AWS

What is AWS?

Amazon Web Services - The world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments. Services include computing (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3), databases (RDS, DynamoDB), networking, machine learning, analytics, and more. Powers millions of businesses including Netflix, Airbnb, and NASA. Known for its extensive service catalog, global infrastructure, and pay-as-you-go pricing model.

When to use it

• Essential for hosting applications, storing data, running analytics, deploying machine learning models, and building scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Perfect for startups to enterprises needing reliable, scalable cloud services.
• Ideal for building serverless applications, microservices, data lakes, and AI/ML solutions.
• Commonly used for web hosting, mobile backends, IoT applications, and enterprise IT infrastructure.

When NOT to use it

• Simple static sites or small projects - Vercel or Netlify are simpler and cheaper
• When you need Google-specific services - GCP integrates better with Google ecosystem
• Small teams or startups - AWS complexity can be overwhelming without DevOps expertise
• When you prefer simpler pricing - AWS pricing can be complex to understand

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