The 4 AWS Pricing Principles with a Critical Eye

Amazon Web Services advertises four principles that guide their pricing strategy - pay as you go, pay less by using more, save when you reserve, and their free tier. These principles provide immense benefits and efficiencies for thousands of organizations, which has driven AWS’s stellar growth. But there are downsides as well. In this article we'll review the five principles and provide a grain of salt you should consider before hooking into the Amazon machine.

Principle #1: Pay as You Go


Principle #2: Pay Less by Using More


Principle #3: Save When You Reserve


Principle #4: Free Usage Tier


Wrap Up

AWS is great, but it is also a business and has established pricing that safeguards its interests. Carefully consider the benefits and tradeoffs of the Amazon pricing philosophy before entering a large-scale engagement. If you're already heavily engaged, plan your cloud consumption 1-2 years ahead and see if other cloud platforms - such as Azure or Google Cloud Platform - can give Amazon a run for its money.


 

 

 

 

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