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SST
Build full-stack apps on your own infrastructure
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Scalability
very high
Performance
high
Learning Curve
moderate
Maturity
stable
Languages: TypeScript
Architecture: serverless, aws
When to Use
- +Serverless on AWS
- +Full-stack apps
- +Framework users
When Not to Use
- -Multi-cloud
- -Non-serverless
Strengths
- Great DX
- Live Lambda Dev
- Type safety
- Full-stack friendly
Weaknesses
- AWS only
- Framework focused
Operations
Maintenance
low
Monitoring
low
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: aws
Quick Facts
- Category
- Infrastructure as Code
- License
- open source
- Pricing
- free (free tier)
- Community
- medium
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- rapidly growing
- Vendor Lock-in
- medium
- Data Portability
- moderate
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
startupsmallmedium
Use Cases
- Serverless apps
- Full-stack on AWS
- Framework deployment
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