Run AWS in India: host in the Mumbai or Hyderabad region, get billed in INR with GST, and stop paying for cloud you do not use.
How a Mumbai fintech moved off a surprise dollar bill, put its data in an Indian region for RBI, and cut its monthly AWS spend by right-sizing what was running. Story below. We set up the account, the INR billing and the migration.
AWS Cloud Migration and Hosting at a glance
Why AWS anchors most Indian cloud migration and hosting estates.
- OEM
- AWS, Amazon Web Services, the cloud platform Amazon launched in 2006. It runs compute, storage, databases, networking and AI as on-demand services you rent by the hour instead of buying servers.
- What it does
- Hosts your applications, websites, databases and files on Amazon’s infrastructure, so you scale up for a sale and down at night, and pay for what you actually use. It also runs data residency through its two Indian regions.
- Indian regions
- AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai), region code ap-south-1, open since 2016 with three availability zones, and AWS Asia Pacific (Hyderabad), ap-south-2, open since 2022. Both keep your data inside India.
- Core services
- EC2 for servers, S3 for storage, RDS and Aurora for databases, VPC for networking, Lambda for serverless, CloudFront for content delivery, and Bedrock for generative AI including Anthropic’s Claude. Most Indian estates run a handful of these, not all of them.
- How it is billed in India
- Through Amazon Internet Services Private Limited, AISPL, which invoices in INR with GST. That replaces a USD credit-card bill with a proper Indian tax invoice your finance team can book.
- Where it fits in India
- Indian businesses from a single web app to a full estate: fintech, SaaS, manufacturing, e-commerce and any company that wants to host in India, bill in rupees and stop running its own server room.
- Support
- Account setup, INR billing, migration, cost right-sizing, security baseline and managed support run through Sirius Star, coordinated from Vashi, Navi Mumbai.
The AWS Cloud Migration and Hosting ranges Sirius Star supplies
Pick the range that matches the use case. We size the mix in the free 30-minute review.
AWS | Compute and Hosting
EC2 servers, containers and serverless to host your application in an Indian region instead of your own rack.
- Host web apps and APIs on EC2 in the Mumbai or Hyderabad region
- Scale up for a campaign or a sale and scale back down after
- Run containers on EKS or go serverless with Lambda
- Right-size instances so you stop paying for idle capacity
AWS | Storage and Databases
S3 object storage and managed databases that keep your data in India and back it up without a tape library.
- Store files and backups in S3 inside an Indian region
- Run MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQL Server on managed RDS
- Move to Aurora when you outgrow a single database server
- Set lifecycle and backup rules so old data costs less
AWS | Migration
Move servers, databases and file shares off your own hardware or another cloud into AWS without a big-bang weekend.
- Lift your existing servers into EC2 with the Application Migration Service
- Move databases live with the Database Migration Service
- Copy file shares and backups up with DataSync
- Cut over in waves so the business keeps running
AWS | Security and AI
An identity and security baseline, plus Bedrock for generative AI when you want Claude running on your own data.
- Set up IAM so the right people have the right access, nobody root
- Turn on GuardDuty and CloudWatch for threat and cost alerts
- Encrypt data at rest with KMS keys you control
- Build on Bedrock with Anthropic Claude when GenAI earns its place
AWS Cloud Migration and Hosting vs Microsoft, Google, On-premise
All four are honest choices. Most Indian buyers land on the first option for service depth and ecosystem fit.
| Brand | Where it wins | Best fit |
|---|---|---|
| AWS | The widest set of cloud services, two Indian regions for data residency, and INR billing through AISPL. The default when you want range and a deep partner bench. | Indian businesses that want the broadest platform, data in country, and a partner to size and run it. |
| Microsoft Azure | Tight fit with Microsoft 365, Windows Server and Active Directory, with Indian regions of its own. | Estates already deep in Microsoft that want the cloud to match. |
| Google Cloud | Strong on data, analytics and Kubernetes, with a Mumbai and a Delhi region. | Teams built around big data and machine learning who like Google’s tooling. |
| On-premise servers | Full physical control of the box, no per-hour meter running. | Workloads with a fixed, steady load and a reason to own the hardware outright. |
How a Sirius Star AWS procurement runs
Free 30 minute review first. Then a written quote in 24 working hours.
Review
Free. We look at what you run today, your bill and whether your data needs to sit in India.
Sizing plus region
Right instances, Mumbai or Hyderabad region, no over-provisioning. We size for your real load, not the brochure.
Written quote plus migration
In 24 working hours. INR billing through AISPL, GST broken out, workloads moved in waves.
Cost review
We right-size, set budgets and alerts, and keep the monthly AWS bill honest from Vashi.
Buying and running AWS in India, a field guide
The deeper read for founders and IT heads moving to AWS who want data in India, an INR bill and a cloud spend that does not surprise them.
- The full surprise-dollar-bill story and how it was fixed
- Four questions before you migrate to AWS
- How AISPL INR billing actually works with GST
- Where the cloud bill quietly leaks, and how to plug it
AWS Cloud Migration and Hosting India FAQ
Common questions about this brand for Indian buyers. Hover any underlined term for a plain-English definition.
What is AWS?
AWS, Amazon Web Services, is the cloud platform Amazon launched in 2006. Instead of buying and running your own servers, you rent compute, storage, databases, networking and AI as on-demand services and pay for what you use. In India it runs two regions, Mumbai and Hyderabad, so your data can stay in country. Sirius Star sets up the account, the INR billing and the migration for Indian businesses from Vashi, Navi Mumbai.
Can my data stay in India on AWS?
Yes. AWS runs the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region, ap-south-1, open since 2016, and the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) region, ap-south-2, open since 2022. If you build in one of these regions, your data sits physically in India, which is what RBI, IRDAI and DPDP expect for regulated data. Sirius Star sets the region during scoping so this is handled from day one.
How is AWS billed in India, in dollars or rupees?
It can be billed in rupees. Amazon Internet Services Private Limited, AISPL, invoices Indian customers in INR with GST, which gives your finance team a proper Indian tax invoice instead of a USD credit-card statement. Sirius Star moves you onto AISPL billing so the cost is in rupees and bookable.
Will moving to AWS make my bill go up or down?
It depends on what you run and how it is sized. Teams that move servers across as-is often overpay, while teams that right-size and turn off idle capacity usually pay less than their old setup. The saving comes from running the correct instance sizes, using reserved or savings plans for steady workloads, and shutting down what nobody uses. A cost review is the part Sirius Star spends the most time on.
What does AWS cost in India in 2026?
Indicative*: AWS is pay-as-you-go, so there is no single price. A small hosted application can run from a few thousand rupees a month, while a full production estate runs into lakhs a month, all billed in INR with GST through AISPL. The number depends on compute, storage, data transfer and how well it is sized, which is exactly what a scoping pass and a cost review sort out.
Ready for an AWS migration and hosting quote?
Tell us what you run today, whether your data has to stay in India, and how you are billed now. We will review, size it for the Mumbai or Hyderabad region, then send a written quote.
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