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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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AWS Outposts
AWS Outposts Rack
Category

Compute, Hybrid

Compute, Hybrid

Description

Fully managed solutions for on-premises and edge workloads

Fully managed 42U rack with AWS compute, storage, and networking for on-premises deployment.

Best for
  • Low-latency workloads
  • Local data processing
  • Data residency
  • Hybrid applications
  • On-premises AWS
  • Data residency
  • Low-latency processing
  • Local data processing
Key features
  • Fully managed
  • AWS APIs on premises
  • Local compute & storage
  • Consistent hybrid experience
  • Multiple form factors
  • Full 42U rack
  • EC2 instances
  • EBS volumes
  • S3 on Outposts
  • ECS/EKS support
Pricing model

Fully managed; 3-year term pricing

3-year term; all-inclusive pricing

Free tier

No

No

Expert take

“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.”
— Riku Kobayashi, re:Post Top Contributor [profile]

“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.”
— Oleksii Bebych, re:Post Top Contributor [profile]

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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

Learn more about AWS Outposts »

Use AWS Outposts Rack when:

  • On-premises AWS
  • Data residency
  • Low-latency processing
  • Local data processing

Learn more about AWS Outposts Rack »

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