How we got our AWS bill to around 2% of revenue

Re:How we got our AWS bill to around 2% of revenue by dijit on Sunday June 28, 2020 @04:22AM (#23667444)

I'm assuming that you might not be aware of AWS pricing.

It's actually incredibly complicated and often very difficult (if not impossible) to predict. We have a dedicated part of our organisation which exists solely to figure out costs ahead of time for project.

I'm not sure if it's intentionally obfuscated, I would suspect not, because "pay for what you use" can be broken down into many areas.

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Re:How we got our AWS bill to around 2% of revenue by znpy on Sunday June 28, 2020 @06:32AM (#23667888)

    It's actually incredibly complicated and often very
    difficult (if not impossible) to predict.

Not a joke: there are people that optimize aws bills for a living.

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Re:How we got our AWS bill to around 2% of revenue by Ozzie_osman on Sunday June 28, 2020 @10:27AM (#23668899)

There are startups that build specialized AI to optimize AWS bills for a living.

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Re:How we got our AWS bill to around 2% of revenue by radicalbyte on Sunday June 28, 2020 @06:23AM (#23667855)

Azure is the same and Microsoft spent 20 years making their software licencing more and more unpredictable.

It absolutely is a strategic choice and not an accident.

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Re:How we got our AWS bill to around 2% of revenue by dan15 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @01:16PM (#23670323)

This is the main reason I don't use it. I like having predictable monthly pricing that remains consistent.

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Re:How we got our AWS bill to around 2% of revenue by scarface74 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @06:17AM (#23667830)

What is incredibly complicated about Lightsail? That’s kind of the point of it.

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