AWS Billing, Pricing, Support Flashcards
AWS Support plan included for all AWS customers, providing support for account and billing questions, as well as service quota increases
Basic Support Plan
AWS Support plan Ideal for those experimenting or testing in AWS, offering best practice guidance, client-side diagnostic tools, and building-block architecture support
Developer Support Plan
AWS Support plan recommended for production workloads, providing 24/7 access to technical support, case severity prioritization, and a designated Technical Account Manager (TAM)
Business Support Plan
AWS Support Plan designed for large organizations with complex, mission-critical workloads. It provides 24/7 access to AWS support, a dedicated Technical Account Manager (TAM), and personalized support for proactive planning, optimization, and issue resolution. Features include infrastructure event management, best practice guidance, access to AWS Trusted Advisor, automation tools, and a Support Concierge for billing and account management.
Enterprise Support
AWS Support plan designed for businesses with more complex needs, offering a mix of Business Support and additional features like proactive support and access to a Support Concierge
Enterprise On-Ramp Support
Service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that enables you to assess, audit, and evaluate how your resources are set up and helps ensure you meet certain requirements
AWS Config
AWS tool that helps you optimize your AWS environment by providing real-time guidance based on best practices and is offered to all AWS customers
Trusted Advisor
Pillar of Trusted Advisor that identifies opportunities to save money, such as by deleting unused resources or optimizing your usage
Cost Optimization
Pillar of Trusted Advisor that provides suggestions to enhance the performance and reliability of your systems.
Performance
Pillar of Trusted Advisor that recommends actions to reduce risks and improve your overall defense posture.
Security
Trusted Advisor pillar that ensures your resources are resilient and can handle failures gracefully.
Fault Tolerence
Core component of Trusted Advisor that keeps track of your usage and alerts
Service Limits
What are the five pillars of Trusted Advisor
1- Cost Optimization
2- Performance
3- Security
4- Fault Tolerance
5- Service Limits
AWS service that helps you choose the most efficient AWS resources for your workloads by using machine learning to analyze your historical usage data and provides recommendations
AWS Compute Optimizer
The operations hub for your AWS applications and resources and a secure end-to-end management solution.
It provides a unified user interface to view operational data from multiple AWS services and automate tasks across your resources
AWS Systems Manager
A fully managed service that simplifies the process of setting up and governing a secure, compliant, multi-account AWS environment
AWS Control Tower
AWS Control Tower orchestrates these services to create a landing zone
AWS Organizations, AWS Service Catalog, and AWS IAM Identity Center
A fully managed service that simplifies billing and reporting for AWS customers.
- It allows you to customize pricing, distribute credits and fees, and manage shared overhead costs
AWS Billing Conductor
This service is particularly useful for organizations that need to allocate costs to different teams or departments, or for AWS Marketplace Channel Partners who need to manage billing for their customers
AWS Billing Conductor
A service that helps you centrally manage and govern your environment as you scale your AWS resources
It allows you to create and manage multiple AWS accounts, organize them into groups, and apply policies for governance and security across those accounts
AWS Organizations
EC2 instance pricing model that is:
*Pay as you go: No upfront costs or long-term commitments
*Ideal for applications with unpredictable workloads
*Pay for compute capacity by the hour or second
On-Demand Pricing
EC2 instance pricing model that has:
*Discounted Rates: Up to 72% off On-Demand prices
*Requires a commitment to a consistent amount of usage (measured in $/hour) for 1 or 3 years
Savings Plans
EC2 instance pricing model that has:
*Discounted Rates: Up to 75% off On-Demand prices
*Commitment: Requires a commitment to a specific instance configuration (instance type and region) for 1 or 3 years
Reserved Instances
(Two type: Standard and Convertible Reserved Instances)
EC2 instance pricing model that has:
*Discounted Rates: Up to 90% off On-Demand prices
*Available for unused EC2 capacity
*Suitable for fault-tolerant or stateless applications
Spot Instances
EC2 instance pricing model where you:
*Pay for a physical host that is fully dedicated to your instances
*Bring your existing per-socket, per-core, or per-VM software licenses to reduce costs
Dedicated Hosts
EC2 instance pricing model that has
*Guaranteed capacity reserved for your EC2 instances in a specific Availability Zone
*Can be reserved for any duration
On-Demand Capacity Reservations
