Is AWS frontend or backend?

AWS is neither a frontend nor a backend technology, it is a comprehensive cloud infrastructure platform that supports both layers of an application. The frontend is the part users interact with in the browser, while the backend handles data, logic, and server operations behind the scenes. AWS helps host, deliver, and scale the frontend using services like Amazon S3 for static website hosting, CloudFront for global CDN delivery, and Route 53 for domain management.

On the backend side, AWS provides scalable compute resources and managed services that power application logic and data processing. Developers can run backend code on EC2 servers, serverless functions through AWS Lambda, or containerized apps via ECS and EKS. Databases such as RDS, DynamoDB, and Aurora make it easy to store and manage data reliably. AWS also supports backend APIs through API Gateway and secure authentication via Cognito.

In simple terms, AWS doesn’t fit into the frontend-backend category itself, it acts as the foundation that hosts, runs, and scales both. Whether you’re building a small website or a large-scale distributed system, AWS provides all the infrastructure and tools needed for both frontend delivery and backend operations.