AWS Amplify vs Netlify
A comparison of AWS Amplify and Netlify built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
- Pick AWS Amplify if
- Front-end apps deployed from Git onto AWS with usage-based pricing and no monthly minimum, including 1,000 build minutes and 15 GB of transfer under the free tier.
- Pick Netlify if
- Teams that want Git-driven deploys onto a global CDN with a managed Postgres database built into the same platform. The free tier is 300 credits a month with a hard limit, so spend cannot surprise you.
8 sourced criteria separate them:
- Pricing model
- AWS Amplify: Usage-based; pay for what you use, with no monthly minimum
- Netlify: Monthly plan credits are included with your plan each billing cycle and reset at the start of each cycle.
- Egress over allowance
- AWS Amplify: $0.15 per GB served
- Netlify: 20 credits per GB ($0.13 per GB)
- When you exceed a cap
- AWS Amplify: Billed automatically: pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimums; storage charges keep recurring until the app is deleted
- Netlify: Suspended: when credits run out every project is paused and visitors see a Site not available page, unless auto recharge is enabled to buy more credits automatically
- Sites or apps included
- AWS Amplify: 25 apps per Region by default (adjustable via a quota increase request); 50 branches per app
- Netlify: 500 projects on the Personal plan (same limit on Free and Pro)
- Monthly visits cap
- AWS Amplify: No monthly visit cap, but a per-app rate quota of 20,000 request tokens per second (adjustable). SSR requests are free up to 500,000 per month, then $0.30 per 1 million requests.
- Netlify: No fixed visit cap; traffic is metered against the Personal plan's 1,000 credits/month at 2 credits per 10,000 web requests and 20 credits per GB of bandwidth
- Concurrent builds
- AWS Amplify: 5 concurrent jobs per Region by default, adjustable via a quota increase request
- Netlify: Personal: 1 concurrent build included, purchasable up to a maximum of 3, at $40/month per additional build
- Max request duration
- AWS Amplify: 15 minutes (maximum execution time of an SSR compute execution instance)
- Netlify: 60 seconds (synchronous); 30 seconds (scheduled); 15 minutes (background)
- Streaming response limit
- AWS Amplify: Next.js streaming is listed as an unsupported feature of the Amplify Hosting compute SSR provider — i.e. streamed responses are not available at all, rather than bounded by a duration or size. Platform-wide (Amplify Hosting has no plan tiers).
- Netlify: Streaming (non-edge) Functions: 60-second execution limit and 20 MB response size limit. Stated without plan differentiation (applies on the cheapest paid plan).
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
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At a glance.
| Criterion | AWS Amplify | Netlify |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing model | Usage-based; pay for what you use, with no monthly minimum | Monthly plan credits are included with your plan each billing cycle and reset at the start of each cycle. |
| Egress over allowance | $0.15 per GB served | 20 credits per GB ($0.13 per GB) |
| When you exceed a cap | Billed automatically: pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimums; storage charges keep recurring until the app is deleted | Suspended: when credits run out every project is paused and visitors see a Site not available page, unless auto recharge is enabled to buy more credits automatically |
| Limits | ||
| Sites or apps included | 25 apps per Region by default (adjustable via a quota increase request); 50 branches per app | 500 projects on the Personal plan (same limit on Free and Pro) |
| Monthly visits cap | No monthly visit cap, but a per-app rate quota of 20,000 request tokens per second (adjustable). SSR requests are free up to 500,000 per month, then $0.30 per 1 million requests. | No fixed visit cap; traffic is metered against the Personal plan's 1,000 credits/month at 2 credits per 10,000 web requests and 20 credits per GB of bandwidth |
| Concurrent builds | 5 concurrent jobs per Region by default, adjustable via a quota increase request | Personal: 1 concurrent build included, purchasable up to a maximum of 3, at $40/month per additional build |
| Max request duration | 15 minutes (maximum execution time of an SSR compute execution instance) | 60 seconds (synchronous); 30 seconds (scheduled); 15 minutes (background) |
| Execution | ||
| Streaming response limit | Next.js streaming is listed as an unsupported feature of the Amplify Hosting compute SSR provider — i.e. streamed responses are not available at all, rather than bounded by a duration or size. Platform-wide (Amplify Hosting has no plan tiers). | Streaming (non-edge) Functions: 60-second execution limit and 20 MB response size limit. Stated without plan differentiation (applies on the cheapest paid plan). |
| Deployment | ||
| Git deployment | Supported | Supported |
| Infrastructure | ||
| Persistent processes | Not supported | Not supported |
| Edge network | Supported | Supported |
Where they differ.
Pricing model
- AWS Amplify
- Usage-based; pay for what you use, with no monthly minimum
- Netlify
- Monthly plan credits are included with your plan each billing cycle and reset at the start of each cycle.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- AWS Amplify Pricing | Front-End Web & Mobile | Amazon Web Services ↗
“Pay for what you use. Includes multiple sites per project and public SSL certificates at no additional cost.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
- Credit-based pricing plans | Netlify Docs ↗
“By using credits to measure and bill for usage, Netlify users have fewer metrics to track and more flexibility on how to optimize their spending.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Egress over allowance
- AWS Amplify
- $0.15 per GB served
- Netlify
- 20 credits per GB ($0.13 per GB)
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- AWS Amplify Pricing | Front-End Web & Mobile | Amazon Web Services ↗
“Data transfer out | No cost up to 15 GB per month | $0.15 per GB served”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
- Pricing | Netlify ↗
“Bandwidth | 20 credits per GB [...] Bandwidth | 20 | $0.13 per GB”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
When you exceed a cap
- AWS Amplify
- Billed automatically: pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimums; storage charges keep recurring until the app is deleted
- Netlify
- Suspended: when credits run out every project is paused and visitors see a Site not available page, unless auto recharge is enabled to buy more credits automatically
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- AWS Amplify Pricing | Front-End Web & Mobile | Amazon Web Services ↗
“No monthly minimums - simply pay for what you use. [...] $0.023 per GB per month (this charge recurs until the app is deleted)”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
- How credits work ↗
“Once your credit balance is completely used up, all of your web projects (sites/apps) are paused and visitors to your web projects will find a `Site not available` page at each of your web project's URLs.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Sites or apps included
25 apps per Region by default (adjustable via a quota increase request); 50 branches per app
500 projects on the Personal plan (same limit on Free and Pro)
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Amplify Hosting service quotas ↗
“| Apps | Each supported Region: 25 | Yes | The maximum number of apps that you can create in AWS Amplify Console in this account in the current Region. |”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Credit-based pricing plans | Netlify Docs ↗
“Project count limit — Personal: 500 projects”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Monthly visits cap
- AWS Amplify
- No monthly visit cap, but a per-app rate quota of 20,000 request tokens per second (adjustable). SSR requests are free up to 500,000 per month, then $0.30 per 1 million requests.
- Netlify
- No fixed visit cap; traffic is metered against the Personal plan's 1,000 credits/month at 2 credits per 10,000 web requests and 20 credits per GB of bandwidth
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Amplify Hosting service quotas ↗
“| Request tokens per second | Each supported Region: 20,000 | Yes | The maximum number of request tokens per second for an app. Amplify Hosting allocates tokens to requests based on the amount of resources (processing time and data transfer) that they consume. |”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- How credits work ↗
“| Web requests | 2 credits per 10,000 requests | Web traffic requests to your site or app, includes page views, API calls, redirects, requests to serverless functions, asset requests | ... | Bandwidth | 20 credits per GB | Data sent out to the internet, such as assets hosted on Netlify or files downloaded from your site/app. |”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Concurrent builds
5 concurrent jobs per Region by default, adjustable via a quota increase request
Personal: 1 concurrent build included, purchasable up to a maximum of 3, at $40/month per additional build
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Amplify Hosting service quotas ↗
“| Concurrent jobs | Each supported Region: 5 | Yes | The maximum number of concurrent jobs that you can create in this account in the current Region. | [...] New AWS accounts have reduced apps and concurrent jobs quotas. AWS raises these quotas automatically based on your usage.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Credit-based pricing plans | Netlify Docs ↗
“1 concurrent build included in plan with option to purchase more. Limited to 3 concurrent builds, meaning up to 3 builds can run at the same time. Ideal for using multiple agents and running projects that depend on each other. Add 1 additional concurrent build as an add-on at $40/month”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Max request duration
- AWS Amplify
- 15 minutes (maximum execution time of an SSR compute execution instance)
- Netlify
- 60 seconds (synchronous); 30 seconds (scheduled); 15 minutes (background)
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Using the Amplify Hosting deployment specification to configure build output - AWS Amplify Hosting ↗
“Execution instances are limited to a maximum execution time of 15 minutes, and the only writable path within the execution instance is the /tmp directory.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Configuration for functions | Netlify Docs ↗
“Synchronous execution limit | 60 seconds | No — Scheduled execution limit | 30 seconds | No — Background execution limit | 15 minutes | No”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Streaming response limit
- AWS Amplify
- Next.js streaming is listed as an unsupported feature of the Amplify Hosting compute SSR provider — i.e. streamed responses are not available at all, rather than bounded by a duration or size. Platform-wide (Amplify Hosting has no plan tiers).
- Netlify
- Streaming (non-edge) Functions: 60-second execution limit and 20 MB response size limit. Stated without plan differentiation (applies on the cheapest paid plan).
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Amplify support for Next.js ↗
“The following list describes the specific features that the Amplify Hosting compute SSR provider supports. … Unsupported features: Edge API Routes (Edge middleware is not supported); On-Demand Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR); Next.js streaming; Running middleware on static assets and optimized images; Executing code after a response with unstable_after.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
- Functions API reference ↗
“A function can stream data to clients as it becomes available, instead of returning a buffered payload after the function finishes. To stream a response, return a ReadableStream as the body of the Response. Streaming functions have a 60-second execution limit and a 20 MB response size limit.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Which should you choose?
Choose AWS Amplify if…
Front-end apps deployed from Git onto AWS with usage-based pricing and no monthly minimum, including 1,000 build minutes and 15 GB of transfer under the free tier.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose Netlify if…
Teams that want Git-driven deploys onto a global CDN with a managed Postgres database built into the same platform. The free tier is 300 credits a month with a hard limit, so spend cannot surprise you.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- AWS Amplify: Egress beyond the free allowance is $0.15 per GB, which is the highest of the platforms compared here, and SSR compute is capped at 15 minutes.
- Netlify: You need to run containers or long-lived processes — Netlify does not document either.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Egress over allowance: AWS Amplify or Netlify?
AWS Amplify: $0.15 per GB served
Netlify: 20 credits per GB ($0.13 per GB)
When you exceed a cap: AWS Amplify or Netlify?
AWS Amplify: Billed automatically: pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimums; storage charges keep recurring until the app is deleted
Netlify: Suspended: when credits run out every project is paused and visitors see a Site not available page, unless auto recharge is enabled to buy more credits automatically
Should I choose AWS Amplify or Netlify?
Pick AWS Amplify if Front-end apps deployed from Git onto AWS with usage-based pricing and no monthly minimum, including 1,000 build minutes and 15 GB of transfer under the free tier.
Pick Netlify if Teams that want Git-driven deploys onto a global CDN with a managed Postgres database built into the same platform. The free tier is 300 credits a month with a hard limit, so spend cannot surprise you.