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AWS Tools & Resources, All in One Place

A hand-picked directory of the 36+ most useful AWS tools and reference sites — from pricing and IAM to architecture, networking, IaC, and learning. Official AWS resources and trusted community tools, organised so you can find the right one fast.

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Updates, Lifecycle & Status

Track what is new, read the announcements, and check whether AWS is healthy right now.

AWS What’s New

The canonical feed of every new service, feature, and Region launch.

aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS News Blog

Deep-dive launch posts and walkthroughs from AWS, written for builders.

aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS Health Dashboard

Live global service-health and event status across all Regions.

health.aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS Regional Services List

See exactly which services are available in which Region before you design.

aws.amazon.comOfficial
Last Week in AWS

Corey Quinn’s widely-read, no-nonsense weekly roundup of AWS news.

lastweekinaws.comCommunity

Pricing & Cost

Estimate, compare, and optimise what your AWS footprint will cost.

AWS Pricing Calculator

Build and estimate the cost of a full solution before you deploy.

calculator.awsOfficial
EC2Instances.info

Compare every EC2 instance type — specs and on-demand/spot pricing side by side.

instances.vantage.shCommunity
AWS Spot Instance Advisor

Find Spot capacity with the lowest interruption rates and biggest savings.

aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS Pricing

Per-service pricing details and the free-tier reference.

aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS Free Tier

Free-tier limits and always-free services — start hands-on labs without spending.

aws.amazon.comOfficial

Governance, Security & Identity

Author IAM policies, test permissions, and look up every action.

AWS Policy Generator

Generate IAM, S3, SQS, and SNS policy JSON from a guided form.

awspolicygen.s3.amazonaws.comOfficial
IAM Policy Simulator

Test whether a policy allows or denies specific actions before you apply it.

policysim.aws.amazon.comOfficial
Service Authorization Reference

Every action, resource, and condition key for every AWS service.

docs.aws.amazon.comOfficial
aws.permissions.cloud

Searchable IAM actions, resources, and condition keys — fast least-privilege lookups.

aws.permissions.cloudCommunity

Architecture & Frameworks

Proven reference designs and the frameworks AWS builds on.

AWS Architecture Center

Reference architectures, diagrams, and best-practice guidance.

aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS Well-Architected Framework

The six pillars for designing and reviewing any workload.

aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS Solutions Library

Vetted, ready-to-deploy solutions and Guidance for common use cases.

aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS Prescriptive Guidance

Patterns, playbooks, and migration strategies from AWS experts.

aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS Workshops

Official self-paced, hands-on workshops for almost every AWS service and scenario.

workshops.awsOfficial
Well-Architected Labs

Hands-on labs implementing each Well-Architected pillar in your own account.

wellarchitectedlabs.comOfficial

Networking & Compute

Plan IP ranges and latency; find the right AMI and Region.

AWS IP Ranges

Authoritative JSON of all AWS service IP ranges for firewall and SG rules.

ip-ranges.amazonaws.comOfficial
CloudPing

Measure live latency from your browser to every AWS Region.

cloudping.infoCommunity
Ubuntu EC2 AMI Locator

Find the exact Ubuntu AMI ID for any Region and release (by Canonical).

cloud-images.ubuntu.comCommunity
AWS Global Infrastructure

Interactive map of Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations.

aws.amazon.comOfficial

Developer, IaC & Tooling

Generate infrastructure as code, explore constructs, and reference the CLI.

Former2

Generate CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform from your existing AWS resources.

former2.comCommunity
CDK Construct Hub

Discover and reuse community + AWS CDK constructs for CDK/Terraform/CloudFormation.

constructs.devOfficial
CloudFormation Resource Reference

Every resource type’s properties and syntax for IaC authoring.

docs.aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS CLI Command Reference

Complete command and option reference for the AWS CLI.

docs.aws.amazon.comOfficial
Cloudcraft

Draw and visualise AWS architecture diagrams, live from your account.

cloudcraft.coCommunity
Serverless Land

AWS’s serverless hub — patterns, snippets, and reference architectures for Lambda, EventBridge, and Step Functions.

serverlessland.comOfficial
AWS Architecture Icons

The official icon set for drawing AWS architecture diagrams — PowerPoint, draw.io, and SVG assets.

aws.amazon.comOfficial

Learning & Community

Official docs, training, Q&A, and the best community exam prep.

AWS Skill Builder

Official training, learning plans, and practice for AWS certifications.

skillbuilder.awsOfficial
AWS Documentation

The complete official documentation for every AWS service.

docs.aws.amazon.comOfficial
AWS re:Post

AWS-managed Q&A community for technical questions and answers.

repost.awsOfficial
Tutorials Dojo

Popular community cheat sheets and practice exams for AWS certifications.

tutorialsdojo.comCommunity
AWS YouTube

Official channel — service deep-dives, re:Invent sessions, and This is My Architecture.

youtube.comOfficial

“Community” tools are independent, free, and widely trusted — but they are not AWS products. Always validate against official documentation before relying on them for production decisions. More cloud platforms coming soon.

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