There's quite a few types of servers that have larger discounts (~10%), such as the 1 year terms for m3, c3, g2 (which is ~12%), etc. Also, the previous model[

There's quite a few types of servers that have larger discounts (~10%), such as the 1 year terms for m3, c3, g2 (which is ~12%), etc. Also, the previous model[1] had three different types of reserved instances-- light, medium, and heavy usage. These gave discounts based on the actual number of hours utilized, which is harder to keep track of than the new three choices. [1]: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/purchasing-options/reserved-instances/previous-reserved-instances/ https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/purchasing-options/reserved-insta...