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The price seems on par. Are there hidden costs on aws?
by wolco 6y ago
The price seems on par. Are there hidden costs on aws?
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- dijit 6y agoI'm assuming that you might not be aware of AWS pricing. It's actually incredibly complicated and often very difficult (if not impossible) to predict. We have a dedicated part of our organisation which exists solely to figure out costs ahead of time for project. I'm not sure if it's intentionally obfuscated, I would suspect not, because "pay for what you use" can be broken down into many areas.
- scarface74 6y agoWhat is incredibly complicated about Lightsail? That’s kind of the point of it.
- radicalbyte 6y agoAzure is the same and Microsoft spent 20 years making their software licencing more and more unpredictable. It absolutely is a strategic choice and not an accident.
- znpy 6y agoIt's actually incredibly complicated and often very difficult (if not impossible) to predict. Not a joke: there are people that optimize aws bills for a living.
- Ozzie_osman 6y agoThere are startups that build specialized AI to optimize AWS bills for a living.
- dan15 6y agoThis is the main reason I don't use it. I like having predictable monthly pricing that remains consistent.
- mittalsuraj18 6y agoEgress charges. Lightsail and digital ocean give you 1TB egress minimum included in billing. Now try to input that number into EC2 instance. If I am not wrong, that turns out to be 130$ approx