AWS S3
Amazon S3 is an object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.
Our verdict
Who should look elsewhere
Complex pricing
Pros
- +Industry standard
- +Highly scalable
- +Strong ecosystem
- +Many features
Cons
- −Complex pricing
- −Data & Databases
- −Security
Key features
- ✓Object storage
- ✓Versioning
- ✓Lifecycle policies
- ✓Replication
- ✓Access control
- ✓Event notifications
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | $0 | month | 5 GB standard storage; 20,000 GET requests; 2,000 PUT requests |
| S3 Standard | $0.023 | month | Frequently accessed data; 99.99% availability; Low latency |
| S3 Intelligent-Tiering | $0.0025 | month | Auto-moves data between tiers; No retrieval charges; Monitoring fee per object |
| S3 Glacier | $0.004 | month | Archive storage; 90-180 day minimum; Retrieval fees apply |
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