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Cloud Computing · Foundational

Savings Plans

AWS flexible pricing model offering discounts in exchange for a commitment to a consistent dollar amount of compute usage per hour for 1 or 3 years.

Definition

Compute Savings Plans apply to EC2, Fargate and Lambda regardless of instance family, size, region or OS, offering up to about 66 percent off. EC2 Instance Savings Plans give up to about 72 percent but are locked to an instance family in a region. A separate SageMaker AI Savings Plan covers machine learning usage.

Example

A company commits to $20 per hour of compute for 3 years, and the discount automatically applies across EC2 and Lambda.

Exam tip

Savings Plans commit to spend ($/hour), not to specific instances; Compute Savings Plans are the most flexible commitment option.

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