What is Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)?

Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) serves as an all-encompassing messaging platform tailored for both inter-system and application-to-person (A2P) communications. It enables seamless interaction between different systems through publish/subscribe (pub/sub) techniques, fostering communication among independent microservices as well as direct engagement with users via channels such as SMS, mobile push notifications, and email.

The pub/sub features designed for system-to-system communication provide topics that enable high-throughput, push-based messaging for numerous recipients. By utilizing Amazon SNS topics, publishers can efficiently send messages to a diverse range of subscriber systems or customer endpoints, including Amazon SQS queues, AWS Lambda functions, and HTTP/S, which supports effective parallel processing. Additionally, the A2P messaging functionality empowers you to connect with users on a broad scale, offering the flexibility to either use a pub/sub model or send direct-publish messages via a single API call. This versatility not only enhances the communication process across various platforms but also streamlines the integration of messaging capabilities into your applications.

Pricing

Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Amazon
Date Founded:
1994
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
aws.amazon.com/sns/

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) Categories and Features

Push Notifications Software

A/B Testing
Analytics
Campaign Segmentation
Contextual Targeting
Device Targeting
Expiry Notifications
Geo Targeting
Mobile Notifications
Notification Scheduling
Visual Notifications
Web Notifications

IT Alerting Software

Alert Noise Reduction
Alert Routing
Dynamic Notifications
Enriched Incident Context
Escalation Policies
Incident History Audit
Multi-User Alerting
Multiple Alert Types
On-Call Management
Rich HTML Email Notifications

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