Nothing is free when you get it from a profitable business. EC2 prices are pretty high compared to other offerings if you run the machine permanently. The "fre

Nothing is free when you get it from a profitable business. EC2 prices are pretty high compared to other offerings if you run the machine permanently. The "free" IPv4 address is certainly a part of the price. (There are other parts like good maintenance, which you don't necessarily get from cheaper competitors) Scaleway charges you 1 € / month for such address whether you use it or not. That's a 25% premium on the cheapest machine when in use. Much cheaper than AWS whether in use or not. Not sure how many customers could perfectly live without the IPv4, but AWS seems to be in the market position to (covertly) charge them, too.