SNS Simple notification service Link to heading

basics Link to heading

  • powerful notification system
  • push-based service
  • publish-subscribe (pub-sub) messaging paradigm. No periodically checks.
  • integrations with aws autoscaling, email notif, SMS, HTTP Endpoints, etc.
  • messages are stored reduntantly across different AZs
  • message format for email is JSON
  • Only works over HTTP

topics Link to heading

  • where subscribers are grouped in order to get an identical copy of the message notification
  • a single topic can support multiple endpoints for delivery such as iOS, android, SMS recipients, etc.

pricing Link to heading

  • cheaper, basically you pay as you go model. No upfront costs.
  • $0.50 per 1 million SNS requests
  • $0.06 per 100,000 deliveries over HTTP
  • $0.75 per 100 deliveries over SMS
  • $2 per 100,000 deliveries over email

Resources Link to heading