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Pricing in AWS Cloud
AWS has 3 pricingfundamentals, based on the pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- Compute : Pay for Compute Time
- Storage : Pay for the amount of data Stored in cloud
Data transfered out of the cloud. (NOTE: Data transferred inside is FREE)
How to Select an AWS Region?
There are some questions we need to ask ourselves before selecting a region we want our application to run in.
| Topic | Question | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance | What regulatory compliance does this region meet? | Data Governance/Legal Requirements |
| Proximity to Customer | What is the distance/latency to my end-user? | |
| Available Services | Is the service, available in the region? | New AWS Services might not be available in some regions |
| Pricing | What is the cost of AWS Service in this region? | It varies from region to region & is transparent |