Back to Lessons

AWS Pricing and Billing

April 5, 2026

AWS Billing & Cost Management

Optimize cloud spend with multiple pricing models.

Pricing Model Comparison

On-Demand       | Pay-per-use, no commitment
Reserved (RI)   | 1-3yr, 40-72% savings
Savings Plans   | Flexible RIs (EC2/Lambda)
Spot            | 90% savings, interruptible
Dedicated Hosts | Physical isolation/compliance

Volume Discounts:
Data transfer in: Always free
Data transfer out: Tiered pricing

Cost Management Tools

  • Cost Explorer - 13mo historical analysis
  • Budget Actions - Auto scale-in, stop instances
  • AWS Organizations - Consolidated billing
  • Cost Anomaly Detection - ML fraud detection
  • TCO Calculator - Compare on-premises vs cloud