AWS Simple Notification Service is commonly referred to as AWS SNS, which is a notification service.
SNS is a cloud service designed for the mass delivery of messages.
It is a fully managed publish-subscribe messaging service that facilitates mobile communication.
SNS can operate in an event-driven manner, allowing automated services to respond to triggers.
It decouples distributed systems and microservices by enabling messaging between them through AWS SNS.
Additionally, it supports application-to-person messaging via SMS, mobile push notifications, and email.
AWS SNS can publish messages to various endpoints, including:
SNS is a notification system that pushes messages to its subscribers, while SQS is a queuing system where receivers must pull messages to process and delete them from the queue.
SNS and SQS work effectively together.