost of operating a hyperscaler is justified.

Best for

  • Enterprise workloads with dedicated platform-engineering capacity
  • Apps requiring specific AWS services (Aurora, DynamoDB Global, Step Functions)
  • Regulated industries with AWS-native compliance posture

When not to pick it

Skip AWS for small to mid teams — the operational complexity and bill-management cost are real. PaaS layers (Render, Vercel) are usually the right answer.

My take

AWS is the right answer at the top of the scale curve. For most teams, the PaaS layers above it are the better default — they take AWS's complexity and resell it as something usable.

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If AWS is your pick — the next conversation is short

The 30-min call is where your hosting choice becomes a real architecture, a migration plan if you are switching, and a price range you can take to your stakeholders without surprise bills in month 4. Describe your stack, your traffic shape, your budget. I tell you whether AWS is genuinely your fit.