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6 tip to reduce your AWS bill

Idle load balancers and detached EBS volumes could be silently inflating your AWS bill. Learn how to find and eliminate this hidden waste.

6 tip to reduce your AWS bill
#1about 6 minutes

Understanding the AWS on-demand billing model

The pay-as-you-go model offers flexibility but requires careful management to avoid unexpected costs.

#2about 4 minutes

Reduce storage costs with S3 Intelligent-Tiering

Automatically move S3 objects between different storage tiers based on access patterns to optimize costs without performance impact.

#3about 4 minutes

Automate shutdown of non-production EC2 and RDS instances

Use the AWS Instance Scheduler to automatically stop development and test instances during off-hours to save significant costs.

#4about 6 minutes

Use EC2 Spot Instances for stateless workloads

Leverage unused EC2 capacity at a significant discount for interruptible workloads like containers, batch jobs, and build farms.

#5about 7 minutes

Commit to usage with flexible Compute Savings Plans

Receive a significant discount on EC2, Lambda, and Fargate usage in exchange for a one or three-year commitment to a consistent amount of spend.

#6about 4 minutes

Apply Reserved Instances for specific database services

While Savings Plans are best for EC2, Reserved Instances offer discounts for services like RDS, Redshift, and ElastiCache with a long-term commitment.

#7about 8 minutes

Find and remove unused resources with Trusted Advisor

Use AWS Trusted Advisor to identify and clean up underutilized resources like unattached EBS volumes, idle load balancers, and old snapshots.

#8about 7 minutes

Monitor your spending with AWS cost management tools

Utilize tools like Cost Explorer for analysis, AWS Budgets for alerts, and Trusted Advisor for optimization recommendations to maintain control over your bill.

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