Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
Amazon EBS provides block-level storage volumes for EC2 instances, acting as persistent disks for your virtual machines. It handles standard data persistence needs, ensuring that data survives instance termination or restarts. This makes it suitable for applications requiring reliable, low-latency storage for databases, file systems, or general compute workloads where local instance storage isn't sufficient.
It fits AWS users already running EC2 workloads who need durable storage without upfront costs. The main trade-off is that while a free trial exists, it’s not a permanent free tier. Once the trial period ends, you must pay for provisioned capacity and I/O operations, so long-term projects will incur ongoing storage fees despite the initial no-cost entry point.
- Free tier Yes
- Pricing Free tier
- 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
Alternatives on other providers
Equivalent services on other clouds:
- Google Cloud Platform Block Storage no price Compare
- Google Cloud Platform Persistent Disk no price Compare
- Linode (Akamai) Block Storage no price Compare
- Microsoft Azure Azure Disk Storage no price Compare