AWS

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Cloud Infrastructure
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Secure, reliable, scalable cloud infrastructure and services

How to Replace AWS

Overview

Amazon Web Services provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. AWS offers over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally.

Features

47 features across 10 categories

Analytics(6)

Athena

Query service analyzing data directly in S3 using standard SQL without data loading.

EMR

Managed Hadoop and Spark service processing big data across scalable EC2 clusters.

Glue

Extract, transform, and load (ETL) service discovering, preparing, and integrating data.

Kinesis

Real-time data streaming service ingesting and processing massive amounts of data continuously.

QuickSight

Business intelligence service creating dashboards and visualizations from data sources.

Redshift

Data warehouse service enabling fast analytics on large datasets using columnar storage.

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Application Integration(3)

API Gateway

Service creating RESTful and WebSocket APIs that connect applications to backend services.

SNS

Pub/sub messaging service for sending notifications to multiple subscribers and endpoints.

SQS

Fully managed message queuing service enabling asynchronous communication between applications.

Compute(5)

Auto Scaling

Automatically adjusts EC2 capacity based on demand, maintaining performance and reducing costs.

EC2

Scalable virtual computing capacity with configurable CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources.

ECS

Container orchestration service for running Docker containers at scale on AWS.

EKS

Managed Kubernetes service simplifying deployment, management, and scaling of containerized applications.

Lambda

Serverless compute service that runs code without provisioning or managing servers.

Database(3)

DynamoDB

NoSQL database service providing fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability.

ElastiCache

In-memory caching service improving application performance using Redis or Memcached.

RDS

Managed relational database service supporting MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.

Also in: Microsoft 365, Lacework, Airtable

Developer Tools(3)

CodeBuild

Fully managed build service compiling source code, running tests, and producing deployable artifacts.

CodeDeploy

Service automating code deployments to EC2 instances, on-premises servers, and Lambda functions.

CodePipeline

Continuous delivery service automating release pipelines for infrastructure and application code.

Also in: Jobber, Hugging Face, 1Password

Machine Learning(8)

BedrockAIPremium

Managed service providing access to foundation models via API for generative AI applications.

ComprehendAI

Natural language processing service extracting insights and relationships from text automatically.

LexAI

Conversational AI service for building chatbots and voice assistants with natural language understanding.

PollyAI

Text-to-speech service converting text into lifelike spoken audio in multiple languages.

RekognitionAI

AI-powered image and video analysis service identifying objects, people, text, and activities.

SageMakerAI

Managed machine learning service for building, training, and deploying ML models at scale.

TextractAI

AI service automatically extracting text, handwriting, and structured data from documents.

TranslateAI

Neural machine translation service providing accurate and fluent language translation.

Management(4)

AppConfig

Configuration management service safely deploying application configuration changes at scale.

CloudFormation

Infrastructure as code service enabling users to model and provision AWS resources using templates.

CloudWatch

Monitoring and observability service tracking metrics, logs, and alarms for AWS resources.

Systems Manager

Management service providing visibility and control over AWS resources and on-premises servers.

Networking(4)

CloudFront

Content delivery network (CDN) that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs globally.

Elastic Load Balancing

Automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets for high availability.

Route 53

Domain name system (DNS) service routing internet traffic to AWS resources and external endpoints.

VPC

Isolated cloud resources where users define their own network topology and IP address ranges.

Security(6)

CloudTrail

Auditing service logging API calls and account activity for compliance and troubleshooting.

IAM

Identity and access management service controlling who has access to AWS resources and services.

KMS

Key management service for creating and controlling encryption keys securing sensitive data.

Secrets Manager

Secrets management service rotating, managing, and retrieving database credentials and API keys.

ShieldPremium

DDoS protection service safeguarding applications and websites from distributed denial-of-service attacks.

WAF

Web application firewall protecting applications from common web exploits and attacks.

Storage(5)

Backup

Centralized backup service protecting data across AWS services with automated policy-based backups.

DataSync

Automated data transfer service moving large datasets between on-premises storage and AWS.

EFS

Elastic file system providing scalable, shared file storage for EC2 instances and on-premises servers.

S3

Object storage service for storing and retrieving any amount of data from anywhere on the web.

Storage Gateway

Hybrid cloud storage service integrating on-premises environments with AWS cloud storage.

Pricing

Free Tier

Free
  • 12 months of free access to 40+ services with usage limits

Pay-As-You-Go

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  • Pay only for services and resources consumed

Savings Plans

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  • Flexible pricing with 1-3 year commitments for up to 72% savings

Reserved Instances

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  • EC2 commitments with 1-3 year terms for 40-60% savings

Cost Calculator

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Build vs Buy

Should you build a AWS alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 47 features.

Buy AWS

Better Value
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3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$36,000
Maintenance$540/mo
3-year total$55,440
Dev time~3 months

Buying AWS saves ~$55,440 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 47 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

30 known integrations