S3-Compatible
Egress Fee $0.09/GB
Storage $0.023–$0.005/GB/mo
Regions: 30+ worldwide
Compliance: SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA
Storage Price ($/GB/month) | Egress Price ($/GB) | Ingress | Addons |
|---|---|---|---|
$0.006 (~$6/TB/month) | Free (up to 3× monthly storage
then $0.01/GB) | Free | No API or request fees |
✅ Enterprise-grade data storage, backup, and disaster recovery
✅ AI/ML and big data analytics
✅ Multi-tier web applications and DevOps
✅ Global content delivery and scalable databases
“AWS helped us scale our SaaS infrastructure globally.”
| Object Storage (S3) | ✅ |
| Backup & DR Storage | ✅ |
| Archival/Cold Storage | ✅ |
| Cloud-Native/Hybrid Cloud | ✅ |
| File & Block Storage | ✅ |
✅ Object storage: Amazon S3 (Standard, Intelligent-Tiering, Glacier)
✅ File storage: Amazon EFS
✅ Block storage: Amazon EBS
✅ Hybrid storage: AWS Storage Gateway
✅ Backup & DR: AWS Backup, Elastic Disaster Recovery
✅ Native support with AWS services (EC2, RDS, Lambda, etc.)
✅ Broadest ecosystem with 1000s of third-party apps via Marketplace
✅ SDKs for Python, Java, .NET, Node.js, Go, and more
✅ End-to-end encryption and fine-grained IAM
✅ Compliance: HIPAA, GDPR, FedRAMP, SOC 1/2/3, ISO 27001
✅ Data protection with AWS Macie, GuardDuty, and Shield
✅ Object Lock for immutability and ransomware protection
✅ Global infrastructure in 30+ regions
✅ Low-latency networking with edge locations (Amazon CloudFront)
✅ Tiered storage for performance optimization
✅ Scalable IOPS for mission-critical workloads
✅ Global enterprises and high-growth startups
✅ Regulated industries requiring compliance
✅ Organizations with complex cloud architectures
✅ Enterprise IT, Banking, Retail, Government, Healthcare, Startups
✅ Data-intensive industries like AI, genomics, and gaming
✅ Unified cloud storage for diverse workloads
✅ Geo-redundancy and business continuity
✅ Granular cost control & analytics
✅ Industry-grade compliance and governance
✅ Flexible Pricing:
Pay-as-you-go, reserved capacity, and spot pricing models
Free tier for small-scale storage and compute usage
✅ Cost Optimization Tools:
AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets & Trusted Advisor
Intelligent-Tiering for automated cost-efficiency
S3 Glacier for archival savings (up to 80% cheaper than Standard)
✅ ROI Highlights:
Proven TCO savings for large enterprises
Deep Reserved Instance (RI) and Savings Plans discounts
Reduce on-prem CapEx with storage migration to cloud
✅ AWS Documentation & Solutions Library
✅ AWS Well-Architected Framework
✅ APIs, SDKs, and CLI support
✅ Training via AWS Academy, Skill Builder, and certifications
✅ Reference architectures for AI, backup, VDI, etc.
S3 Standard is for frequent access. S3 IA and Glacier are optimized for less frequent access and lower cost.
Yes. AWS supports virtually all enterprise applications and dev tools.
Yes. AWS offers data residency controls, encryption, and audit support.
AWS offers open APIs, but switching providers may require workload refactoring.
S3 Object Lock, MFA delete, and AWS Backup offer immutability and protection.
