AWS Step Functions
AWS Step Functions is a visual workflow service designed to help developers build distributed applications, automate business processes, orchestrate microservices, and create data and machine learning pipelines using AWS services. With its intuitive drag-and-drop Workflow Studio, users can quickly express complex business logic and automate workflows across more than 220 AWS services without the need to maintain custom orchestration code.
Step Functions enables organizations to process data on demand, manage large-scale parallel workloads, and visualize event-driven architectures for resilient application development. The service is ideal for automating extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes, orchestrating microservices, and automating security and IT functions, including incident response workflows with manual approval steps.
- Visual workflow creation with Workflow Studio
- Seamless integration with over 220 AWS services
- Support for large-scale parallel data processing
- Event-driven architecture visualization and development
- Automated orchestration of ETL, microservices, and security workflows
AWS Step Functions empowers teams to accelerate onboarding, simplify automation, and ensure reliable execution of complex, distributed workflows in the cloud.
Included in the Free Tier
- Access to 4,000 state transitions per month for Standard Workflows
- Free tier does not expire after 12 months; available indefinitely to new and existing customers
- No cost for state transitions within the 4,000 monthly limit
- Free tier applies to all AWS accounts automatically
Visit the AWS Step Functions Pricing Page for more information on its free tier offering.