Cloud Pricing
How cloud credits work, and what expires first
Credits are simpler than they look and have more edges than people expect. Four rules cover almost every question about them.
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Cloud Pricing
How cloud billing actually works: on demand rates, commitments, egress, credits and the costs that catch people out.
Cloud Pricing
On demand, reserved, spot and committed use: cloud pricing models compared
Every provider sells the same machine four or five ways. The choice between them is worth more than almost any architectural optimisation.
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Microsoft Azure
How Azure pricing works: meters, reservations and the savings plan
Azure has four ways to pay for the same virtual machine. Picking the right one is worth more than picking the right size.
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Google Cloud
Google Cloud pricing explained: sustained use, committed use and per second billing
Google Cloud gives discounts you did not ask for and charges for things you did not notice. Both behaviours follow rules worth knowing before the first invoice.
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Cloud Pricing
Data transfer costs: the line item that ruins cloud budgets
Egress pricing varies by two orders of magnitude between providers. For anything content heavy, it is the number that decides where you should be hosting.
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AWS
What the AWS free tier covers, and where the bill starts
The free tier is three different things wearing one name. Knowing which allowance applies to which service is the difference between a zero invoice and a surprise.
4 min read
AWS
S3 storage classes compared: when each one actually saves money
Every S3 class trades storage price against retrieval cost, latency and a minimum billing duration. Getting the trade wrong makes the cheap tier the expensive one.
3 min read
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