Amazon S3
Object storage built to retrieve any amount of data from anywhere
5 GB of S3 standard storage
for 12 months with the AWS Free Tier
How it works
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Use cases
Build a data lake
Run big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and high performance computing (HPC) applications to unlock data insights.
Learn more about building a data lake on Amazon S3 »
Back up and restore critical data
Meet Recovery Time Objectives (RTO), Recovery Point Objectives (RPO), and compliance requirements with S3’s robust replication features.
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Archive data at the lowest cost
Move data archives to the Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes to lower costs, eliminate operational complexities, and gain new insights.
Learn more about archiving with the S3 Glacier storage classes »
Run cloud-native applications
Build fast, powerful mobile and web-based cloud-native apps that scale automatically in a highly available configuration.
Learn more about cloud-native applications »
How to get started
Find out how Amazon S3 works
Learn more about analytics, data management, query in place, storage classes, security, and more.
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