S3 Standard

• Description: S3 Standard is the default storage class. It offers high durability, availability, and performance object storage for frequently accessed data.
• Use Cases: Ideal for a wide variety of use cases, including cloud applications, dynamic websites, content distribution, mobile and gaming applications, and big data analytics.

S3 Intelligent-Tiering

• Description: S3 Intelligent-Tiering is designed to optimize costs by automatically moving data to the most cost-effective access tier, without performance impact or operational overhead.
• Use Cases: Ideal for optimizing storage costs for data with unknown or changing access patterns.

S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)

• Description: S3 One Zone-IA is for less frequently accessed data. It offers a lower storage cost, but retrieval costs are higher compared to S3 Standard.
• Use Cases: Best for data that is less frequently accessed but requires rapid access when needed. Examples include data backups and long-term file storage.

S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)

• Description: S3 Standard-IA is also for less frequently accessed data. It offers a lower storage cost, but retrieval costs are higher compared to S3 Standard.
• Use Cases: Ideal for data that is accessed less frequently, but requires rapid access when needed. Examples include data backups and disaster recovery files.

S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval

• Description: S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval delivers the lowest cost storage with milliseconds retrieval. It’s ideal for archive data that needs immediate access.
• Use Cases: Ideal for archive data that is rarely accessed and requires milliseconds retrieval, such as medical images, news media assets, or genomics data.

S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval

• Description: S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval provides retrieval in minutes or free bulk retrievals in hours, making it a cost-effective choice for long-term data archiving.
• Use Cases: Suitable for long-term data archiving where data retrieval times of a few minutes to hours are acceptable.

S3 Glacier Deep Archive

• Description: S3 Glacier Deep Archive is Amazon S3’s lowest-cost storage class and supports long-term retention and digital preservation for data that may be accessed once or twice in a year.