Nuxt on AWS Amplify
AWS Amplify publishes its own guide for deploying Nuxt.
Vue framework with file-based routing and a choice of static, server-rendered or hybrid output.
What Nuxt needs.
Every host claims to run Nuxt, so the claim on its own decides nothing. These are the things Nuxt actually requires from the platform underneath it, and what AWS Amplify publishes about each. AWS Amplify documents 3 of the 4.
Max request duration
15 minutes (maximum execution time of an SSR compute execution instance)
Nitro server routes and server-side rendering both run per request, bounded by this ceiling.
Sources (1) →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
Edge network
Supported
Nuxt's route rules cache and revalidate at the edge. Without an edge network those rules degrade to origin rendering.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Welcome to AWS Amplify Hosting - AWS Amplify Hosting ↗
“Amplify deploys your app to the AWS global content delivery network (CDN).”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
Build minutes
1,000 build minutes per month at no cost with AWS Free Tier; $0.01 per minute for a Standard Instance thereafter
Nuxt prerenders routes at build time when asked to, which moves cost from request time into the build allowance.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- AWS Amplify Pricing | Front-End Web & Mobile | Amazon Web Services ↗
“Standard Instance (8 GB Memory; 4 vCPUs) | No cost up to 1,000 build minutes per month | $0.01 per minute”
Read 2026-09-05 · official pricing
Scales to zero
Not documented
Nitro can deploy as functions. Scaling to zero removes the idle bill and adds a cold start to the first request instead.
What AWS Amplify documents.
AWS Amplify publishes its own guide for deploying Nuxt.
You can deploy a Nuxt.js application to Amplify using a preset adapter with zero configuration.
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Amplify support for Nuxt.js - AWS Amplify Hosting ↗
“You can deploy a Nuxt.js application to Amplify using a preset adapter with zero configuration.”
Read 2026-09-05 · official docs
What it costs to run there.
- Pricing model
- Usage-based; pay for what you use, with no monthly minimum
- When you exceed a cap
- Billed automatically: pay-as-you-go with no monthly minimums; storage charges keep recurring until the app is deleted
Sources (1) →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
Whether it suits you.
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.
Consider something else if…
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.
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