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Compare AWS Support Plans

Tailored solutions for optimal cloud performance

Basic Support included for all AWS Customers

At AWS, we want you to be successful. Our Support plans are designed to give you the right mix of tools and access to expertise so that you can be successful with AWS while optimizing performance, managing risk, and keeping costs under control.

  • Customer Service and Communities - 24x7 access to customer service, documentationwhitepapers, and AWS re:Post.
     

  • AWS Trusted Advisor - Access to core Trusted Advisor checks and guidance to provision your resources following best practices to increase performance and improve security.
     

  • AWS Health - A personalized view of the health of AWS services, and alerts when your resources are impacted.

Plans

Developer

Recommended if you are experimenting or testing in AWS

Business

Minimum recommended tier if you have production workloads in AWS

Enterprise On-Ramp

Recommended if you have production and/or business critical workloads in AWS

Enterprise

Recommended if you have business and/or mission critical workloads in AWS

Plans

Plans
Developer Recommended if you are experimenting or testing in AWS
Business Minimum recommended tier if you have production workloads in AWS
Enterprise On-Ramp Recommended if you have production and/or business critical workloads in AWS
Enterprise Recommended if you have business and/or mission critical workloads in AWS
Case Severity / Response Times*

General guidance: < 24 hours**

System impaired: < 12 hours**

General guidance: < 24 hours


System impaired: < 12 hours

Production system impaired: < 4 hours

Production system down: < 1 hour

 

General guidance: < 24 hours

System impaired: < 12 hours

Production system impaired: < 4 hours

Production system down: < 1 hour

Business-critical system down: < 30 minutes
General guidance: < 24 hours

System impaired: < 12 hours

Production system impaired: < 4 hours

Production system down: < 1 hour

Business/Mission-critical system down: < 15 minutes
Architectural Guidance
General

 

Contextual to your use-cases

 

Annual Consultative review and guidance based on your applications
Consultative reviews and guidance based on your applications
Proactive Programs and Self Service

Access to Support Automation Workflows with prefix AWSSupport

Access to  Support Automation Workflows with prefixes AWSSupport and AWSPremiumSupport

AWS Countdown Premium is available for Business Support customers as a monthly subscription for an additional fee.

Access to Support Automation Workflows with prefixes AWSSupport and AWSPremiumSupport

Annual proactive security review

Enterprise On-Ramp customers receive one engagement of AWS Countdown each year at no cost.AWS Countdown Premium is available as a monthly subscription for an additional fee.

Access to proactive reviews, workshops, and deep dives

Access to Support Automation Workflows with prefixes AWSSupport and AWSPremiumSupport

AWS Countdown is included with Enterprise Support.AWS Countdown Premium is available as a monthly subscription for an additional fee.

Technical Account Management
 
 
A pool of Technical Account Managers to provide proactive guidance, and coordinate access to programs and AWS experts
Designated Technical Account Manager (TAM) to provide consultative architectural and operational guidance delivered in the context of your applications and use-cases to help you achieve the greatest value from AWS
AWS Trusted Advisor Best Practice Checks

Service Quota and basic Security checks

Full set of checks

Full set of checks

 

Full set of checksand prioritized recommendations curated by your AWS account team with AWS Trusted Advisor Priority

Enhanced Technical Support

 

Business hours** web access to Cloud Support Associates

Unlimited cases and unlimited contacts (IAM supported)

Prioritized responses on AWS re:Post           

 

24/7 phone, web, and chat access to Cloud Support Engineers

Unlimited cases and unlimited contacts (IAM supported)

Prioritized responses on AWS re:Post

Access to AWS Support App in Slack

 

24/7 phone, web, and chat access to Cloud Support Engineers

Unlimited cases and unlimited contacts (IAM supported)

Prioritized responses on AWS re:Post

Access to AWS Support App in Slack

 

24/7 phone, web, and chat access to Cloud Support Engineers

Unlimited cases and unlimited contacts (IAM supported)

Prioritized responses on AWS re:Post   

Access to AWS Support App in Slack

Billing Assistance
 
 
White-glove (Concierge) access to billing issues
Proactive support in managing billing, including proactive cost optimization, FinOps support, cost analysis, and prioritized answers to billing questions
Programmatic Case Management
 

AWS Support API

AWS Support API

AWS Support API

Third-Party Software Support
 

Interoperability and configuration guidance and troubleshooting

Interoperability and configuration guidance and troubleshooting

Interoperability and configuration guidance and troubleshooting

AWS Incident Detection and Response (Custom support for critical applications)
 
 
 

Access to AWS Incident Detection and Response for an additional feeAWS Incident Detection and Response provides custom Support for critical workloads. It offers 24x7 proactive engagement, 5-minute response time and incident management for critical workloads. AWS Incident Detection and Response leverages the proven operational, enhanced monitoring, and incident management capabilities used internally by AWS teams and externally by AWS Managed Services (AMS).

AWS Managed Services
 



Access to AWS Managed Services (AMS) for an additional fee. AMS augments your existing teams with cloud advanced operations skills and capacity. Includes baseline operations, a designated Cloud Service Delivery Manager (CSDM), Cloud Architect (CA), and access to the AMS security team.


Access to AWS Managed Services (AMS) for an additional fee. AMS augments your existing teams with cloud operations skills and capacity. It includes baseline operations, a designated Cloud Service Delivery Manager (CSDM), Cloud Architect (CA), and access to the AMS security team. AWS Incident Detection and Responseis available at no additional charge in eligible regions for AWS Managed Services direct customers with AWS Enterprise Support.

AWS re:Post Private
 
 

Access AWS re:Post Private for an additional fee.re:Post Private is a knowledge service to accelerate cloud adoption and increase developer productivity. With re:Post Private, you can build an organization-specific cloud community that drives efficiencies at scale and provides access to valuable knowledge resources.

Access AWS re:Post Private for an additional fee. re:Post Private is a knowledge service to accelerate cloud adoption and increase developer productivity. With re:Post Private, you can build an organization-specific cloud community that drives efficiencies at scale and provides access to valuable knowledge resources.

*We will make every reasonable effort to respond to your initial request within the corresponding timeframes.

**Business hours are generally defined as 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM in the customer country as set in My Account console, excluding holidays and weekends. These times may vary in countries with multiple time zones.

AWS Support Plans Pricing

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