What is Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
Amazon Web Services is the world's largest cloud platform, offering more than 200 services including compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3), databases, networking, AI (Bedrock, SageMaker) and analytics. It provides a global network of regions and availability zones and extensive security and compliance certifications. It is used at every scale, from startups to large enterprises. It has a pay-as-you-go model and a free usage tier; given the variety of services, cost management can require expertise.
Key facts
- Starting price
- Free plan available
- Pricing model
- Usage-based
- Active users
- —
- Customers
- —
- Vendor employees
- 1,550,000
- Launched
- 2006
- Deployment
- Cloud (SaaS), Hybrid
- Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Broadest range of cloud services
- Global infrastructure footprint
- Mature ecosystem and documentation
- Free plan available
- Can run on-premise
- Turkish interface
Considerations
- Pricing is complex and hard to forecast
- Steep learning curve across services
- Console and service sprawl can overwhelm
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Industries & use cases
Industries served
Cross-industry
Government & public sector
Banking & capital markets
Healthcare
Technology, media & telecom
Retail & consumer
Typical use cases
- Migrating data center workloads to the cloud
- Building generative AI applications on managed models
- Running analytics on a cloud data lake
Typical Deloitte services
- Cloud migration and modernization
- Data platform and AI solution development
- Cloud security and FinOps programs
Editorial profile based on public information.
Features
✓AI features· Automation
✓GDPR compliance· Compliance
✓SOC 2· Compliance
✓ISO 27001· Compliance
✓HIPAA· Compliance
✓API access· Integrations
✓Webhooks· Integrations
✓Mobile app· Platform
✓Multi-language· Platform
✓Turkish interface· Platform
✓Dashboards· Reporting
✓Single sign-on (SSO)· Security
✓Two-factor authentication· Security
✓Role-based access· Security
✓Audit log· Security
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