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Billing & Pricing

AWS pricing models and cost optimization strategies.

AWS Pricing Models​

Pay-as-you-go​

  • No upfront costs
  • Pay only for what you use
  • No long-term contracts

Save when you reserve​

  • Reserved Instances for EC2
  • Up to 75% savings
  • 1 or 3-year terms

Pay less by using more​

  • Volume-based discounts
  • Tiered pricing for services
  • Data transfer pricing tiers

Cost Management Tools​

AWS Cost Explorer​

  • Visualize and manage costs
  • Usage reports and trends
  • Cost forecasting

AWS Budgets​

  • Set custom cost budgets
  • Usage budgets
  • Alerts and notifications

AWS Cost and Usage Report​

  • Detailed billing reports
  • Hourly, daily, monthly data
  • Integration with analytics tools

Cost Optimization Best Practices​

  • Right-size your resources
  • Use appropriate storage classes
  • Leverage spot instances
  • Monitor and analyze usage