# Amazon EC2

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-ec2/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/  
**APIs profiled:** 8

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud, allowing you to launch virtual server instances, manage networking, and configure storage with complete control over your computing resources.

## Kin Score — 56.1 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 56.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 73.4 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 50.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 59.2 |
| Access Clarity | 59.2 |

## Agent readiness — 41.8 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (8)

- **Amazon EC2 AMIs API** — Operations for creating and managing Amazon Machine Images
- **Amazon EC2 Elastic IPs API** — Operations for allocating and managing static IP addresses
- **Amazon EC2 Instances API** — Operations for launching, managing, and terminating EC2 instances
- **Amazon EC2 Key Pairs API** — Operations for managing SSH key pairs used for instance access
- **Amazon EC2 Launch Templates API** — Operations for managing reusable instance launch configurations
- **Amazon EC2 Regions API** — Operations for describing AWS regions and availability zones
- **Amazon EC2 Security Groups API** — Operations for managing security group rules and firewall settings
- **Amazon EC2 Spot Instances API** — Operations for requesting and managing Spot Instances

## Agentic access (1)

- **Amazon Ec2 Agentic Access** — 26 operations

## Security (4)

- **Amazon Ec2 Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Amazon Ec2 Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Amazon Ec2 Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Amazon Ec2 Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Amazon Ec2 Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Web Application Hosting** — Deploy scalable web applications and APIs with full control over the compute environment.
- **Machine Learning Training** — GPU-accelerated instances for deep learning model training and inference workloads.
- **High-Performance Computing** — Cluster networking instances for computational fluid dynamics, genomics, and financial modeling.
- **SAP and Enterprise Workloads** — Certified instances for SAP HANA, SAP S/4HANA, and other enterprise database applications.
- **Development and Testing** — Flexible on-demand compute for CI/CD pipelines, dev environments, and test automation.

## Tags

Cloud Computing, Compute, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Infrastructure, Virtual Machines

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/amazon-ec2/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.