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| AWS | Google Cloud | Azure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Widest range of services | Data, analytics and AI | Microsoft 365 and .NET shops |
| Best for | Most workloads, any scale | Analytics, Kubernetes, AI | Enterprises on Microsoft |
| India regions | Mumbai, Hyderabad | Mumbai, Delhi | Pune, Chennai, Mumbai |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cost vs AWS | 1×baseline | ≈ 0.95×slightly cheaper | ≈ 1×about the same |
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The handful of AWS services a typical web app needs, how they fit together, and how to keep the bill under control.
Ashish Sharma · Founder & CEO · Reviewed by [Tech lead name] · Published [DATE] · 8 min read
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AWS rents you computing power, databases and storage on demand. A typical web app uses CloudFront as a CDN, a load balancer, containers or Lambda functions for the code, a managed PostgreSQL database on RDS, and S3 for files. A secure production setup takes 2–4 weeks, and costs grow with real usage.
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Important points
Pay for use, not for guesses. Start small and scale with real traffic instead of buying servers up front.
Let AWS run the boring parts. Managed services like RDS, S3 and Lambda take patching and backups off your team’s list.
Write your setup as code. Infrastructure as code (Terraform or AWS CDK) makes every environment repeatable and reviewable.
Set budgets and alerts on day one. Most surprise bills come from forgotten resources, not real traffic.
Keep data close to your users. The Mumbai and Hyderabad regions keep Indian users fast and help with data-residency needs.
Trust & proof
Ashish Sharma, Founder & CEO, Foxena. [X] years building web products for [industries]. Reviewed by [Tech lead], [role].
Expand: the full detail
AWS (Amazon Web Services) is Amazon’s cloud platform. It offers more than 200 services, from virtual servers and databases to analytics and AI, in data centres around the world. You rent what you need by the hour or by the request and manage it from a web console or with code.
Visitors reach CloudFront, which serves cached content from a location near them. Other requests pass through a load balancer to your app running in containers or Lambda, which reads the RDS database and stores files in S3.
| Role | When | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps / cloud engineer | Weeks 1–4 | Architecture, infrastructure as code |
| Backend developer | Weeks 2–4 | App configuration, environment setup |
| Security review | Weeks 3–4 | Access, encryption, audit logs |
| QA | Week 4 | Load and failover tests |
| Project manager | Throughout | Budget and sign-off |
Monthly cost depends on traffic, data and how many environments you run. [Use the calculator for a live number.]
Not at small scale: many services have free tiers and you pay per use. Costs grow with traffic, so budgets, alerts and right-sizing matter.
Vercel is quicker for Next.js front ends; AWS gives full control for backends, databases and compliance. Many products use both.
Yes. AWS has regions in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
For production, yes, at least part-time. Setup, security and cost control need someone accountable.
Planning something with AWS?
Book a free 15-minute call. We will suggest the team and timeline, and give a rough estimate.
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