Key Concepts

  1. Pay-as-you-go
  2. Save when you commit
    • savings plans offer savings over on-demand prices when you commit to a 1-year or 3-year plan.
  3. Pay less by using more

Three Drivers of Cost with AWS

  1. Compute
  2. Storage
  3. Outbound Data Transfer
    • Example: If a static website is hosted in S3 and someone accesses objects from that bucket, some data is being transferred out of AWS and would incur charges.