Question 1

What is AWS EC2?

Accepted Answer

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It allows you to run virtual servers (instances) with various configurations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking.

Question 2

What are the different EC2 pricing models?

Accepted Answer

AWS EC2 offers three main pricing models: On-Demand (pay by the hour with no commitment), Reserved Instances (1-3 year commitment for up to 72% savings), and Spot Instances (bid on spare capacity for up to 90% savings).

Question 3

How often is EC2 pricing updated on this calculator?

Accepted Answer

Our EC2 pricing data is updated daily directly from AWS pricing APIs to ensure you always have access to the most current pricing information.

Question 4

Which AWS regions are supported?

Accepted Answer

We support all AWS regions globally, including US East (N. Virginia, Ohio), US West (Oregon, N. California), Europe (Ireland, Frankfurt, London, Paris), Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai), and more.

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