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What is the fundamental principle underlying AWS pricing?
What is the fundamental principle underlying AWS pricing?
- Pay for what you use, with no upfront expenses (correct)
- Long-term contracts with upfront costs
- Tiered pricing based on service types
- Fixed pricing for all services
What is the benefit of using AWS services instead of building on-premises infrastructure?
What is the benefit of using AWS services instead of building on-premises infrastructure?
- Lowering variable costs and redirecting resources to innovation (correct)
- Increasing upfront expenses and long-term contracts
- Committing to complex licensing dependencies
- Reducing fixed costs and increasing variable costs
What is the pricing model used by AWS for its cloud computing services?
What is the pricing model used by AWS for its cloud computing services?
- Fixed pricing for all services, regardless of usage
- Subscription-based pricing with long-term contracts
- Utility-style pricing with pay-as-you-go (correct)
- Tiered pricing with fixed costs
What is the benefit of using AWS services with no upfront expenses?
What is the benefit of using AWS services with no upfront expenses?
What is the advantage of AWS pricing over traditional on-premises infrastructure?
What is the advantage of AWS pricing over traditional on-premises infrastructure?
What is the characteristic of AWS services that allows you to quickly adapt to changing business needs?
What is the characteristic of AWS services that allows you to quickly adapt to changing business needs?
What is the pricing principle that allows you to pay less when you use more?
What is the pricing principle that allows you to pay less when you use more?
What is the primary objective of using the AWS Pricing Calculator in this activity?
What is the primary objective of using the AWS Pricing Calculator in this activity?
What is a potential hard benefit of using cloud services as mentioned in the text?
What is a potential hard benefit of using cloud services as mentioned in the text?
What is an example of a soft benefit of using cloud services according to the text?
What is an example of a soft benefit of using cloud services according to the text?
What is the recommended group size for this activity?
What is the recommended group size for this activity?
What is NOT a potential benefit of using cloud services according to the text?
What is NOT a potential benefit of using cloud services according to the text?
What is the purpose of using the AWS Pricing Calculator in the activity?
What is the purpose of using the AWS Pricing Calculator in the activity?
What is a potential soft benefit of using cloud services according to the text?
What is a potential soft benefit of using cloud services according to the text?
What is the ultimate goal of using the AWS Pricing Calculator in this activity?
What is the ultimate goal of using the AWS Pricing Calculator in this activity?
What is the basis for charging compute resources in AWS?
What is the basis for charging compute resources in AWS?
Which of the following is not a fundamental driver of cost with AWS?
Which of the following is not a fundamental driver of cost with AWS?
How is outbound data transfer charged in AWS?
How is outbound data transfer charged in AWS?
What appears on the monthly statement as a result of outbound data transfer?
What appears on the monthly statement as a result of outbound data transfer?
What is the pricing model for storage in AWS?
What is the pricing model for storage in AWS?
Which of the following is a characteristic of AWS pricing models?
Which of the following is a characteristic of AWS pricing models?
What is the exception to the free inbound data transfer rule in AWS?
What is the exception to the free inbound data transfer rule in AWS?
How do the characteristics of cost vary in AWS?
How do the characteristics of cost vary in AWS?
Study Notes
AWS Pricing Philosophy
- AWS pricing philosophy is to pay for what you use, with no long-term contracts and no upfront expenses.
- You only pay for the services you consume, with the flexibility to start or stop using a product at any time.
Utility-Style Pricing Model
- Pay for what you use: pay only for the services that you consume.
- Pay less when you reserve: discounted rates for reserved instances.
- Pay less when you use more: discounted rates for bulk usage.
- Pay even less as AWS grows: economies of scale benefit customers.
How AWS Pricing Works
- Compute: charged per hour/second, varies by instance type (Linux only).
- Storage: charged typically per GB.
- Data transfer: outbound is aggregated and charged per GB, inbound is free (with some exceptions).
Benefits of AWS Pricing
- Hard benefits:
- Reduced spending on compute, storage, networking, security, and personnel.
- Reductions in hardware and software purchases (capex).
- Reductions in operational costs, backup, and disaster recovery.
- Soft benefits:
- Increased developer productivity.
- Improved customer satisfaction.
- Agile business processes that can quickly respond to new and emerging opportunities.
- Increase in global reach.
Additional Resources
- AWS Pricing Overview: https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws_pricing_overview.pdf
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This quiz is about the pricing philosophy of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which allows users to pay for what they use, without long-term contracts.