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Cloud Pricing 101: AWS vs. Azure Models

FinOps for Scalable Infrastructure

AWS Pricing Structure

  • Pay-as-you-go: High flexibility, high cost.
  • Savings Plans: Commitment for lower prices.
  • Spot Instances: Up to 90% discount (with a catch).

Azure Pricing Structure

  • Pay-as-you-go: Standard.
  • Azure Hybrid Benefit: Using existing licenses to save money.
  • Reservations: Long-term commitment.

Key Differences

Understand how billing cycles work and the 'hidden' costs like data egress and API requests.