Check it Out – New AWS Pricing Calculator for EC2 and EBS

Check it Out – New AWS Pricing Calculator for EC2 and EBS. by Jeff Barr | on 24 OCT 2018 | in Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Launch, ... BlogHome Category  Edition  Follow  Architecture AWSCloudFinancialManagement AWSCloudOperations&Migrations AWSPartnerNetwork AWSPodcast AWSMarketplace AWSNews BigData BusinessProductivity Compute ContactCenter Containers Database Desktop&ApplicationStreaming Developer DevOps EnterpriseStrategy Front-EndWeb&Mobile GameTech HPC Infrastructure&Automation Industries InternetofThings MachineLearning Media Messaging&Targeting Networking&ContentDelivery OpenSource PublicSector QuantumComputing Robotics SAP Security,Identity,&Compliance Startups Storage Training&Certification WindowsonAWS 中国版 ÉditionFrançaise DeutscheEdition 日本版 한국에디션 EdiçãoemPortuguês EdiciónenEspañol EnglishEdition Версиянарусском EdisiBahasaIndonesia TürkçeSürüm MailingList AWSNewsBlog CheckitOut–NewAWSPricingCalculatorforEC2andEBS TheblogpostthatwepublishedoveradecadeagotolaunchtheSimpleMonthlyCalculatorstillshowsuponourinternaltop-10listsfromtimetotime!Sincethatpostwaspublished,wehaveextended,redesigned,andevenrebuiltthecalculatoratimeortwo. NewCalculatorStartingwithablankscreen,anemptycoderepo,andplentyofcustomerfeedback,wearebuildingabrand-newAWSPricingCalculator.ThenewcalculatorisdesignedtohelpyouestimateandunderstandyoureventualAWScosts.Wedidourbesttoavoidexcessivejargonandtomakethecalculationsobvious,transparent,andaccessible.Youcanseetheoptionsthatareavailabletoyou,exploretheassociatedcosts,andmakehigh-qualitydata-drivendecisions. We’restartingoutwithsupportforEC2instances,EBSvolumes,andaverywidevarietyofpurchasingmodels,withplanstoaddsupportformoreservicesasquicklyaspossible. AQuickTourThenewcalculatorlivesathttps://calculator.aws.Eachestimateconsistsofoneormoregroupsandthefirstoneiscreatedautomatically: Eachgrouphasaname,andhaspricingforservicesinaparticularAWSregion.IclickEditgrouptochangethenameandpickaregion,andclickApply: Backatthemainpageofthecalculator,IclickAddserviceandchoosetoconfiguresomeEC2instances.Thegroupcancontainmultipletypesandconfigurationsofinstances;IclickConfiguretomoveahead: AtthispointIcanmakeaQuickestimate(thedefault),orsupplymoredetailsaspartofanAdvancedestimate.I’llstartwithaQuickestimate: Hereareacoupleofthingstokeepinmindwhenyoumakeaquickestimate: InstanceType–IhavetwooptionsforchoosingEC2instancetypes;Icanentermyresourcerequirements(vCPUcount,memorysize,andGPUcount)andhavethecalculatorchoosetheoptionwiththelowestprice,orIcanpickanEC2instancetypebyname. PricingStrategy–IcanchoosetouseOn-DemandInstances,ConvertibleReservedInstances,orStandardReservedInstances,andcanchoosepaymenttermsandoptionsforRI’s. EBSVolumes–IcanchoosethetypeandsizeofanEBSvolumefortheinstance.Rightnow,thecalculatorallowsyoutoassociateonevolumewitheachEC2instance.Ifyouneedmorethanone,specifythetotalamountofstorageyouneedacrossallvolumes. Details–IcanexpandtheShowcalculationsectiontoseethemath: AfterIhavemademychoices,IclickAddtomyestimatetomoveahead.Myselections,alongwiththeircosts(annual,upfront,andmonthly),aredisplayed: Icangobackandaddanotherservice,orcreateanothergroup.I’lladdanotherEC2instance,usinganAdvancedestimatethistimearound.Here’swhereIstart: Ihaveveryfine-grainedcontrolovereachaspectofmyestimate.Forexample,Icancharacterizemyworkloadingreatdetail.IclickonWorkload,andhavetheabilitytoselectthegraphthatbestrepresentsmymonthlyworkload: Icanevenmodelworkloadsthathavetwoormoreindependentdaily(inthiscase)spikepatterns.AsIrefinemymodel,thecalculatorfiguresoutthemosteconomicalcombinationofOn-DemandandReservedInstances,andshowsmetheresults: ThecalculationsaredrivenbytheselectioninthePricingstrategy.Thedefaultvalue,andtheonethatIusedforthepreviousscreenshot,isCostoptimized.Ihaveotherchoicesaswell: Icanalsomodelmydatatransferin,out,andtootherAWSregions: OnceIamhappywiththeresultsIclickAddtomyestimate,andtakealookatmyselectionsandtheirprices: IcanclickExporttocapturemyestimateinspreadsheetform: Here’sthedata(Ihidafewcolumnsforclarity): Asyoucansee,thenewcalculatorwillquicklybecomeausefulpartofyourplanninganddecision-makingprocess. Oneimportantthingtokeepinmind:yourestimatesarestoredinstatethatislocaltothebrowsertab,andwillbelostifyouclosethetab.Theteamisalreadyhardatworkonfeaturesthatwillallowyoutosaveandevenshareyourestimates,forlaunchinearly2019. StayTunedWewillbeaddingmoreservicesandmorefeaturestothecalculatorinthemonthstocome,andI’llsharesomeupdateswithyoufromtimetotime,eitherinthisblogorviaTwitter.Ifyouhaveideas,complaints,orotherfeedback,don’thesitatetoclickontheFeedbacklinkatthetopofthepage. —Jeff;   Resources GettingStarted What'sNew TopPosts OfficialAWSPodcast CaseStudies Follow  Twitter  Facebook  LinkedIn  Twitch  RSSFeed  EmailUpdates