AWS Auto Scaling
Maintain application availability and automatically scale your AWS resources.
Overview
AWS Auto Scaling monitors your applications and automatically adjusts capacity to maintain steady, predictable performance at the lowest possible cost. Using AWS Auto Scaling, it’s easy to setup application scaling for multiple resources across multiple services in minutes. The service provides a simple, powerful user interface that lets you build scaling plans for resources including Amazon EC2 instances and Spot Fleets, Amazon ECS tasks, Amazon DynamoDB tables and indexes, and Amazon Aurora Replicas.
✨ Key Features
- Automatic resource scaling
- Unified scaling for multiple AWS services
- Predictive scaling
- Dynamic scaling policies
- Scheduled scaling
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Unified scaling for a wide range of AWS services
- Predictive scaling capabilities
- Simple and intuitive user interface
Unique Value: Automatically adjust your AWS resource capacity to maintain application availability and performance while optimizing costs.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Automatically scaling a web application's EC2 instances to handle traffic spikes during a marketing campaign.
- Scaling down development and test environments during non-business hours to save costs.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Scaling resources that are not supported by AWS Auto Scaling
- Complex scaling scenarios that require custom logic (may require a custom solution using Lambda and CloudWatch)
🏆 Alternatives
AWS Auto Scaling provides a more integrated and comprehensive solution for scaling AWS resources compared to the native auto scaling features of individual services.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise Support tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: There is no additional charge for AWS Auto Scaling. You pay for the AWS resources you use.
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