{
  "slug": "aws-s3-cloudfront",
  "name": "AWS S3 + CloudFront",
  "url": "https://aws.amazon.com/s3/",
  "cat": "media",
  "group": "back",
  "tagline": "Object storage + global CDN",
  "price": "S3 Standard $0.023/GB-month (us-east-1), PUT $0.005/1K, GET $0.0004/1K. CloudFront: first 1 TB/mo and 10M requests free, then $0.085/GB NA/EU declining to $0.020/GB. S3 direct-to-internet egress $0.09/GB",
  "tier": "mixed",
  "pick": false,
  "what": "The default building blocks: S3 for durable object storage, CloudFront for global caching and delivery. Neither transforms images — that means Lambda@Edge, CloudFront Functions or a separate service. CloudFront now also sells flat-rate plans, free at 100 GB and Pro at $15/mo.",
  "why": "Unmatched ecosystem, durability and regional control, and serving through CloudFront avoids the $0.09/GB S3 egress rate. The 1 TB per month always-free CloudFront tier covers a surprising share of a small publication's traffic.",
  "warn": "S3 egress straight to the internet is $0.09/GB — always front it with CloudFront. There is no built-in image optimization, so AVIF/WebP negotiation is entirely yours to build and maintain.",
  "install": "npm i @aws-sdk/client-s3",
  "category": {
    "key": "media",
    "name": "Images, video & files",
    "desc": "Upload, transform, store, deliver. Transformation billing is the hidden cost.",
    "group": "back",
    "groupName": "Give it a backend"
  },
  "freshness": null,
  "health": {
    "ok": true,
    "status_code": 200,
    "final_url": null,
    "checked_at": "2026-08-18T17:12:38.21+00:00"
  },
  "corrected_at": null,
  "upstream_changed_at": null
}