Module 8 Flashcards
Describe the AWS Free Tier.
The AWS Free Tier enables you to begin using certain services without having to worry about incurring costs for the specified period.
What are the three types of offers available in the AWS Free Tier?
Always Free
12 Months Free
Trials
Describe the “Always Free” Free Tier type.
These offers do not expire and are available to all AWS customers.
Describe the “12 Months Free” Free Tier type.
These offers are free for 12 months following your initial sign-up date to AWS.
Describe the “Trials” Free Tier type.
Short-term free trial offers start from the date you activate a particular service. The length of each trial might vary by number of days or the amount of usage in the service.
What are the main concepts of AWS pricing?
Pay for what you use
Pay less when you reserve
Pay less with volume-based discounts when you use more
What is the AWS Pricing Calculator?
The AWS Pricing Calculator lets you explore AWS services and create an estimate for the cost of your use cases on AWS.
How are you charged for using AWS Lamda?
For AWS Lambda, you are charged based on the number of requests for your functions and the time that it takes for them to run.
You can save on AWS Lambda costs by signing up for a Compute Savings Plan, which offers lower compute costs in exchange for committing to a consistent amount of usage over a 1-year or 3-year term.
How are you charged for Amazon EC2 instances?
With Amazon EC2, you pay for only the compute time that you use while your instances are running.
How are you charged for Amazon S3 buckets?
For Amazon S3 pricing, consider the following cost components:
Storage - You pay for only the storage that you use.
Requests and data retrievals - You pay for requests made to your Amazon S3 objects and buckets.
Data transfer - There is no cost to transfer data between different Amazon S3 buckets or from Amazon S3 to other services within the same AWS Region. However, you pay for data that you transfer into and out of Amazon S3, with a few exceptions.
Management and replication - You pay for the storage management features that you have enabled on your account’s Amazon S3 buckets.
What can you use to pay your AWS bill, monitor your usage, and analyze and control your costs?
AWS Billing & Cost Management dashboard
Describe the consolidated billing feature?
The consolidated billing feature of AWS Organizations enables you to receive a single bill for all AWS accounts in your organization.
What AWS program allows you to create budgets to plan your service usage, service costs, and instance reservations?
AWS Budgets
What is AWS Cost Explorer?
AWS Cost Explorer is a tool that enables you to visualize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time.
What is the default report in AWS Cost Explorer?
AWS Cost Explorer includes a default report of the costs and usage for your top five cost-accruing AWS services. You can apply custom filters and groups to analyze your data. For example, you can view resource usage at the hourly level.
