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Asked: 2026-05-23T03:38:53+00:00

I am not sure I understand the prices for EC2 instances. Amazon writes: Pricing

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I am not sure I understand the prices for EC2 instances.

Amazon writes:

Pricing is per instance-hour consumed for each instance, from the time an instance is launched until it is terminated.

So I will get billed for 100% a month, unless I terminate this instance completely and lose all the data on the instance-store? This confuses me, as the Amazon cloud is said to be a cheaper alternative. But for a Large instance I end up with about $250/month, which is quite expensive compared to other, non-cloud companies.

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  1. Editorial Team

    you will be billed 24 instance-hours per day if your instance (server) is online 24/7.

    This is exactly the same as Windows Azure Web instances.

    The be billed just for what I use, it’s more about Files and Database, as the server should be always up and running.

    If you compare VPS hosting companies with this prices, you will see Amazon/Windows are cheaper, keep in mind that you will have remote access to that server no matter what OS you are using (windows or Linux distro).

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