AWS Amplify
AWS Amplify is a complete platform for building and deploying web and mobile apps with cloud-powered backends and hosting.
What is AWS Amplify
AWS Amplify is a set of tools and services that helps developers create full-stack applications. It includes everything needed to build an app: a place to host your website, databases to store information, user login systems, file storage, and ways to connect different parts of your app together.
The platform uses a code-first approach, meaning you can define what you need using familiar programming languages like TypeScript. Amplify then automatically creates the right cloud resources for you. It also provides instant development environments for each team member, so developers can test changes without affecting others.
There is a generous free tier to get started, and you only pay for what you actually use beyond that. This makes it budget-friendly for both small projects and large applications.
How to Use AWS Amplify
Getting started with AWS Amplify is straightforward. Here are the basic steps:
First, install the Amplify command line tool on your computer and connect it to your AWS account.
Create a new project or connect an existing one. You can work with React, Vue, Angular, Next.js, or mobile frameworks like Flutter and React Native.
Define your backend needs in TypeScript code. For example, add user authentication, create a database, or set up file storage. Amplify handles the complex setup automatically.
Test your app locally using sandbox environments. Each developer gets their own cloud environment for testing without affecting others.
When ready, connect your code repository from GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. Amplify will automatically build and deploy your app whenever you push new code.
Use the Amplify console to manage your app, view logs, and monitor performance all in one place.
Features of AWS Amplify
Full-stack TypeScript development environment
Automatic hosting with global CDN delivery
Built-in user authentication and authorization
Real-time GraphQL and REST APIs
Scalable file storage and databases
Per-developer cloud sandbox environments
Git-based continuous deployment
Next.js and Nuxt server-side rendering support
Team collaboration with branch previews
Integrated monitoring and analytics dashboard
AWS Amplify Pricing
Free Tier (12 months)
Free
- 1,000 build minutes per month
- 5 GB data storage
- 15 GB data transfer out
- 500,000 SSR requests
- 100 GB-hours compute time
- All core Amplify features included
- Access to AWS backend services free tiers
Pay As You Go - Build & Deploy
$0.01
- Standard build: $0.01 per minute
- Large build: $0.025 per minute
- XLarge build: $0.10 per minute
- Unlimited builds
- Multiple environments supported
- Git-based CI/CD
Pay As You Go - Hosting
Custom
- Storage: $0.023 per GB per month
- Data transfer: $0.15 per GB served
- Free SSL certificates
- Custom domains included
- Global CDN delivery
- Automatic scaling
Pay As You Go - Server-Side Rendering
Custom
- Requests: $0.30 per 1M requests
- Compute: $0.20 per GB-hour
- Next.js support
- Nuxt support
- Automatic scaling
- Edge optimization
Backend Services
Custom
- Authentication (Cognito) - separate pricing
- Database (DynamoDB) - separate pricing
- Storage (S3) - separate pricing
- APIs (AppSync/API Gateway) - separate pricing
- Functions (Lambda) - separate pricing
- Many services have permanent free tiers
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