Secure and resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Launch applications when needed without upfront commitments.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale cloud computing easier for developers. Amazon EC2’s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment.
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7x fewer downtime hours than the next largest cloud provider*
22 regions and 69 availability zones globally
Millions of customers ranging from enterprises to startups
275 instances for virtually every business need
*Based on downtime hours from 1/1/18 to 12/31/18 pulled directly from the public service health dashboards of the major cloud providers.
'When the business says ‘go,’ we can do that now. We can stand up virtual servers instantly, instead of taking several weeks, whenever we need more compute and storage capacity to support new websites or online marketing campaigns.'
Tomasz Kozlowski Associate Director, Enterprise Architecture
Reliable, Scalable, Infrastructure On Demand
Increase or decrease capacity within minutes, not hours or days
SLA commitment of 99.99% availability for each Amazon EC2 region. Each region consists of at least 3 availability zones
The AWS Region/AZ model has been recognized by Gartner as the recommended approach for running enterprise applications that require high availability
“We’ve seen that Amazon Web Services listens to customers’ needs. If the feature does not yet exist, it probably will in a matter of months. The low cost and simplicity of its services made it a no-brainer to switch to the AWS cloud.”
Tobi Knaup, Engineer, Airbnb
Vast Breadth and Depth of Compute Services
More workloads including SAP, HPC, Machine Learning, Windows, and many more run on AWS than on any other cloud
275 instance types to help optimize the cost and performance of your workloads
Available with choice of processor, storage and networking options, operating system, and purchase model
“We’ve seen that Amazon Web Services listens to customers’ needs. If the feature does not yet exist, it probably will in a matter of months. The low cost and simplicity of its services made it a no-brainer to switch to the AWS cloud.”
Tobi Knaup, Engineer, Airbnb
Vast Breadth and Depth of Compute Services
More workloads including SAP, HPC, Machine Learning, Windows, and many more run on AWS than on any other cloud
275 instance types to help optimize the cost and performance of your workloads
Available with choice of processor, storage and networking options, operating system, and purchase model
“We looked at many public clouds but AWS scored most highly against our key criteria, which included stability, security, and breadth of services,”
Lawrence Fong, GM IT Solutions, Cathay Pacific
Security is our top priority
Lockdown security model prohibits administrative access eliminating possibility of human error and tampering
With the AWS Nitro System virtualization resources are offloaded to dedicated hardware and software minimizing the attack surface
AWS supports 89 security standards and compliance certifications including PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140-2, and NIST 800-171, which is meaningfully more than any other cloud provider
Instance Categories
Ideal for business critical applications, small and mid-sized databases, web tier applications, and more.
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Compute Optimized Ideal for high performance computing, batch processing, video encoding, and more.
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Memory Optimized Ideal for high performance databases, distributed web scale in-memory caches, real time big data analytics, and more.
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Accelerated Computing Ideal for machine learning, graphic intensive applications, gaming, and more.
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Storage Optimized Ideal for NoSQL databases, data warehousing, distributed file systems, and more.
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Case Studies
What’s New
Introducing Amazon EC2 Instance Connect, a new way to control SSH access to your EC2 instance
New M5 and R5 sizes
New C5 sizes
I3en Instance Launched
T3a instances now available
New Bare Metal Instance Launch
Learn more about features for instance security, storage, networking, autoscaling, and more
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