Compute for any workload
Instances, containers, and serverless computing
Why AWS Compute?
Millions of organizations run diverse workloads on the AWS compute platform. As the longest-running Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services, AWS has been recognized for 12 consecutive years, and is helping organizations like Lyft, Netflix, Coca-Cola, and Moderna lower infrastructure costs and accelerate innovation on the world's most reliable, secure, and capable cloud.
Benefits of AWS Compute
AWS Compute
750+
instances for virtually every business need80%
of all containerized applications running in the cloud run on AWS108
Availability Zones that are multiple, physically separated, and isolatedLongest-running Magic Quadrant Leader for SCPS
Gartner has recognized AWS as a Magic Quadrant Leader for Strategic Cloud Platform Services for the 13th straight year. AWS placed highest in the Ability to Execute axis of measurement among the eight vendors named in the report.
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AWS Compute services
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Category
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Service description
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AWS service
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Instances (Virtual machines)
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Easy-to-use service for deploying and scaling web applications and services |
AWS Elastic Beanstalk - Run and manage web apps. |
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Instances (virtual machines)
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Secure and resizable compute capacity (virtual servers) in the cloud |
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) - Secure and resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Launch applications when needed without upfront commitments. |
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Instances (virtual machines)
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Run fault-tolerant workloads for up to 90% off |
Amazon EC2 Spot - Take advantage of unused EC2 capacity in the AWS cloud. Spot Instances are available at up to a 90% discount compared to On-Demand prices. |
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Instances (virtual machines)
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Automatically add or remove compute capacity to meet changes in demand |
Amazon EC2 Autoscaling - Maintain application availability and automatically add or remove EC2 instances according to conditions you define. |
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Instances (virtual machines)
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Easy-to-use cloud platform that offers you everything you need to build an application or website |
Amazon Lightsail - Virtual servers, storage, databases, and networking for a low, predictable price. |
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Instances (virtual machines)
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Fully managed batch processing at any scale |
AWS Batch - Run batch jobs at any scale. |
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Instances (virtual machines)
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Managed service to run and scale High Performance Computing workloads |
AWS Parallel Computing Service -Easily run HPC workloads at virtually any scale. |
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Containers
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Highly secure, reliable, and scalable way to run containers |
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) - Run and manage Docker containers. |
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Containers
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Run containers on customer-managed infrastructure |
Amazon EKS Anywhere |
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Containers
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Easily store, manage, and deploy container images |
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) |
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Containers
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Fully managed Kubernetes service |
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) - Run managed Kubernetes on AWS |
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Containers
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Create and operate Kubernetes clusters on your own infrastructure |
Amazon EKS Anywhere |
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Containers
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Serverless compute for containers |
AWS Fargate - Run containers without managing servers or clusters. |
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Containers
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Build and run containerized applications on a fully managed service |
AWS App Runner - Production web applications at scale made easy for developers. |
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Serverless
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Run code without thinking about servers. Pay only for the compute time you consume |
AWS Lambda - Run code without provisioning or managing servers. |
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Edge and hybrid
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Run AWS infrastructure and services on premises for a truly consistent hybrid experience |
AWS Outposts - Fully managed service that extends AWS infrastructure, AWS services, APIs, and tools to virtually any datacenter, co-location space, or on-premises facility for a truly consistent hybrid experience. |
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Edge and hybrid
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Collect and process data in rugged or disconnected edge environments |
AWS Snow Family - The Snow Family, comprised of AWS Snowcone and AWS Snowball, offers a number of physical devices and capacity points with built-in computing capabilities. |
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Edge and hybrid
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Deliver ultra-low latency application for 5G devices |
AWS Wavelength - Build applications that deliver single-digit millisecond latencies to mobile devices and end-users |
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Edge and hybrid
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Preferred service for all vSphere workloads to rapidly extend and migrate to the cloud |
VMware Cloud on AWS - Build a hybrid cloud without custom hardware. |
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Edge and hybrid
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Run latency sensitive applications closer to end-users |
AWS Local Zones - Easily run latency-sensitive portions of applications local to end-users and resources in a specific geography, delivering single-digit millisecond latency. |
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Cost and capacity management
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Flexible pricing model that provides savings of up to 72% on AWS compute usage |
AWS Savings Plan - Flexible pricing model that provides savings of up to 72% on AWS compute usage |
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Cost and capacity management
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Recommends optimal AWS compute resources for your workloads to reduce costs and improve performance |
AWS Compute Optimizer - Identify optimal AWS compute resources. |
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Cost and capacity management
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Build and maintain secure Linux or Windows Server images |
EC2 Image Builder - Build and maintain secure images. |
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Cost and capacity management
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Automatically distribute incoming application traffic across multiple targets |
Elastic Load Balancing - Achieve fault tolerance for any application by ensuring scalability, performance, and security. |
The AWS Nitro System
Regardless if you are migrating apps from on premises or building them natively in the cloud, you can benefit from Amazon EC2 instances built on the AWS Nitro System. The AWS Nitro System enables AWS to innovate faster, further reducing cost for our customers, and deliver added benefits like increased security and new instance types. AWS has completely re-imagined our virtualization infrastructure. Traditionally, hypervisors protect the physical hardware and BIOS, virtualize the CPU, storage, and networking, and provide a rich set of management capabilities. With the Nitro System, we are able to break apart those functions, offload them to dedicated hardware and software, and reduce our costs by delivering all of the resources of a server to customers.
The Nitro System is comprised of three main parts: The Nitro Cards are a family of cards that offloads and accelerates I/O for functions including Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), and Amazon EC2 instance storage, ultimately increasing overall system performance. The Nitro Security Chip enables the most secure cloud platform with a minimized attack surface as virtualization and security functions are offloaded to dedicated hardware and software. Additionally, a locked-down security model prohibits all administrative access, including those of Amazon employees, eliminating the possibility of human error and tampering. The Nitro Hypervisor is a lightweight hypervisor that manages memory and CPU allocation and delivers performance that is indistinguishable from bare metal.
Customers
Expedia
Expedia Group is all in on AWS, with plans to migrate 80 percent of its mission-critical apps from its on-premises data centers to the cloud in the next two to three years. By using AWS, Expedia Group has become more resilient. Expedia Group’s developers have been able to innovate faster while saving the company millions of dollars.
Lyft
Lyft uses AWS to move faster as a company and manage its exponential growth, leveraging AWS products to support more than 100 microservices that enhance every element of its customers’ experience.
Moderna
"With AWS, our researchers have the ability to quickly design and execute research experiments and rapidly uncover new insights to get potentially life-saving treatments into production faster... AWS's breadth and depth of services are supporting our mission to create a new generation of medicines for patients and are instrumental in our quest to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 and other life-threatening diseases."
Stéphane Bancel
Moderna, CEO
Robot
The AWS serverless architecture and the ease of use of the AWS services inside it free up developer time to produce business value.
Redfin
By using AWS, Redfin can innovate quickly and cost effectively with a small IT staff while managing billions of property records.
Volkswagen
"Management was easy—it was very simple to upload a machine to the platform and simply adjust sizing according to need afterwards"
Sadao Matsuda
SAP IT Manager, VWCO
Easy to migrate and build apps
AWS provides multiple ways to get you started quickly and easily. Amazon Lightsail offers a simple cloud platform at a low, predictable price. AWS Amplify is a set of tools and services to help front-end web and mobile developers build scalable full stack applications. The AWS Marketplace is a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on AWS. There are migration tools as well as AWS Managed Services, AWS Professional Services, AWS Training and Certification, and AWS Support to assist along the way. We have the largest and most vibrant partner community including system integrators, ISVs, and SaaS partners.
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