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AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)

byAmazon Web Services (AWS)
in Event Brokers
4.7

Overview

Product Information on AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)

Updated 13th October 2025

What is AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)?

AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a cloud-based messaging software that enables the coordination of communication between distributed systems and microservices. It provides message delivery from publishers to subscribers using topics, supporting both push and pub/sub messaging patterns. The software supports multiple protocols including SMS, email, and HTTP endpoints. AWS Simple Notification Service enables automation by triggering workflows, distributing notifications to users, or integrating with other AWS services for event-driven applications. It focuses on facilitating scalable, flexible, and efficient messaging, addressing business needs for timely and reliable communications across different platforms and systems.

AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) Pricing

AWS Simple Notification Service is a software that uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model based on the number of published and delivered messages, with additional costs for data transfer and subscription types such as HTTP, HTTPS, email, SMS, mobile push, and application endpoints. There are no upfront fees or long-term commitments required.

Overall experience with AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS)

Engineer
500M - 1B USD, Healthcare and Biotech
FAVORABLE

“Simple Product Design Enables Easy Duplication and On-Demand Functionality”

5.0
Jul 16, 2025
does what i need it to do easily on demand, and easy to duplicate
software engineer
50M - 250M USD, IT Services
CRITICAL

“Reliability and Scalability in Real-Time AWS Messaging Services”

3.0
Jan 4, 2025
My overall experience with this AWS service has been good. It is a good tool for managing notifications and alerts. It is a good tool for sending push notifications, emails and SMS to multiple subscribers. It is highly reliable and scalable. It can easily integrate with other AWS services. Overall, I can say it is a flexible service for real time messaging needs.

About Company

Company Description

Updated 6th March 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS), established in 2006, is focused on providing essential infrastructure services to businesses globally in the form of cloud computing. The key advantage offered through cloud computing, particularly via AWS, is its capacity to shift fixed infrastructure expenses into flexible costs. Businesses have been able to forgo extensive planning and procurement of servers and other Information Technology (IT) resources, owing to AWS. AWS seeks to provide businesses with prompt and cost-effective access to resources using Amazon's expertise and economies of scale, as and when their business requires. Currently, AWS offers a robust, scalable, economic infrastructure platform on the cloud powering an extensive array of businesses worldwide. It operates across numerous industries with data center locations in various parts of the globe including U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan.

Company Details

Updated 23rd December 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2006
Head office location
Seattle, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://aws.amazon.com

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Performance of AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) Across Market Features

AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) Likes & Dislikes

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simple

Like

What I like most about this service is that it supports multiple messaging protocols, real time message delivery, and flexibility to target specific endpoints and it is somehow cost-effective.

Like

It is ideal for decoupling microservices that need asynchronous communication (such as posting events to a topic and having other services listen to them).

Dislike

slight learning curve to customize

Dislike

Although it is a good service, there are some things which need to be improved like it has limited message retention and lack of message persistence.

Dislike

SNS may be insufficient for use cases that need rigorous message sequencing or real-time, high-transactional message processing. In such circumstances, Amazon SQS, Amazon MQ, or Kafka might be preferable options.

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AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) Reviews and Ratings

4.7

(9 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
56%
4 Star
44%
3 Star
0%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.7

Integration & Deployment

4.7

Service & Support

4.4

Product Capabilities

4.6

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  • Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Simple Product Design Enables Easy Duplication and On-Demand Functionality

    5.0
    Jul 16, 2025
    does what i need it to do easily on demand, and easy to duplicate
  • AWS Cloud Engineer
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Exploring the Potentials of SNS in Event-Driven System Development

    4.0
    Dec 28, 2024
    SNS is ideal for developing event-driven systems in which messages must be broadcast to numerous consumers (e.g., Lambda functions, SQS queues, or mobile devices).
  • HEAD OF TECH
    10B+ USD
    Insurance (except health)
    Review Source

    Advancing Customer Updates through Managed Messaging Services

    4.0
    Dec 17, 2024
    Fully Managed Messaging Service that allows us to communicate quickly with our customers
  • Manager of IT Services
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Best SMS service for customer support

    5.0
    Jul 17, 2024
    Fast and secure messaging service as compared to other vendors
  • Software Developer
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Fast and easily Integrated Messaging service provided by Amazon

    5.0
    May 28, 2024
    My overall experience with Amazon sns service is amazing I found it to be the best messaging service that helps us and our company to send fast and reliable messages quickly to our customers quickly .
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