AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)Cloud ConceptsEasy
A small non-profit organization is planning to host its new donation platform on AWS. They have a limited budget and want to ensure their infrastructure costs are predictable each month. Which AWS billing feature should they primarily consider to achieve cost predictability for their compute resources?
- AAWS Cost Explorer
- BAWS Trusted Advisor
- CAWS Budgets
- DAWS Savings Plans
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Correct answer: D. AWS Savings Plans
AWS Savings Plans offer a flexible pricing model that provides significant discounts on compute usage in exchange for a commitment to a consistent amount of usage (measured in $/hour) for a 1-year or 3-year term. This helps make costs predictable and lower.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. AWS Cost Explorer is a tool for visualizing and managing costs after they occur, not for setting predictable pricing upfront.
- B. AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations for cost optimization, security, and performance, but it's not a billing feature for predictable pricing.
- C. AWS Budgets allows setting custom budgets and alerts for cost management, but it doesn't offer discounted pricing or make costs predictable itself.
AWS Savings Plans
A flexible pricing model that offers lower prices compared to On-Demand, in exchange for a commitment to a consistent amount of compute usage (measured in $/hour) for a 1-year or 3-year term.
- Commit to consistent usage for discounts.
- Applicable to EC2, Fargate, and Lambda.
- Reduces costs and provides predictability.
Memory trick: Save predictably with plans, not just explore or budget.