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I've heard many times that while retails AWS prices are high all big AWS customers are getting discounts. Just curious at which scale this starts in terms of $$
by citrin_ru 4y ago
I've heard many times that while retails AWS prices are high all big AWS customers are getting discounts. Just curious at which scale this starts in terms of $$.
- mh- 4y agoSomewhere around $100k/mo or $1mm/year. This usually requires a term spending commitment and gets you an effective discount of around 5-10%. Higher spends can yield significantly deeper discounts, of course. I think you'll find it difficult to get specifics at higher spends due to non-disclosures. Google 'AWS EDP negotiated' and you'll find some more info on the process.
- TimPC 4y agoIf you’re getting a 5% discount on $1 million per month you’d need to host using a team of 1.5 people at SF salaries and benefits to break even.
- vidarh 4y agoIf you were getting a 50% discount, you'd still not be competitive with hosting your own or using managed servers most of the time.
- vidarh 4y agoNumbers I heard involved a much steeper discount than that, but may well have been an account they saw as particularly important. If you can only get a 10% discount you're still paying massively above the odds.