AWS Pricing Calculator
A free tool to estimate the cost of an AWS architecture before deploying it.
AWS Pricing Calculator is a free, browser-based tool that estimates the cost of an AWS architecture before any resources are provisioned. Users add services, configure expected usage (instance types, storage amounts, data transfer volumes), and receive an itemized monthly estimate that can be saved and shared via a unique URL. The key exam distinction is timing: Pricing Calculator is a pre-deployment planning tool, while Cost Explorer analyzes actual spending on already-running resources. Do not confuse it with the retired AWS TCO Calculator, which compared on-premises costs against AWS.
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