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          Cloud Computing Costs

          Friday, March 15, 2024
          Cloud Service Cost Overview
           
          Pricing Factors Cost
          Network Infrastructure
          • Based on bandwidth usage
          • Usually measured by month
          • Example: Starts at $2.50 per month
          Storage
          • Varies by storage type and amount
          • Usually measured by user, by month
          • Example: Free (limited storage) to $15/user/month (unlimited storage)
          Maintenance and Updates
          • Covers upkeep and software updates
          • Usually measured per month for number of users
          • Example: Starts at $5,000 per month/500 users
          Hidden Charges
          • Exit fees: Typically confidential; depends on contract
          • Region and availability zones
          • Support costs
           

          Pricing Models

          Different providers also offer different pricing models—here are the most commonly used:

          • On-Demand: This is a pay-as-you-go plan billed on a per-second or per-hour basis, depending on usage; this model is all about flexibility, scalable with no upfront commitments.
          • Instance-Based: In this model, costs correlate with the cloud instances or virtual servers being used; the bill reflects the number of dedicated servers and hosts allocated to you.
          • Tiered: Much like a restaurant menu, tier-based pricing presents a variety of “plans” or “bundles” from basic plans with essential features to premium offerings packed with advanced functionalities; select the level of service that aligns with your requirements and budget.
          • Subscription: This model turns cloud computing services into a recurring expense; you can opt for monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or annual plans, allowing for predictable budgeting.

           

          Cloud Providers Pricing Comparison

          AWS Lambda

          Architecture Duration Requests/Memory allocated Price
          X86 (First 6 Billion GB-seconds/month) $0.0000166667 for every GB-second Per 1M requests $0.20
          Arm Price (First 7.5 Billion GB-seconds/month) $0.0000133334 for every GB-second Per 1M requests $0.20
          X86 128 MB memory Per 1 millisecond memory usage $0.0000000021
          Arm Price 128 MB memory Per 1 millisecond memory usage $0.0000000017
                 

           

          IBM Cloud Code Engine

           
          Category CPU Memory Incoming Requests
          Always Free 100,000 vCPU seconds per month 200,000 GB seconds per month 100,000 HTTP requests per month
          Beyond Free Tier

          $0.00003431 per vCPU second

          $0.00000356 per GB second

          		 $0.538 per 1 million HTTP requests

           

          Azure Cloud Services

          Instance Cores RAM Temporary Storage Monthly Price
          A0 1 0.75 GB 20 GB $14.60
          A4 8 14 GB 2040 GB $467.20
          D1 1 3.50 GB 50 GB $102.20
          D4 8 28 GB 400 GB $817.60
          D14 16 112 GB 800 GB $1,541.03

           

          Google Cloud Platform

          Category vCPUs Memory Monthly Price
          c3-standard-4 4 16GB $152.48
          c3-highmem-4 4 32 GB $205.74
          e2-standard-2 2 8 GB $48.91
          e2-highcpu-16 16 16 GB $288.89

           

          Oracle Cloud

          Category Operations Memory Monthly Price
          Virtual Machine instance 4 vCPUs 16 GB RAM $54
          Kubernetes cluster 100 vCPUs 750 GB RAM $1734
          Block storage 15K IOPS, 125 MB/sec 1X1 TB $522

           

          Others

          Name Solution Starting Price Free Trial
          Alibaba Elastic Compute Service General Purpose with High Clock Speed ecs.hfg5.large $135.02/month Free basic plan with Alibaba Cloud Services
          Digital Ocean Kubernetes $12/month/node $200 credit for the first 60 days
          Hostinger Cloud Startup $9.99/month 3 months free
          Hostwinds Cloud Server $0.006931/hour No free trial
          Salesforce Sales Cloud $25/user/month 30 days

          Source: https://www.datamation.com/cloud/cloud-costs/

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