AWS Step Functions

Visual workflows for distributed applications

What is AWS Step Functions

 Simple Automation: Automate workflows across over 220 AWS services without maintaining code.

 Process data on-demand: Use code to process data on demand with large-scale parallel workflows.

 Event-driven architecture visualization: Visualize and develop resilient workflows for event-driven architectures.

AWS Step Functions explained in 90 seconds (1:23)

Use Cases

Automate extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes

Ensure that multiple long-running ETL jobs run in order and complete successfully, without the need for manual orchestration.

Orchestrate large-scale parallel workloads

Iterate over and process large data-sets such as security logs, transaction data, or image and video files.

Orchestrate microservices

Combine multiple AWS Lambda functions into responsive serverless applications and microservices.

Automate security and IT functions

Create automated workflows, including manual approval steps, for security incident response.

AWS Step Functions on the Free Tier
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AWS Step Functions

AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service that helps developers use AWS services to build distributed applications, automate processes, orchestrate microservices, and create data and machine learning (ML) pipelines.

ALWAYS FREE

4,000 state transitions per month

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AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service that helps developers use AWS services to build distributed applications, automate processes, orchestrate microservices, and create data and machine learning (ML) pipelines.
ALWAYS FREE

4,000 state transitions per month

AWS Step Functions Pricing »
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