Scared of getting your hands on at AWS because you're in fear of unexpected costs for the cloud?
You don't have to be!
A small thread about steps you can take to sleep better on your journey to becoming an AWS expert 🧵👇
You don't have to be!
A small thread about steps you can take to sleep better on your journey to becoming an AWS expert 🧵👇
(1/6) AWS Free Tier #1
AWS grants you a lot of room for experiments for different services each month:
- 1m Lambda Requests
- 25 GB of DynamoDB storage
- 100 build minutes on CodeBuild
... and much more!
aws.amazon.com/free/
AWS grants you a lot of room for experiments for different services each month:
- 1m Lambda Requests
- 25 GB of DynamoDB storage
- 100 build minutes on CodeBuild
... and much more!
aws.amazon.com/free/
(2/6) AWS Free Tier#2
Even better: if you've recently created your account, you also have additional free limits for the next 12 months, including for example running a EC2 t2 or t3 micro instance without any costs.
Even better: if you've recently created your account, you also have additional free limits for the next 12 months, including for example running a EC2 t2 or t3 micro instance without any costs.
(3/6) Budget Alerts #1
You can set up budget alerts easily.
By that, you can set a specific amount for which you'll be notified when the expected (forecasted by AWS) costs will exceed this limit.
docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbill…
You can set up budget alerts easily.
By that, you can set a specific amount for which you'll be notified when the expected (forecasted by AWS) costs will exceed this limit.
docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbill…
(4/6) Budget Alerts #2
This won't protect you from overspending at a fast pace, but will at least notify you if your forecasts exceed your limits.
Also: if you're using a service with a free tier, you'll be always notified before you're reaching the limits.
This won't protect you from overspending at a fast pace, but will at least notify you if your forecasts exceed your limits.
Also: if you're using a service with a free tier, you'll be always notified before you're reaching the limits.
(5/6) Pricing Calculator
Besides familiarizing yourself with the pricing of a new service you want to use, you can use AWS' Pricing Calculator to get a good estimate about your expected costs for a specific period or usage.
calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
Besides familiarizing yourself with the pricing of a new service you want to use, you can use AWS' Pricing Calculator to get a good estimate about your expected costs for a specific period or usage.
calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
(6/6) Key takeaways
There's nothing to fear if you're careful by familiarizing yourself with the pricing of services, making good use of AWS' free tier & setting up a budget alert.
If you haven't started yet: your cloud journey awaits you!
Start exploring, learning & building!
There's nothing to fear if you're careful by familiarizing yourself with the pricing of services, making good use of AWS' free tier & setting up a budget alert.
If you haven't started yet: your cloud journey awaits you!
Start exploring, learning & building!
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