EC2 — Pricing Model — quick snapshot

Been looking at what EC2 instance type to use for your app? if so, continue ;) this is intended as a quick snapshot for busy developers to help narrow down what they need :)

On-Demand (Least commitment)

• Low cost and really flexible
• You only pay per hour
• It cannot be interrupted!
• It’s for the short-term though! i.e first time apps

Reserved (Brill Long-term)

• super steady
• can commit to an reserved instance for a year or three year term
• Good news! can re-sell unused reserved instances
• Small to medium companies with a decent monthly user base

Spot (Big savings)

• Can request spare computing capacity
• It’s super flexible with start and end times
• It can handle interruptions i.e with the server randomly stopping and starting
• Mainly used for non-critical background jobs

Dedicated (Super expensive)

• Dedicated servers
• Any dedicated server can be changed to on-demand or reserved, either can save over 50%!
• Generally good for larger companies (enterprise requirements)