Instances Purchasing Options

Instance types also can be classified by their purchasing options. They are as followed:

  • On-Demand: For short workload, predictable pricing and pay by second.

  • Reserved (1-3 years): Convenient for long workloads

  • Saving Plans (1-3 years): Commitment to an amount of usage, long workload

  • Spot Instances: They are cheap and losable instances. But useful for short workloads. It is less reliable so that not prefer to execute important workloads on it.

  • Dedicated Host: Book an entire physical server

  • Dedicated Instances: Your hardware can not share with other users.

  • Capacity Reservations: Reserve capacity in a specific AZ for any duration

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