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Amazon S3

Ch 306.9of 62 Cloud Storage Services
  1. 1Runs onAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
  2. 2CostsNot stated by the maker
1 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: aws.amazon.com
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Overview

Amazon S3 is ranked #30 of 62 in cloud storage services on Specifiction. It runs on Android, API, iOS, Linux, macOS, Web, Windows.

Amazon S3 plans and pricing

All plans
Pay as you use Not published Usage-based; no minimum charge Storage, requests, data retrieval, transfer, management, replication, and other feature charges vary aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026

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Free plan
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Facts

What it does
Amazon S3 is an object storage service for storing, managing, analyzing, and protecting data for use cases including data lakes, cloud-native applications, and mobile apps.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Elastic storage
S3 automatically grows and shrinks as data is added or removed, with no need to provision storage.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Durability and availability
S3 is designed for 99.999999999% data durability and 99.99% availability by default.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Storage classes
S3 offers storage classes for different access patterns, including frequent access, infrequent access, and archiving.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Data recovery
S3 Versioning preserves object versions, and S3 Replication can copy objects to buckets in the same or different AWS Regions.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Analytics integrations
S3 works with Amazon Athena and Amazon Redshift Spectrum to query data in place using SQL.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
AI and vector storage
S3 Vectors provides native vector storage and querying, including integration with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Security
S3 encrypts object uploads and provides S3 Block Public Access controls at bucket or account level.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Compliance
AWS says S3 maintains compliance programs including PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, and FISMA.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Retention controls
S3 Object Lock can prevent object version deletion during a customer-defined retention period.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Developer access
AWS documents access through its Management Console, CLI, SDKs, and REST API, with SDKs for Java, .NET, Python, PHP, Node.js, and Ruby.docs.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Pricing limits
Some archived objects have minimum storage durations of 90 or 180 days, and early deletion incurs a prorated charge.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026
Free tier
AWS offers a Free Tier for Amazon S3 and describes it as a way to get started, but the opened offer page does not state its included quantities.aws.amazon.com · 28 Sept 2026

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