Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Amazon SNS handles pub/sub messaging, SMS, email, and mobile push notifications within AWS infrastructure. It serves as a central hub for distributing events across distributed systems, enabling decoupled communication between microservices, applications, and end-user devices without requiring direct connections between senders and receivers.
This service fits teams needing scalable notification delivery with minimal upfront costs, as it offers an always-free tier. The main trade-off is the per-message pricing model starting at $0.0100 per 1M messages, which can become significant for high-volume transactional alerts compared to flat-rate alternatives, requiring careful monitoring of message counts to maintain cost efficiency.
- Free tier Yes
- Starting price from $0.0100 per 1M Messages
- Regions 15 · 6 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 13 certifications
- Provider health A
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- compute99.99%
- database99.99%
- networking99.99%
- storage99.99%
15 regions across 6 continents
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Pricing tiers 29
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| F-DA-SQS | $0.0100 | per 1M Messages | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-FIREHOSE | $0.1900 | per 1M Messages | us-east-1 |
| F-Request-Tier1 | $0.3000 | per 1M requests | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-MPNS | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-AP_PB | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-AP_V_SB | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-BAIDU | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-AP_PB_SB | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-APNS | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-ADM | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-AP_V | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-MACOS_SB | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-APNS_SB | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-GCM | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-MACOS | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
Show all 29 pricing rows (14 more)
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Requests-Tier1 | $0.5000 | per 1M requests | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-WNS | $0.5000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-HTTP | $0.6000 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| DeliveryAttempts-SMTP | $20.00 | per 1M Notifications | us-east-1 |
| F-Egress-SQS | $0.001 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| F-Ingress-Tier1 | $0.0170 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-F-Storage | $0.0230 | per GB/month | us-east-1 |
| USE1-MDP-Scanning | $0.0800 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| F-PL-Filter-Matched | $0.0900 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| PL-Filter-Matched | $0.0900 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| F-PL-Filtered-Out | $0.0900 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| PL-Filtered-Out | $0.0900 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-F-ArchiveProcessing | $0.1000 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-MDP-AuditReporting | $0.2000 | per GB | us-east-1 |
Prices in USD. Micro-prices are quoted per 1M units; "< $0.000001" marks rates below our stored precision. Subject to change — check the provider's official page.