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Navigating S3 Intelligent-Tiering Pricing:

When setting up your account it’s easy to see why S3 Intelligent-Tiering pricing is such an attractive option. What's the problem?

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Estimating Future S3 Costs With a Pricing Calculator:

A Simple Guide

Being able to predict costs is a core principle behind budgeting. That’s why it’s so important to estimate future S3 costs.

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10 Practical Tips for Managing AWS S3 Costs

You know the pricing plans. You know that you’re paying too much. Yet, no matter what you do, actually managing AWS S3 costs is a nightmare.

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Unraveling the Mystery: Understanding Amazon S3 Pricing

7 pricing plans. Multiple tiers in most of those 7 plans. That is the nightmare of trying to understand Amazon S3 pricing.

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AWS Cost and Usage Report vs Cost Explorer:

Detail, Visibility, and the (Secret) Better Option!

You need to know your AWS costs inside and out to optimize your operations. You need to know the pros and cons of AWS Cost and Usage Report vs Cost Explorer.

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What AWS Pricing Calculator Is, and How to Use It

With no commitment required, AWS Pricing Calculator is one of the most powerful (and easy to use) native AWS tools for seeing what your setup would cost you.

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Cost Reduction for AWS:

The Complete Guide

Nobody wants to pay more than they have to. Why should that be any different for cost reduction in AWS?

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AWS Costs:

What They Are and How to Reduce Them

AWS costs can be a nightmare to understand, let alone optimize. This post will solve all of those problems, worries, and difficulties.

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What Is AWS Cloud Cost Management?

How to Deal With the Nightmare

Global spending on cloud computing topped out last year at $225 billion! So why is AWS cloud cost management so difficult and complicated?

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Cloud Cost Management Software:

The 5 Best Options On the Market

It’s time to shed some light on the best cloud cost management software on the market.

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The Top 7 Cloud Cost Management Solutions

(You Don’t Need Fancy Software)

Don’t you hate complicated solutions to simple problems? That's why you need one of these cloud cost management solutions!

How AWS Auto Scaling Works

(It’s a Thermostat)

Learn how to use AWS Auto Scaling to automatically adjust your operations to meet demand!

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The Core Guide to Cloud Cost Management

(From Basics to Must-Haves)

Can you afford to spend $72,000 on a simple recursion mistake? Cloud cost management will help you avoid just that.

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What Is Spot Pricing?

The Backbone of EC2 Spot Instance Pricing

Would you like to save up to 90% on your AWS EC2 instances? Then you need to know about spot pricing.

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AWS Container Pricing:

The Cost of Building Blocks

Learn everything you need to know about AWS container pricing!

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What is EC2 Other?

The Hidden Charges Bloating Your AWS Bill

You’re browsing your AWS bill and notice a significant chunk attributed to the vague name of “EC2 Other”. What does it mean?

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How to Make the Most of NAT Gateway Pricing

Security breaches are no joke, but what is NAT Gateway pricing and how much will it set you back?

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How to Get an AWS EDP: The Discount of Your Dreams

What if you could get an average 9% discount on all of your AWS bills? With an AWS EDP, you can do just that!

What Is AWS Graviton?

The Supercharged Processors Running EC2’s Powerhouses

What exactly is AWS Graviton, and how will it help Amazon to get its share of a $1 trillion+ pie?

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The Basics, Tips, and Tricks of AWS CloudWatch Pricing

Despite being one of their most popular products, AWS CloudWatch pricing is a mess to understand, manage and optimize. That's why we're here.

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How to Get AWS Credits:

From AWS Activate to Community Offerings

What if you could utilize the full power of AWS without having to pay for any of it? That's where AWS credits come in.

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The Basics of AWS CloudFront Pricing:

What It Is, and How to Optimize Your Bill

Latency can kill your business. That’s why you need to know the ins and outs of AWS CloudFront pricing.

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The Basics of AWS EBS Pricing,

Without the Wild Goose Chase

Despite being incredibly useful, AWS EBS pricing is as murky as any other AWS product. Cut through the confusion with this guide.

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AWS WorkSpaces Pricing:

Cut Through the Clutter and Get the Best Deal

Don't let AWS WorkSpaces pricing leave you confused. This post will teach you all of the basics and how to get the best deal!

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The Basics of AWS RDS Pricing

(How to Slash Costs Without Impacting Performance)

Learn everything you need to know about AWS RDS pricing to optimize your bills and save money!

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AWS Cost Explorer:

What It Is, How It Works, and the Better Way to Manage Your AWS Costs

Managing your AWS cost and usage data can be a nightmare. That's why you need to know about AWS Cost Explorer.

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10 AWS Cost Reduction Tactics

(And the Tool That Handles All of Them)

It's easy for AWS costs to skyrocket, but not so much to perform an AWS cost reduction. Here's everything you need to know to reduce costs!

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AWS Cost Categories:

How to Make Sense of Your AWS Nightmare

AWS Cost Categories are your ticket to automatically organizing your cost and usage data.

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Simplifying Your Bills With Consolidated Billing on AWS

Learn how to group all of your AWS bills under one account, and even earn new discounts by doing so!

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Reserved Instances 101:

What They Are and How to Save Up to 72%

Reserved Instances can help you save up to 72% on your AWS bill!

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How to Boost AWS Performance, Stability, and Resilience with Horizontal Scaling

Scaling is essential to running a successful business. To scale effectively you need to know whether horizontal scaling is right for you.

Data Ingress:

The Double-Edged Sword With Hidden AWS Costs

Stop getting caught out by hidden data ingress costs in AWS.

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What Is Data Egress and Why Am I Charged for It?

Sick of getting charged extra for "data transfer" in AWS? Let us teach you all about what data egress is, and why you should be paying attention to it.

How to Understand Your AWS Bill,

and How to Properly Process It for Accounting

Learn how to see and manage your AWS bill the easy way.

Predicting Your Success With an AWS Forecast:

How to Forecast Your AWS Bill

Imagine how successful you would be if you could predict the future. Well, with an AWS Forecast, you can do just that!

The Complete Guide to AWS WorkSpaces Pricing

Don't let AWS WorkSpaces pricing leave you confused and with surprise bills. Read how to calculate exactly what your costs will be!

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AWS Lambda Pricing:

How to Calculate Your Bill and Save Money

Demystify AWS Lambda pricing with these tips! Learn how to calculate your full bill, and how to save money without affecting performance.

What Are the EC2 Instance Types?

How to Pick an Instance to Suit Your Workload

Don't let the hundreds of different EC2 instance types leave you confused. Read this guide to know exactly what will suit your needs!

Understanding EC2 Instance Pricing

and How You Can Save

Cut through the confusion and learn the ins and outs of EC2 Instance Pricing. From instance category prices to Savings Plans, you'll find it all here.

The Ultimate Guide to S3 Pricing:

How to Calculate and Forecast Your Costs

S3 pricing shouldn't need a PhD to understand. Use our Ultimate Guide to S3 Pricing to understand your costs and learn how to forecast future bills.

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AWS Billing:

How to Understand and Optimize Your AWS Costs

With the AWS Billing console, you can view your costs, see and pay invoices, forecast spending and review consolidated bills. We tell you how.

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What AWS Budgets Is,

and How It Can End Your AWS Financial Woes

AWS can be a nightmare of surprise bills and obscured costs. That’s why AWS Budgets exists. We'll teach you how to take the best advantage of the tool.

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Optimize Spending and Usage

With AWS Resource Utilization

AWS resource utilization is an invaluable tool for optimizing your operations, ensuring you pay only for what you need.

Workload Management:

Maximize Your Query Throughput (Without Breaking the Bank)

Workload management lets you maximize your query throughput in Amazon Redshift, but knowing how to set it up can be a pain in the neck. Learn more.

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Don’t Burn Your Budget on Wasted Cloud Spend:

Practice AWS Cost Optimization Instead

With AWS, you’re likely to be over-allocating and paying for resources you’re not using without even realizing it. Let's optimize your cloud spend!

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How to Optimize AWS Spending

Without a Variance Report

Traditionally, businesses would create a variance report to optimize spending. But trusty financial tools won't help with cloud costs. We share alternatives.

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The Pros and Cons of AWS Cost and Usage Reports

(And How to Enhance Them)

Wasting money is painful. In cloud computing, this problem is solved via AWS Cost and Usage Reports. Learn how to use them and the drawbacks to be aware of.

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AWS Data Exchange:

Double Your Chances of Success

The AWS Data Exchange is a service from Amazon that allows you to access hundreds of data collections from across the world. Learn how!

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AWS Managed Services:

Manage the Financial Impact of Downtime & Cyber Attacks

High-grade Managed Service Providers like AWS Managed Services(AMS) help decrease the risk of downtime and security breaches, and their financial impact.