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AWS pricing is crazy complicated. I gave a presentation on this a few years ago (https://speakerdeck.com/jpsingleton/aws-pricing https://speakerdeck.com/jpsingl

AWS pricing is crazy complicated. I gave a presentation on this a few years ago (https://speakerdeck.com/jpsingleton/aws-pricing https://speakerdeck.com/jpsingleton/aws-pricing). It may be a bit out of date by now but I could update it and write it up as a blog post if people are interested?

xenophonf 10y ago
I'd love to read an update if you're willing to put the time into it.
- jsingleton 10y ago
  OK, I'll add it to the list and might combine it with some thoughts on vendor lock-in.
  - xenophonf 10y ago
    Thank you!
    - jsingleton 10y ago
      Part 1 of 3 is up: https://unop.uk/on-aws-vs-azure-vendor-lock-in-and-pricing-confusion-part-1/ https://unop.uk/on-aws-vs-azure-vendor-lock-in-and-pricing-c...
      - xenophonf 10y ago
        I'm not sure but I noticed it linked from somewhere else. Thanks for posting this! I'm looking forward to the additional parts.
markwillis82 10y ago
I spent many hours with the cost calculator going through with our support company trying to find a _rough_ estimate of what our bills would be compared to Rackspace. It's not easy initially but things like http://www.ec2instances.info/ http://www.ec2instances.info/ definitely help.
gravypod 10y ago
Definitely do it. I need someone to explain it too me. Too many ifs ands and buts for it to make sense.
- jsingleton 10y ago
  Part 1 of 3 is up: https://unop.uk/on-aws-vs-azure-vendor-lock-in-and-pricing-confusion-part-1/ https://unop.uk/on-aws-vs-azure-vendor-lock-in-and-pricing-c...
seanwilson 10y ago
> AWS pricing is crazy complicated. I agree strongly with this. I've had clients before who would refuse to make the move up from VPSs despite numerous advantages because the AWS product descriptions and prices were incomprehensible to them.
- eip 10y ago
  It's not hard. Just figure out what your costs would be on dedicated or colocated hardware. Then multiply by 10.
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  - jsemrau 10y ago
    Everything is hard if you try it for the first time.
brightball 10y ago
It really is. Moving from RDS to Aurora was easier because we already had the metric data from AWS that we needed to make calculations. Moving from anywhere else would have been scary.

xenophonf 10y ago

I'd love to read an update if you're willing to put the time into it.

jsingleton 10y ago
OK, I'll add it to the list and might combine it with some thoughts on vendor lock-in.
- xenophonf 10y ago
  Thank you!
  - jsingleton 10y ago
    Part 1 of 3 is up: https://unop.uk/on-aws-vs-azure-vendor-lock-in-and-pricing-confusion-part-1/ https://unop.uk/on-aws-vs-azure-vendor-lock-in-and-pricing-c...
    - xenophonf 10y ago
      I'm not sure but I noticed it linked from somewhere else. Thanks for posting this! I'm looking forward to the additional parts.

markwillis82 10y ago

I spent many hours with the cost calculator going through with our support company trying to find a _rough_ estimate of what our bills would be compared to Rackspace. It's not easy initially but things like http://www.ec2instances.info/ http://www.ec2instances.info/ definitely help.

gravypod 10y ago

Definitely do it. I need someone to explain it too me. Too many ifs ands and buts for it to make sense.

jsingleton 10y ago
Part 1 of 3 is up: https://unop.uk/on-aws-vs-azure-vendor-lock-in-and-pricing-confusion-part-1/ https://unop.uk/on-aws-vs-azure-vendor-lock-in-and-pricing-c...

seanwilson 10y ago

> AWS pricing is crazy complicated. I agree strongly with this. I've had clients before who would refuse to make the move up from VPSs despite numerous advantages because the AWS product descriptions and prices were incomprehensible to them.

eip 10y ago
It's not hard. Just figure out what your costs would be on dedicated or colocated hardware. Then multiply by 10.
- deleted 10y ago
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- jsemrau 10y ago
  Everything is hard if you try it for the first time.

brightball 10y ago

It really is. Moving from RDS to Aurora was easier because we already had the metric data from AWS that we needed to make calculations. Moving from anywhere else would have been scary.