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AWS Amplify vs Begin

Feature
AWS Amplify
Begin
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Infrastructure

What runs under-the-hood.

AWS
AWS
Continuous Integration & Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
Continuous deployment
Automated builds from Git

An easy integration with popular Git repository hostings like Github, GitLab and Bitbucket.

Instant rollbacks to any version

Easy way to promote any previous build to production without the need to revert commits or data changes.

Requires configuration
Site previews for every push

New build with a unique URL for every commit and pull request.

Compatible with all Static Site Generators
Notifications

Events triggered on successful, canceled, or failed build.

Email, AWS Chatbot chat notifications, or AWS Console Mobile App push notifications
Slack
Team Management

Create team account and invite your teammates to the project.

Custom domains

Bring your own domain and connect to the project.

Automatic HTTPS

SSL certificate generated automatically.

Rewrites & Redirects

HTTP 301 or 302 redirects from one URL to another. Rewrites work similar to reverse proxy and allow to send user to different URL without modifying the original URL.

Password Protection

An easy way to restrict access to the website for users who don't have password. Useful if you work on a new site and want to keep it in secret.

Skew Protection

Skew Protection ensures client and server versions stay synchronized during deployments, preventing compatibility issues.

Free Tier
Websites

Number of projects you can have in Free Tier on one account.

Unlimited
5
Build Minutes

The amount of time your build scripts run.

1 000 minutes /monthfor the first 12 months
N/A
Concurrent builds

How many builds can be run at the same time?

N/A
N/A
Bandwidth

The amount of data that is transferred to or from the CDN.

15GB /monthfor the first 12 months
N/A
Team Members
Unlimited
1
Build Time Per Deployment

Build have to finish within the limited time. If not it will fail due to timeout.

30 minutesCan be increased by setting a custom _BUILD_TIMEOUT env variable.
N/A
Build Memory Limit (in MiB)

The amount of memory that is allocated by system to build process. Some operations like image processing are expensive and might require more memory. For Node.js it is max-old-space-size setting.

2048 MiBCan be increased to 8196 MiB
N/A
Max team members before switch to custom pricing
Unlimited
Unlimited
Git contributors have to be Team Members

In order to triger build, Git contributor has to be a paid team member.

Serverless
Serverless Functions (API)
Node.js, Java, Go, .NET Core, Python
JavaScript
Edge Functions

Support for Edge Functions

CloudFront
Background Functions
CRON Jobs
Schedule functions
Schedule functions
Developer Experience
CLI
amplify
Extensions
Environment Variables
Build Logs
Build Canceling
Platform Built-in Products
Analytics
Integration with AWS Pinpoint
Authentication
Integration with Amazon Cognito
Database
Powered by AWS AppSync and Amazon DynamoDB
Asset Optimizations
A/B Testing
Form Handling
Data Storage
N/A
Push Notifications
Machine Learning
Security & Compliance Offerings
Two-factor authentication
N/A
Team Logs
Possible with AWS IAM and CloudTrail
SOC2
N/A
ISO27001
N/A
GDPR
Sustainability
Carbon Neutral
N/A
Carbon-free Energy
AWS promised to run on 100% renewable energy by 2025
N/A
Integrations
Integrations
N/A
Custom build-system integrations
AWS CodePipeline
N/A
Support with self-hosted instances of git
N/A
API mesh
N/A
Deploy Preview feedback integrations
N/A
N/A
Edge Functions integrations
N/A
High Performance Build Memory and CPU
N/A
N/A
Native Build Plugins
N/A
Last updateMarch 24, 2024March 24, 2024
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