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> It appears aws is charging $1/hr with a 24 hr minimum which is similar to every other provider out there that is offering MacOS instances. How much per month
by seanwilson 6y ago
> It appears aws is charging $1/hr with a 24 hr minimum which is similar to every other provider out there that is offering MacOS instances.
How much per month? Around $720?
- GordonS 6y agoYou obviously expect to pay over the odds for cloud VMs, but that's really expensive. I would have thought someone as big as AWS would have been able to negotiate more favourable terms, but it seems not. Given I'd expect a lot of these to be used as iOS build servers, it's worth noting that Azure DevOps gives you 1,800 build minutes on the free tier, which AFAIK you can use with their MacOS agents.
- est31 6y agoAWS might as well have negotiated good terms, but why give those to customers? People use AWS even if cheaper alternatives exist.
- alisonkisk 6y agoMac Stadium charges $720/year.
- est31 6y agoYou'd probably have less TCO if you just buy a mac mini and sell it when a new generation comes out. If you take good care of it you can sell it for 30% of the original purchase price.
- jethro_tell 6y agoFor one device sure. If you need a small fleet then you have to pay someone to manage them and that gets more expensive for quite a while.