AWSvsNetlify

Platform58

Platform

Score Comparison

Overall

Pricing

Usability

Performance

Support

Reliability

Onboarding

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Mobile

Security

Integrations

AWSNetlify

Signals Comparison

Pricing

AWS

Unpredictable billing with surprise charges(9/10)
Free tier traps - Aurora, RDS, and Elastic IP charges(8/10)
Data egress fees add up quickly(8/10)
Cost optimization requires dedicated expertise(7/10)

Netlify

Infamous $104k billing incident - massive unexpected charges(10/10)
No spending caps - can incur unlimited charges(9/10)
Bandwidth overage is expensive - $55 per 100GB(8/10)
Per-member pricing adds up quickly for teams(6/10)
Credit-based pricing system is confusing(5/10)

Usability

AWS

Overwhelming complexity with 260+ services(8/10)
IAM policies are complex and error-prone(8/10)
Console slow and difficult to navigate(6/10)

Netlify

Complex menus and confusing configuration options(5/10)
Dark patterns make account cancellation difficult(6/10)

Reliability

AWS

Major October 2025 outage - 15 hours downtime(10/10)
US-East-1 single point of failure for many services(8/10)

Netlify

Sites paused when free tier limits exceeded(8/10)
Failed deployments still consume build minutes and credits(7/10)
Account blocking for sign-up method issues(6/10)

Support

AWS

Enterprise Support required - $5,000+/month minimum(9/10)
Basic support is documentation-only(7/10)

Netlify

Customer support unresponsive and condescending(7/10)

Security

AWS

Unauthorized charges from compromised credentials(9/10)

Netlify

No built-in DDoS protection on lower tiers(8/10)

Performance

AWS

No signals

Netlify

Serverless function timeout of 10 seconds is too restrictive(7/10)
Deployment speed slower than Vercel and competitors(6/10)

Integrations

AWS

No signals

Netlify

Backend deployment not supported - frontend only(5/10)

Pricing Comparison

AWS

Free Tier (12 months)

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 5GB S3, 30GB EBS

Limits: 12-month limit, only specific instance types, basic support only (documentation)

Aurora NOT included, Elastic IPs charged when stopped, data egress fees, many services NOT free tier eligible

EC2 On-Demand (t3.micro)

Popular

$7.49/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: EBS separate

Limits: Shared tenancy, basic support unless upgraded

EBS storage extra, data egress $0.09/GB, EBS snapshots, CloudWatch logs, NAT Gateway if needed

EC2 On-Demand (t3.medium)

$30.37/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: EBS separate

Limits: Each service billed separately

All infrastructure costs extra: load balancers, databases, storage

Enterprise Support

$5000/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: N/A

Limits: Required for production SLAs, Developer/Business support discontinued Dec 2025

Minimum $5,000/mo or % of AWS spend, additional for premium services

Netlify

Free

Users: 1 member

Storage: 10 GB

Limits: Hard limits that pause sites, No concurrent builds, Limited support, No team features, 10-second function timeout

Site pauses when limits exceeded - no warnings. All account projects affected. No DDoS protection.

Pro

Popular

$19/mo

Users: Per member

Storage: Included

Limits: 26-second max function timeout, No SSO, No audit logs, No uptime SLA

Per-member pricing adds up for teams. $55/100GB bandwidth overage. $7/500 build minutes overage. No spending caps available.

Enterprise

Free

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Custom

Limits: Requires sales negotiation, Minimum commitments likely, Complex procurement process

Must contact sales - no transparent pricing. Long-term commitments expected. Custom contracts required.

Feature Comparison

Feature	AWS	Netlify
Infrastructure
Compute (EC2) Industry-leading
Kubernetes (EKS)
33 Global Regions
Deployment
Git-based Deployments GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Deploy Previews Unique URL for every PR
Continuous Deployment Auto-deploy on push
Storage
Object Storage (S3) 11 9s durability
Databases
Managed Databases (RDS) Multiple engines
Compute
Serverless (Lambda)
Hosting
Custom Domains Free on all plans
Backend Hosting Frontend/static only
Security
Free SSL Certificates Auto-provisioned Let's Encrypt
90+ Compliance Certifications
SSO/SAML Enterprise only
Audit Logs Enterprise only
AI
AI/ML Services (Bedrock)
Performance
Global CDN Edge caching worldwide
Backend
Serverless Functions 10-26 second timeout
Edge Functions 50ms timeout limit
Background Functions Pro plan and above
Database Hosting Not supported
Support
Free Technical Support Requires paid plan
Pricing
Simple Pricing Notoriously complex
Features
Form Handling 100 submissions free
Identity/Auth Netlify Identity service
Split Testing A/B test deployments
Billing
Spending Caps Not available - major concern
Reliability
Uptime SLA 99.99% Enterprise only

Signals Comparison

Pricing

AWS

Unpredictable billing with surprise charges(9/10)
Free tier traps - Aurora, RDS, and Elastic IP charges(8/10)
Data egress fees add up quickly(8/10)
Cost optimization requires dedicated expertise(7/10)

Netlify

Infamous $104k billing incident - massive unexpected charges(10/10)
No spending caps - can incur unlimited charges(9/10)
Bandwidth overage is expensive - $55 per 100GB(8/10)
Per-member pricing adds up quickly for teams(6/10)
Credit-based pricing system is confusing(5/10)

Usability

AWS

Overwhelming complexity with 260+ services(8/10)
IAM policies are complex and error-prone(8/10)
Console slow and difficult to navigate(6/10)

Netlify

Complex menus and confusing configuration options(5/10)
Dark patterns make account cancellation difficult(6/10)

Reliability

AWS

Major October 2025 outage - 15 hours downtime(10/10)
US-East-1 single point of failure for many services(8/10)

Netlify

Sites paused when free tier limits exceeded(8/10)
Failed deployments still consume build minutes and credits(7/10)
Account blocking for sign-up method issues(6/10)

Support

AWS

Enterprise Support required - $5,000+/month minimum(9/10)
Basic support is documentation-only(7/10)

Netlify

Customer support unresponsive and condescending(7/10)

Security

AWS

Unauthorized charges from compromised credentials(9/10)

Netlify

No built-in DDoS protection on lower tiers(8/10)

Performance

AWS

No signals

Netlify

Serverless function timeout of 10 seconds is too restrictive(7/10)
Deployment speed slower than Vercel and competitors(6/10)

Integrations

AWS

No signals

Netlify

Backend deployment not supported - frontend only(5/10)

Pricing Comparison

AWS

Free Tier (12 months)

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 5GB S3, 30GB EBS

Limits: 12-month limit, only specific instance types, basic support only (documentation)

Aurora NOT included, Elastic IPs charged when stopped, data egress fees, many services NOT free tier eligible

EC2 On-Demand (t3.micro)

Popular

$7.49/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: EBS separate

Limits: Shared tenancy, basic support unless upgraded

EBS storage extra, data egress $0.09/GB, EBS snapshots, CloudWatch logs, NAT Gateway if needed

EC2 On-Demand (t3.medium)

$30.37/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: EBS separate

Limits: Each service billed separately

All infrastructure costs extra: load balancers, databases, storage

Enterprise Support

$5000/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: N/A

Limits: Required for production SLAs, Developer/Business support discontinued Dec 2025

Minimum $5,000/mo or % of AWS spend, additional for premium services

Netlify

Free

Users: 1 member

Storage: 10 GB

Limits: Hard limits that pause sites, No concurrent builds, Limited support, No team features, 10-second function timeout

Site pauses when limits exceeded - no warnings. All account projects affected. No DDoS protection.

Pro

Popular

$19/mo

Users: Per member

Storage: Included

Limits: 26-second max function timeout, No SSO, No audit logs, No uptime SLA

Per-member pricing adds up for teams. $55/100GB bandwidth overage. $7/500 build minutes overage. No spending caps available.

Enterprise

Free

Users: Unlimited

Storage: Custom

Limits: Requires sales negotiation, Minimum commitments likely, Complex procurement process

Must contact sales - no transparent pricing. Long-term commitments expected. Custom contracts required.

Feature Comparison

Feature	AWS	Netlify
Infrastructure
Compute (EC2) Industry-leading
Kubernetes (EKS)
33 Global Regions
Deployment
Git-based Deployments GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Deploy Previews Unique URL for every PR
Continuous Deployment Auto-deploy on push
Storage
Object Storage (S3) 11 9s durability
Databases
Managed Databases (RDS) Multiple engines
Compute
Serverless (Lambda)
Hosting
Custom Domains Free on all plans
Backend Hosting Frontend/static only
Security
Free SSL Certificates Auto-provisioned Let's Encrypt
90+ Compliance Certifications
SSO/SAML Enterprise only
Audit Logs Enterprise only
AI
AI/ML Services (Bedrock)
Performance
Global CDN Edge caching worldwide
Backend
Serverless Functions 10-26 second timeout
Edge Functions 50ms timeout limit
Background Functions Pro plan and above
Database Hosting Not supported
Support
Free Technical Support Requires paid plan
Pricing
Simple Pricing Notoriously complex
Features
Form Handling 100 submissions free
Identity/Auth Netlify Identity service
Split Testing A/B test deployments
Billing
Spending Caps Not available - major concern
Reliability
Uptime SLA 99.99% Enterprise only