Amazon Web Services (AWS) is Amazon’s cloud platform. It offers computing, storage, databases, networking, analytics and AI services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB and SageMaker AI.
With AWS Elastic Beanstalk, you upload your code and the service handles deployment, capacity provisioning and load balancing. Amplify helps you create full-stack web and mobile apps that scale. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service you can use to build, train and deploy large language models securely on AWS.
AWS says it aims to give founders anywhere the same technology used by the world’s largest companies. Its startup guide is written both for founders who come with just an idea and an early proof of concept and for teams already building on AWS that need extra help. Customer stories on the site include companies working on precision cancer treatments and on clinical trials for biopharmaceutical companies.
Basic Support comes with every AWS account and includes round-the-clock customer service plus documentation, whitepapers and AWS re:Post. It also covers core Trusted Advisor checks and a personalized view of AWS service health, with alerts when your resources are affected. Higher support plans add technical support by phone, web, chat and email, along with the AWS Support App in Slack and the AWS Support API.
Pricing is pay-as-you-go for each service. New customers can start free, with credits and select services, or on a Paid plan that opens every service and bills usage beyond the credits. Many services also have an always-free monthly allowance. Current terms are in the pricing box above.