What's the Difference Between AWS Local Zones and AWS Outposts Rack?
Compare AWS Local Zones and AWS Outposts Rack side by side — features, pricing, and ideal use cases to help you choose the right product.
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Comparisons
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AWS Local Zones
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AWS Outposts Rack
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Category
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Compute, Edge Computing |
Compute, Hybrid |
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Description
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Infrastructure to deploy latency-sensitive workloads near end users |
Fully managed 42U rack with AWS compute, storage, and networking for on-premises deployment. |
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Key features
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Pricing model
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Pay for underlying resources used |
3-year term; all-inclusive pricing |
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Free tier
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No |
No |
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Expert take
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“Local Zones bring AWS infrastructure to metro areas for single-digit millisecond latency to end users. Deploy the same APIs and services without managing edge hardware.” |
“Outposts Rack delivers full AWS rack infrastructure to your data center. It supports EC2, EBS, S3, EKS, ECS, and RDS locally with the same APIs as the Region.” |
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When to use AWS Local Zones or AWS Outposts Rack
Use AWS Local Zones when:
- Media content creation
- Real-time gaming
- Live video streaming
- Machine learning inference
Learn more about AWS Local Zones »
Use AWS Outposts Rack when:
- On-premises AWS
- Data residency
- Low-latency processing
- Local data processing
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