AWS Amplify Hosting review

AWS Amplify Hosting is the natural pick for teams whose APIs, auth and data already run on AWS. It builds from GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab or AWS CodeCommit, supports Next.js and Nuxt server rendering plus single-page apps and static site generators, and adds feature branch environments, pull request previews, password protected branches and atomic deployments. Pricing is purely usage based: AWS publishes $0.01 per build minute on the Standard instance after 1,000 minutes a month, $0.023 per GB stored, $0.15 per GB served after 15 GB, and $0.30 per million SSR requests after 500,000. There are no per-seat fees, which helps large teams. The drawbacks are friction and transfer cost: setup runs through the AWS console and IAM, Astro and SvelteKit rely on community adapters, and the $0.15 per GB transfer rate adds up for media-heavy sites compared with Cloudflare.

Who it is for

teams already running their backend on AWS

Price

Pay as you go: builds $0.01 per minute after 1,000 no-cost minutes a month, data transfer $0.15 per GB after 15 GB.

Standard Instance (8 GB Memory; 4 vCPUs) No cost up to 1,000 build minutes per month $0.01 per minute
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.

Key features

• Supports Next.js, Nuxt, React, Angular, Vue.js and static site generators such as Hugo and Gatsby
• Feature branch environments for frontend and backend
• Pull request previews and password protected branches
• Atomic deployments that switch only after the whole upload finishes
• Connects to GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab and AWS CodeCommit

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: No seat fees: you pay only for build minutes, storage, transfer and SSR requests
• Strength: 1,000 build minutes, 15 GB data transfer and 500,000 SSR requests a month at no cost
• Strength: Sits inside AWS billing, IAM and the rest of an existing AWS account
• Weakness: Data transfer costs $0.15 per GB after the no-cost allowance
• Weakness: Astro and SvelteKit need community adapters
• Weakness: AWS console and IAM add setup steps that Vercel and Netlify avoid

Key facts

• Build price: $0.01 per minute on the Standard instance
• Data transfer: $0.15 per GB after 15 GB per month
• SSR requests: $0.30 per 1 million after 500,000

Where it ranks

AWS Amplify Hosting is No. 4 in our Best Frontend Hosting Platforms verdict.