# Amazon Web Services (AWS)

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-web-services-aws
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-web-services-aws.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-web-services-aws/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://amazon.com
- **Slug:** amazon-web-services-aws
- **Categories:** ai-machine-learning, cloud-infrastructure, cybersecurity, data-analytics-business-intelligence, developer-tools, it-management-software

## Overview

- **Tagline:** AWS has the largest global infrastructure footprint and the most extensive ecosystem of third-party partners and services in the cloud industry.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive, evolving cloud computing platform provided by Amazon. It offers a mix of infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and packaged software as a service (SaaS) offerings. AWS launched in 2006 and has become the leading cloud provider globally, serving millions of customers from startups to large enterprises.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Compute (EC2)
  - Storage (S3)
  - Databases (RDS
  - Aurora)
  - Networking
  - Analytics
  - Machine Learning (SageMaker
  - Bedrock)
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Usage-based (Pay-as-you-go) with Reserved Instance and Savings Plan options.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Startups, Enterprises, Government Agencies, Non-profits across all industries.
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Microsoft Azure
  - Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.