Date event description

8/31/2006 ***Original prices***

10/27/2007 Large instances Amazon EC2: Now in Unlimited Beta and Launchin
4/22/2008 Lower Data transfer costs AWS Lowers Data Transfer Costs – Effective May
5/29/2008 High CPU instances More EC2 Power
10/9/2008 Tiered S3 Pricing New Tiered Pricing for Amazon S3 Storage
3/12/2009 Reserved instances Amazon EC2 Introduces Reserved Instances
8/20/2009 Lower price reserved inst New Lower Prices for Amazon EC2 Reserved Insta
10/27/2009 High memory instances Announcing Amazon EC2 High-Memory Instances
11/1/2009 15% EC2 price reduction Announcing Lower Amazon EC2 Instance Pricing
12/8/2009 Lower S3 prices AWS Announces Pricing Changes
12/16/2009 Spot instances instances Announcing Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
AWS Announces Lower Pricing for Outbound
2/1/2010 Lower Outbound transfer pData Transfer
2/23/2010 Xlarge High Memory insta Amazon EC2 Now Offers Extra Large High Memory
Announcing Amazon S3 Reduced Redundancy
5/19/2010 S3 Reduced Redundancy Storage
7/13/2010 Cluster instances introduc Announcing Cluster Compute Instances for Amazo
9/2/2010 Reduced Xlarge prices New Lower Prices for High Memory Double and Qu
9/9/2010 Micro instances Announcing Micro Instances for Amazon EC2
10/21/2010 Free usage Announcing AWS Free Usage Tier
11/1/2010 Reduced S3 pricing Amazon S3 Reduces Storage Pricing
url 1 EC2 unit, 3 yrs % drop 1 EC2 unit, 2 spot instance 1 GB RAM, 3 y
2628 1 24 1550.52
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2007/10/22/amazon-ec2-now 1392.84
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2008/04/22/aws-lowers-data-transfer-costs---effective-may-1/
http://aws.t 1051.2 2.5 9.6
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2008/10/09/new-tiered-pricing-for-amazon-s3-storage/
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2009/03/12/amazon-ec2-introduces-reserved-instances/
650.5142857143 4.03988053 867.142857
http://aws.a 455.36 607
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2009/10/27/announcing-am 378
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/ 8.16
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2009/12/08/aws-announces-pricing-changes/
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2009/12/14/a 2.88

http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/02/01/aws-announces-lower-pricing-for-outbound-data-t
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/02/23/Amazon-EC2-Now-Offers-Extra-Large-High-Memo

http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/05/19/announcing-amazon-s3-reduced-redundancy-stora
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/07/13/announcing-cluster-compute-instances-for-amazo
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/09/01/New-Lower-Prices-for-Amazon-EC2-m2-2xlarge-a
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/09/09/announcing-micro-instances-for-amazon-ec2/
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/10/21/announcing-aws-free-usage-tier/
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/11/01/Amazon-S3-Reduces-Storage-Pricing/
 1 GB RAM, 24spot instance 1 PB storage, 1 TB storage, Note on demand long term me
14.16 150000 150 Estimated -- p 1 1
12.72 no effect on per EC2 unit 1.11320755
-transfer-costs---effective-may-1/
High CPU inst 2.5
g-for-amazon-s3-storage/ 126500
1.78807908

8.4 High mem instances lower 4.10190476

2.9411765
pricing-changes/ 119000 15% reduction
2.4 Assumes job can be started any time

ower-pricing-for-outbound-data-transfer/
w-Offers-Extra-Large-High-Memory-Instances/

zon-s3-reduced-redundancy-storage/ 79450 100 Assumes app can tolerate 99.99% reliability

er-compute-instances-for-amazon-ec2/ no effect on per EC2 unit price
6.96 Assuming spot instances aren't acceptab
o-instances-for-amazon-ec2/
free-usage-tier/
uces-Storage-Pricing/ 69500 93
 on demand mem improvemestorage improvement
1 1
1.1132075472

1.6857142857

1.2605042

.99% reliability 1.88797986

2.0344827586
Date event description
8/31/2006 ***Original prices***
10/27/2007 Large instances Amazon EC2: Now in Unlimited Beta and
4/22/2008 Lower Data transfer costs AWS Lowers Data Transfer Costs – Effect
5/29/2008 High CPU instances More EC2 Power
10/9/2008 Tiered S3 Pricing New Tiered Pricing for Amazon S3 Storag
3/12/2009 Reserved instances Amazon EC2 Introduces Reserved Instanc
8/20/2009 Lower price reserved instances New Lower Prices for Amazon EC2 Reserv
10/27/2009 High memory instances Announcing Amazon EC2 High-Memory In
11/1/2009 15% EC2 price reduction Announcing Lower Amazon EC2 Instance P
12/8/2009 Lower S3 prices AWS Announces Pricing Changes
12/16/2009 Spot instances instances Announcing Amazon EC2 Spot Instances
AWS Announces Lower Pricing for
2/1/2010 Lower Outbound transfer pricesOutbound Data Transfer
2/23/2010 Xlarge High Memory instances Amazon EC2 Now Offers Extra Large High
Announcing Amazon S3 Reduced
5/19/2010 S3 Reduced Redundancy Redundancy Storage
7/13/2010 Cluster instances introduced Announcing Cluster Compute Instances f
9/2/2010 Reduced Xlarge prices New Lower Prices for High Memory Doubl

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 url 1 EC2 unit, 3 yrs % drop 1 EC2 unit, 240 hours
2628 1 24
http://aws.ama
http://aws.ama
http://aws.typ 1051.2 2.5 9.6
http://aws.ama
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2009/03/12/amazon-ec2-introduces-reserved-instances/
650.5142857143 4.0398805341
http://aws.ama 455.36
http://aws.ama
http://aws.ama 8.16
http://aws.ama
http://aws.ama

http://aws.ama
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/02/23/Amazon-EC2-Now-Offers-Extra-Large-High-Memo

http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/05/19/announcing-amazon-s3-reduced-redundancy-stora
http://aws.ama
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/09/01/New-Lower-Prices-for-Amazon-EC2-m2-2xlarge-a

3 years 100% utilization

10 days continuous (on demand pricing only)
lowest possible price for 1 EC2 unit
lowest possible price for 1 GB of RAM

http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/ 1 EC2 unit, 240 hours

http://thecloudmarket.com/stats#/spot_prices
30

25

20

1 EC2 unit, 3 yrs 15 1 EC2 unit, 240 ho

10

0
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0
009 9/6/2009 3/25/2010 4/20/2005 9/2/2006 1/15/2008 5/29/2009 10/11/2010

1 GB RAM, 240 hours

16

14

12

10
1 GB RAM, 3 yrs

8 1 GB

2
9 9/6/2009 3/25/2010

0
4/20/2005 9/2/2006 1/15/2008 5/29/2009 10/11/2010 2/23/2012
 spot instance / EC2 1 GB RAM, 3 yrs 1 GB RAM, 240 ho spot instance / GB
1550.52 14.16
1392.84 12.72

867.142857143
607
378 8.4

2.88 2.4

6.96

1 EC2 unit, 240 hours

1 PB storage, 1 month

160000

140000
1 EC2 unit, 240 hours

120000

100000

80000

008 5/29/2009 10/11/2010

60000

40000
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100000

80000

008 5/29/2009 10/11/2010

60000

40000
1 GB RAM, 240 hours

20000

0
4/20/2005 9/2/2006 1/15/2008 5/29/2009 10/11/20

1 GB RAM, 240 hours

008 5/29/2009 10/11/2010 2/23/2012

1 PB storage, 1 month Note on demand compute plong term mem
150000 Estimated -- prices no longer av 1 1
no effect on per EC2 unit price 1.1132075472

High CPU instances lowered per 2.5

126500
1.7880790774

High mem instances lowered cost per EC2 unit 4.1019047619

2.9411764706
119000 15% reduction
Assumes job can be started any time

79450 Assumes app can tolerate 99.99% reliability

no effect on per EC2 unit price
Assuming spot instances aren't acceptable

1 PB storage, 1 month

1 PB storage, 1 month
 1 PB storage, 1 month

9/2/2006 1/15/2008 5/29/2009 10/11/2010

on demand mem i storage improvement
1 1
1.1132075472

1.6857142857

1.2605042017

1.8879798615

2.0344827586
order API name memory EC2_units storage
1 m1.small Small Instance 1.7 1 160
2 m1.large Large Instance 7.5 4 850
3 m1.xlarge Extra Large Instance 15 8 1690
4 m2.xlarge High-Memory Extra Large Instance 17.1 6.5 420
5 m2.2xlarge High-Memory Double Extra Large Instance 34.2 13 850
6 m2.4xlarge High-Memory Quadruple Extra Large Instance 68.4 26 1690
7 c1.medium High-CPU Medium Instance 1.7 5 350
8 c1.xlarge High-CPU Extra Large Instance 7 20 1690
9 cc1.4xlarge Cluster Compute Quadruple Extra Large Instan 23 33.5 1690

all prices from us east

 price until 11/1/09 price until 9/3 2010 current price
arch IO old price 15% reduction on_demand reserve_1yr_fixed
32 Moderate $0.100 $0.085 $0.085 $227.500
64 High $0.400 $0.340 $0.340 $910.000
64 High $0.800 $0.680 $0.680 $1,820.000
64 Moderate $0.600 $0.500 $1,325.000
64 High $1.200 $1.000 $2,650.000
64 High $2.400 $2.000 $5,300.000
32 Moderate $0.200 $0.170 $0.170 $455.000
64 High $0.800 $0.680 $0.680 $1,820.000
64 Very High $1.600 $4,290.000

1.4
1.2
reserve_3yr_fixed reserve_1yr_hour spot_usw spot_use $/EC2unit
$350.000 $0.030 $0.040 $0.030 0.085
$1,400.000 $0.120 $0.161 $0.140 0.085
$2,800.000 $0.240 $0.304 $0.240 0.085
$2,000.000 $0.170 $0.242 $0.170 0.07692308
$4,000.000 $0.340 $0.505 $0.420 0.07692308
$8,000.000 $0.680 $1.110 $0.830 0.07692308
$700.000 $0.060 $0.080 $0.060 0.034
$2,800.000 $0.240 $0.319 $0.240 0.034
$6,590.000 $0.560 0.04776119
3 years 100% utilization 3 year price / EC2 unit spot $ / EC2 on-demand prprice1 per GB
1138.4 1138.4 $0.030 0.05 $0.059
4553.6 1138.4 $0.035 0.04533333 $0.053
9107.2 1138.4 $0.030 0.04533333 $0.053
6467.6 995.0153846154 $0.026 0.02923977
12935.2 995.0153846154 $0.032 0.02923977
25870.4 995.0153846154 $0.032 0.02923977
2276.8 455.36 $0.012 0.1 $0.118
9107.2 455.36 $0.012 0.09714286 $0.114
21306.8 636.023880597 0.06956522
price2 per GB price3 per GB 3 yr reserved / GB spot instance / GB
$0.050 $0.050 669.6470588235 $0.018
$0.045 $0.045 607.1466666667 $0.019
$0.045 $0.045 607.1466666667 $0.016
$0.035 $0.029 378.2222222222 $0.010
$0.035 $0.029 378.2222222222 $0.012
$0.035 $0.029 378.2222222222 $0.012
$0.100 $0.100 1339.2941176471 $0.035
$0.097 $0.097 1301.0285714286 $0.034
926.3826086957 $0.000