AWS pricing

- [Instructor] Significant variable cost…can be one of the most frustrating aspects of technology.…Most technology objectives now include a best guess…cost estimate.…This kind of estimation…can lead to over-provisioning,…expensive hardware, or even worse,…not enough hardware to cover the growth of the business.…The former is a waste of money…and the latter can sink the company.…The wager of technology costs…has made elastic computing the holy grail of technology.…Elastic computing can scale computing up and down…in response to need.…

Elastic computing can then offer cost controls…based on actual use.…Companies no longer need to pay for hardware and software…they don't use,…nor do they have to face the crushing threat…of a spike in use.…Elastic compute structures are a massive advantage…of host platforms.…And Amazon provides a cost estimator…to help align budgets and projections.…Equipping customers with TCO…or total cost of ownership tools…enables customers and potential customers…to plan costs.…Let's take a look at the TCO calculator…