# Amazon Web Services

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: AWS, Amazon AWS, Amazon cloud, A W S, Amazon Web Service

Amazon's [cloud provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-provider), usually called AWS. It rents out [servers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/server), storage, [databases](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) and many other computing services over the internet. It is a [hyperscaler](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hyperscaler), the same kind of company as [Google Cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gcp) and [Microsoft Azure](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/azure).

**For example:** A startup's [engineer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) runs the product's [database](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/database) and [file storage](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/object-storage) on AWS and pays each month for what the product used.

Official site: <https://aws.amazon.com>

## Connects to (12)

- [Cloud provider](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cloud-provider): A company that rents out computing services, such as servers, storage and databases, over the internet and on demand.
- [Hyperscaler](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hyperscaler): An informal name for the very largest cloud providers, which run huge fleets of data centers.
- [Google Cloud](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gcp): Google's cloud provider.
- [Microsoft Azure](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/azure): Microsoft's cloud provider.
- [Region](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/region): A geographic location where a cloud provider groups its data centers.
- [Usage-based pricing](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/usage-based-pricing): A way to charge where the bill follows how much the customer uses, instead of a flat fee.
- [Tulsa AWS User Group](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-aws-user-group): A Tulsa user group for people who build on Amazon Web Services and other cloud tools, part of the Techlahoma network.
- [Amazon Q](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/amazon-q): Amazon Web Services' AI assistant, now focused on developers: it helps write, review and run code on AWS.
- [Amazon Bedrock](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/amazon-bedrock): An AWS service that gives access to AI models from several companies through one API, inside a company's AWS account.
- [Amazon Quick Sight](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/amazon-quicksight): An AWS service for building dashboards and reports from a company's data, with AI help for asking questions in plain language.
- [Amazon S3](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/amazon-s3): Amazon Web Services' object storage.
- [Tulsa AWS Community Day](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tulsa-aws-community-day): A community-led conference in Tulsa for cloud practitioners, developers and architects, with sessions on AWS, cloud computing, AI and…

## Follow

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon-web-services)
- [X](https://x.com/awscloud)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/amazonwebservices)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/amazonwebservices)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/AmazonWebServices/Cloud)
- [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/aws)


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