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Using the AWS cost calculator is pointless, naturally an entity the size of NASA would get heavily discounted rates. I strongly doubt this. Amazon seems to wo
by btilly 7y ago
Using the AWS cost calculator is pointless, naturally an entity the size of NASA would get heavily discounted rates.
I strongly doubt this.
Amazon seems to work heavily on the principle that they charge their cost + a small margin. Which means that they can't heavily discount without going below their actual costs.
- payamb 7y agoThe organisation I’m working for gets a nice %25 discount on quite a lot of AWS products
- justinclift 7y ago> + a small margin If by "small margin" you mean "several hundred percent", then sure.
- solarkraft 7y ago> Amazon seems to work heavily on the principle that they charge their cost + a small margin In their retail business. They finance that operation through the relatively high margin AWS.