Getting started - AWS Pricing Calculator - AWS Documentation

This enables you to get an estimate without knowing the technical details of all of the Amazon EC2 instance types. Topics. Understanding your estimates ... Gettingstarted-AWSPricingCalculator AWSDocumentationAWSPricingCalculatorUserGuide UnderstandingyourestimatesPrerequisitesStep1:CreateanestimateStep2:(Optional)AddagroupStep3:Addandconfigureaservice Gettingstarted TheGettingStartedchapterwalksyouthroughataskusingAWSPricingCalculator sothatyoucangetan ideaofhowtouseAWSPricingCalculator.Inthiscase,wewalkyouthroughgetting anestimateforanAmazonEC2 instanceusingtheAmazonEC2Quickestimateoption.TheAmazonEC2quick estimateenablesyoutoaddanAmazonEC2instancetoyourestimatewithoutdelving deeplyinto thedifferentAmazonEC2options.Thisenablesyoutogetanestimatewithoutknowing the technicaldetailsofalloftheAmazonEC2instancetypes. Topics Understandingyourestimates Prerequisites Step1:Createanestimate Step2:(Optional)Addagroup Step3:Addandconfigureaservice Understandingyourestimates Whenyougenerateanestimate,youcaneitheraddservicesdirectlytoyourestimate orcreateagroupandaddtheservicestoyourgroup. ThisguideshowsyouhowtosetupagroupwithanAmazonEC2instancethatyou canuse toperformtaskssuchasrunasmallprogramorhostawebsite. Tasks Tocompletethistutorial,performthefollowingtasks: Step1:Createanestimate Step2:(Optional)Addagroup Step3:Addandconfigureaservice Prerequisites Thistutorialdoesn'trequireanyinitialsetup.YoucanuseitwithoutanAWS accountandwithoutcommittingtoanything. Step1:Createanestimate Togetstartedgeneratinganestimate,createyourestimateandassignyourestimate a Region. Tocreateyourestimate OpenAWSPricingCalculatorathttps://calculator.aws/#/. ChooseCreateestimate. OntheSelectservicepage,findtheserviceofyourchoiceandchooseConfigure. AddaDescriptionfortheestimatedservice. SelectaRegion. EnteryoursettingsintheServicesettingssection. ChooseAddtomyestimate. Step2:(Optional)Addagroup Agroupenablesyoutoorganizeservicestogether.Youcanaddoneormoreservices to eachgroup.Youcanusegroupstoorganizeyourestimateindifferentways,suchas by costcenter,servicestack,productarchitecture,orclient. Note YoucancustomizeRegionsforeachserviceataservicelevel,byusingtheRegion dropdownmenu.Youcan'tchangeRegionsatagrouplevel.Formoreinformationabout customizingRegionsforservices,seeStep3:Addandconfigureaservice. Toaddagrouptoyourestimate Tocreateagroup,intheupper-rightheader,chooseAdd group. ForGroupname,enterMyservice group. ChooseAddgroup. Step3:Addandconfigureaservice Afteryouhaveanestimateand(optionally)agroup,addandconfigureservicesto yourestimatetogenerateestimatedcosts.Ifyoudidn'tcreateagroup,usethe MyestimateviewinsteadoftheMyservice groupview.Everythingelseinthefollowingprocedureremainsthe same. Inthiscase,we'readdingAmazonEC2usingtheAmazonEC2Quickestimate option. Toaddandconfigureaserviceforyour estimate OntheMyservicegrouppagechooseAdd service,whichbringsyoutoapageofservicesthatyoucanadd toyourestimate. OntheAddservicepage,selectAmazon EC2andchooseConfigureintheupper-right header.ThisaddsAmazonEC2toyourgroupandtakesyoutotheQuick estimateview,whereyoucanconfigurewhatyouwantinanAmazonEC2 instance. TheQuickestimateviewispreloadedwithdefaultvalues, enablingyoutoseeastartingestimatewithoutaddingorchangingany information.Youcanchangeanyofthevaluesforthefollowingparametersor keepthedefaultswhenapplicable: Description Region Theoperatingsystem ThenumberofAmazonEC2instances TheAmazonEC2instancesearchoptions Thepricingmodel Thereservationterm Thepaymentoptions Thestoragevolume Thestorageamount ChooseAddtomyestimate. ThisaddsanAmazonEC2instancewiththeselectedparameterstothegroupthatyou createdinstep1andreturnsyoutotheMyestimatepage. TheServicessectionliststheservice estimatesthatyouadded. TheMyservicegrouppageshowsyouhowmuchtheselected defaultinstancewouldlikelycostyou.TheServicesectionlistsyourservicenameswiththeRegionthat youspecifiedforeachservice.Youcancreatemultipleestimatesforthesame servicewithdifferentRegionstocomparepricedifferences.Notethatestimates arejustthat:estimates.AWSchargesarecalculatedusingtheactualAWS usageforanaccount. DocumentConventions WhatisAWSPricingCalculator? Generatingyourestimate Didthispagehelpyou?-Yes Thanksforlettingusknowwe'redoingagoodjob! Ifyou'vegotamoment,pleasetelluswhatwedidrightsowecandomoreofit. Didthispagehelpyou?-No Thanksforlettingusknowthispageneedswork.We'resorryweletyoudown. Ifyou'vegotamoment,pleasetellushowwecanmakethedocumentationbetter.