Guided Notes

Pricing & Support

How AWS pricing works, the Free Tier, billing and cost tools, support plans, and AWS Marketplace.

How AWS pricing works

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Three principles apply across AWS:

β€’ Pay as you go β€” pay only for what you use, with no long-term contracts required. β€’ Pay less when you reserve β€” commit to 1 or 3 years (Savings Plans, Reserved Instances) for big discounts. β€’ Pay less with volume β€” tiered pricing lowers unit costs as usage grows, as with S3 storage.

The main cost drivers are compute, storage, and data transfer out of AWS (data coming in is usually free).

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