A small team wants to deploy a Node.js web app to AWS quickly — they don't want to manage servers, load balancers, or scaling configuration. Which service fits?
A.Amazon EC2 with manual setup
Manual EC2 is the opposite of 'don't want to manage servers'.
B.AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Correct. Managed platform for traditional app deployment.
C.Amazon ECS with custom task definitions
ECS gives more control but more configuration.
D.AWS CloudFormation alone
CloudFormation is IaC — it provisions, but you define everything.
Why this answer
Elastic Beanstalk is the PaaS-style answer: upload code, and it provisions EC2/ALB/Auto Scaling/monitoring automatically — the classic 'deploy fast without managing infrastructure' choice for traditional web apps.
Correct answer: B · Last reviewed 2026-10-28
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