Day 04 - Cost Optimization on AWS

Date: 2025-09-11 (Thursday)
Status: “Done”

Lecture Notes

Cost Optimization on AWS

Cost Optimization Strategies

  • Choose the right resource types and Regions.
  • Use pricing models such as Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Instances.
  • Remove or schedule idle resources.
  • Leverage serverless architectures.
  • Continuously review and improve cost efficiency with AWS Budgets and Cost Explorer.
  • Tag resources with Cost Allocation Tags for department-level tracking.

AWS Pricing Calculator

calculator.aws

  • Create and share cost estimates for common services.
  • Pricing varies by Region.

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Key Features:

  • Estimate costs before deployment
  • Compare pricing across regions
  • Export and share estimates
  • Template-based estimation

AWS Support Plans

  • Four tiers: Basic, Developer, Business, and Enterprise.
  • Plans can be upgraded temporarily during critical incidents.

Support Plan Comparison

Feature Basic Developer Business Enterprise
Cost Free $29/month $100/month $15,000/month
Response Time N/A 12-24 hours 1 hour (urgent) 15 min (critical)
Technical Support Forums only Business hours 24/7 24/7 + TAM

Hands-On Labs

Lab 07 – AWS Budgets & Cost Management

  1. Create Budget by Template → 07-01
  2. Create Cost Budget Tutorial → 07-02
  3. Create Usage Budget → 07-03
  4. Create Reserved Instance (RI) Budget → 07-04
  5. Create Savings Plans Budget → 07-05
  6. Clean Up Budgets → 07-06

Lab 09 – AWS Support Plans

  1. AWS Support Packages → 09-01
  2. Types of Support Requests → 09-02
  3. Change Support Package → 09-03
  4. Manage Support Requests → 09-04