AWS claims 90% vector cost savings with S3 Vectors GA, calls it 'complementary' - analysts split on what it means for vector databases

Despite the aggressive cost claims and dramatic scale improvements, AWS is positioning S3 Vectors as a complementary storage tier rather than a direct replacement for specialized vector databases.
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AWS Announces the General Availability of Amazon S3 Express One Zone

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced the general availability of Amazon Simple Storage Service ...
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Amazon S3 Vectors Reaches GA, Introducing "Storage-First" Architecture for RAG

AWS has announced the general availability of Amazon S3 Vectors, increasing per-index capacity forty-fold to 2 billion ...
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AWS Announces the General Availability of Amazon S3 Express One Zone

Amazon S3 Express One Zone is a new storage class purpose-built to deliver the highest performance and lowest latency object storage for customers’ most frequently accessed data ChaosSearch, Cloudera, ...