What's the Difference Between AWS Outposts and AWS Outposts Rack?
Compare AWS Outposts 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 Outposts
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AWS Outposts Rack
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Category
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Compute, Hybrid |
Compute, Hybrid |
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Description
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Fully managed solutions for on-premises and edge workloads |
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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Fully managed; 3-year term pricing |
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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“Outposts is for workloads that must stay on premises due to latency or data residency constraints but still need the same AWS APIs and tooling. Think of it as extending your VPC into your data center rather than building a separate environment.” |
“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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Product page
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When to use AWS Outposts or AWS Outposts Rack
Use AWS Outposts when:
- Low-latency workloads
- Local data processing
- Data residency
- Hybrid applications
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Use AWS Outposts Rack when:
- On-premises AWS
- Data residency
- Low-latency processing
- Local data processing
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