Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is AWS's object storage product, used across the web to host static assets, images, and file uploads — it's infrastructure rather than a website builder, so its presence typically indicates a custom-built or self-hosted site storing media on AWS rather than a local server or a different CDN. Our engine detects S3 usage through 1 HTML pattern and 2 CDN domain signatures matching S3's characteristic bucket-URL and `amazonaws.com` hosting patterns referenced in asset URLs. Documented at aws.amazon.com/s3.
Paste any URL to instantly detect whether it was built with AWS S3. Our engine checks 3 technical signals.
AWS S3 is used across many industries. These are the most common website types built on this platform:
Businesses of all sizes
Fast, reliable site building with professional results
Designers and developers
Powerful tools with minimal setup
Startups
Quick launch with scalable infrastructure
Content creators
Beautiful presentation for your work
Every AWS S3 website leaves distinctive technical fingerprints. Here's what to look for:
CDN Domains
Network requests to these domains are a reliable indicator:
s3\.amazonaws\.com\.s3\.[a-z0-9-]+\.amazonaws\.comHTML Attributes
1 HTML pattern in the page source
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