On-demand pricing on 24/7 workloads feels way too high
Reserved Instances or Savings Plans (AWS), Reserved VMs (Azure), Committed Use Discounts (GCP) give 30 to 70 percent off for a 1 or 3 year commit.
support/cloud-platforms/reserved-savings-planssteps: 4
Try this first
- Inventory what really runs 24/7 over the last 3 months
- Start with 1-year commit on the baseline, not the peak
- Compute Savings Plans (AWS) are more flexible than EC2 Reserved
- Review utilization monthly, underuse means waste
When to bring us in
For larger spend, ask for enterprise discount or EDP through your AWS/Azure account manager.
See also
- Everyone logs in with the AWS root accountRoot is for emergencies and billing. Day-to-day work belongs in IAM users or SSO.
- Every developer has AdministratorAccessAdministratorAccess everywhere is convenient now, painful later. Start with role-based policies.
- Everyone has individual IAM users with their own passwordIdentity Center (formerly AWS SSO) links to your IdP and issues temporary credentials per session.
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