--- title: 'AWS vs Blossom: A Detailed Comparison' url: "/docs/comparisons/aws-vs-blossom/" canonical_url: https://docs.blossom88.com/docs/comparisons/aws-vs-blossom/ markdown_url: https://docs.blossom88.com/docs/comparisons/aws-vs-blossom.md summary: Compare AWS and Blossom to find the best platform for your application deployment categories: - comparisons - platforms - aws - deployment --- # AWS vs Blossom: A Detailed Comparison AWS provides cloud building blocks. Blossom provides an App platform that can include the cloud through Blossom Cloud or operate in your AWS account through Blossom BYOC (bring your own cloud). Here's a quick comparison to help you choose the right platform: ## AWS - Broad ecosystem with hundreds of services - Offers app deployment platforms like Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, ECS, and EKS - Direct AWS deployments require teams to select, connect, and operate the services they use - Pay-per-use pricing with a complicated free tier - Fits teams that need fine-grained cloud primitives or specialized services - Deep service-specific integrations can increase later migration work ## Blossom - The same App workflow across [Blossom Cloud and Blossom BYOC](/docs/locations/cloud-providers/) - Blossom BYOC in your AWS account when direct account ownership matters - UI and git-based deployment workflows - Apps, Environments, Services, Jobs, managed Data, and [Capacity](/docs/capacity/) instead of infrastructure assembly - Published standard pricing, prorated by active time - Published prices and one capacity limit before paid Capacity expands - Logs, Metrics, Health, Containers, Shell, and Activity in the Product context ### Technical Difference AWS gives you the building blocks. Blossom gives you the production workflow. With AWS alone, teams choose and connect compute, load balancing, networking, certificates, deployment automation, monitoring, scaling, and recovery. Blossom turns source and Product settings into a healthy App, then continually checks that observed health matches the declared outcome. Choose Blossom Cloud or connect AWS with Blossom BYOC when direct AWS billing and account ownership matter. ## Quick Comparison | Feature | AWS | Blossom | | -------------- | ----------------------- | ---------------------- | | Deployment | Choose and connect AWS services | **Deploy an App through the UI or git** | | Pricing | Service-specific usage rates | **Published Product and Capacity rates** | | Product Model | Assemble AWS services | **Apps, Services, Jobs, Data, and Capacity** | | Infrastructure Operation | Your team or separate AWS services | **Blossom** | | Autoscaling | Service-specific setup | **Service scaling and managed Capacity** | | Recovery | AWS services plus team automation and runbooks | **Blossom restores toward declared Product health** | ## Conclusion **AWS** provides extensive control and a broad catalog of specialized cloud services. It is a strong fit when a team needs those primitives and wants to assemble and operate its own platform. **Blossom** is a stronger fit when the desired unit of work is the App. Teams declare Services, Jobs, Data, and Capacity policy while Blossom handles the ongoing deployment and recovery workflow.