Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a scalable, high-speed, web-based cloud storage service designed for online backup and archiving of data and application programs. It was the first publicly available web service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and has since become the industry standard for object storage in the cloud.
Brand Authority Index (BAI): 98/100
Archetype: Challenger
Category: Cloud Computing
Part of: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-s3-simple-storage-service
Last analyzed: April 11, 2026
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: Seattle, WA, USA