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AWS Amplify

AWS Amplify is AWS's platform for building, deploying and hosting full-stack web and mobile applications, including CI/CD, hosting and backend services. It's priced pay-as-you-go with a generous free tier for the first 12 months, covering build minutes, storage and data transfer separately.

By Amazon Web ServicesPay as you goSince 2017Hosting

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Pricing
Pay as you goPaid from $0.01 per build minute (Standard instance) beyond the free tier
Open source
NoProprietary (hosting platform); Amplify's open source libraries are Apache-2.0
GitHub stars
9,553
npm downloads a week
2.2Mup 12% on the week before
Latest release
aws-amplify@6.…1 week ago
Releases in 90 days
10about 3 a month

A good fit for

  • Teams already building on AWS who want integrated hosting and backend services
  • Full-stack web and mobile apps needing CI/CD, hosting and backend integration in one platform
  • Apps using server-side rendering that want metered, pay-as-you-go SSR pricing
  • Projects that can take advantage of the 12-month AWS Free Tier allowances

Not a good fit for

  • Teams wanting the simplest possible flat-rate hosting pricing rather than several separately metered components
  • Projects outside the AWS ecosystem that don't need integration with other AWS services
  • Very high-traffic sites where per-GB data transfer costs can add up compared to some flat-rate hosting platforms

AWS Amplify pricing

The AWS Free Tier covers 1,000 build minutes, 5 GB CDN storage and 15 GB data transfer a month for 12 months. Beyond that, build minutes cost $0.01 (Standard instance) up to $0.10 (XLarge instance) per minute, storage costs $0.023 per GB a month, and data transfer costs $0.15 per GB served. Server-side rendering costs $0.30 per million requests and $0.20 per GB-hour beyond free tier allowances. A Web Application Firewall add-on costs $15 a month per app plus separate WAF costs.

PlanPriceWhat you get
Free tier (12 months)$01,000 build minutes, 5 GB storage, 15 GB data transfer a month.
Pay-as-you-go$0.01+/build minute, $0.023/GB storage, $0.15/GB transferUsage-based pricing beyond free tier allowances.

Prices in USD, checked on 27 September 2026. Current prices on aws.amazon.com.

Main features

CI/CD pipelines
Automated builds and deployments from connected Git repositories.
Frontend hosting
Hosting for web and mobile app frontends with CDN-backed storage.
Server-side rendering support
Metered SSR request count and duration for apps that need it.
Backend integration
Connects to AWS services like authentication, APIs and storage.
Free team collaboration
No per-seat charges for team collaboration or frontend UI development tooling.

About AWS Amplify

AWS Amplify provides a set of tools and services for building full-stack applications on AWS, including hosting for frontend frameworks, CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deployments, and integration with backend AWS services like authentication, APIs and storage.

Pricing is broken into separate components: build minutes (metered by instance size), data storage on the CDN, outbound data transfer, and server-side rendering request count and duration for apps using SSR.

Team collaboration and frontend UI development tooling are always free with no per-seat pricing, and an optional Web Application Firewall can be added for $15 a month per Amplify app plus separate WAF usage costs.

Made by
Amazon Web Services
Free plan
Yes: AWS Free Tier includes 1,000 build minutes, 5 GB storage and 15 GB data transfer a month for 12 months
Available on
Web, iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter

Usage and activity

Weekly npm downloads of aws-amplify, last 12 months.

500k1M1.5M2M2.5MOctDecJanMarMayJulOct7 October 2025: 920,451 downloads a week14 October 2025: 902,943 downloads a week21 October 2025: 998,625 downloads a week28 October 2025: 968,312 downloads a week4 November 2025: 948,766 downloads a week11 November 2025: 969,226 downloads a week18 November 2025: 986,780 downloads a week25 November 2025: 986,804 downloads a week2 December 2025: 887,775 downloads a week9 December 2025: 1,042,969 downloads a week16 December 2025: 1,023,757 downloads a week23 December 2025: 927,098 downloads a week30 December 2025: 522,118 downloads a week6 January 2026: 655,844 downloads a week13 January 2026: 1,020,666 downloads a week20 January 2026: 1,023,358 downloads a week27 January 2026: 1,109,229 downloads a week3 February 2026: 1,123,712 downloads a week10 February 2026: 1,156,003 downloads a week17 February 2026: 1,088,312 downloads a week24 February 2026: 1,190,877 downloads a week3 March 2026: 1,239,606 downloads a week10 March 2026: 1,293,886 downloads a week17 March 2026: 1,358,777 downloads a week24 March 2026: 1,285,059 downloads a week31 March 2026: 1,362,883 downloads a week7 April 2026: 1,194,952 downloads a week14 April 2026: 1,351,415 downloads a week21 April 2026: 1,360,449 downloads a week28 April 2026: 1,365,424 downloads a week5 May 2026: 1,258,028 downloads a week12 May 2026: 1,447,145 downloads a week19 May 2026: 1,500,291 downloads a week26 May 2026: 1,370,555 downloads a week2 June 2026: 1,502,121 downloads a week16 June 2026: 1,606,888 downloads a week23 June 2026: 1,582,809 downloads a week30 June 2026: 1,577,451 downloads a week7 July 2026: 1,566,498 downloads a week21 July 2026: 1,695,483 downloads a week28 July 2026: 1,787,993 downloads a week4 August 2026: 1,720,384 downloads a week11 August 2026: 1,734,604 downloads a week25 August 2026: 1,760,861 downloads a week1 September 2026: 1,797,246 downloads a week27 September 2026: 1,979,919 downloads a week4 October 2026: 2,217,399 downloads a week

Recent releases

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Questions about AWS Amplify

Is AWS Amplify free?

The AWS Free Tier covers 1,000 build minutes, 5 GB storage and 15 GB data transfer a month for the first 12 months; usage beyond that is billed pay-as-you-go.

How is AWS Amplify priced?

Separately by build minutes, CDN storage, data transfer, and server-side rendering request count and duration.

Does AWS Amplify charge per team seat?

No, team collaboration and frontend UI development tooling are always free with no per-seat pricing.

Sources and links

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