AWS EC2

Pricing

• On-Demand - pay by the hour or second (60-second minimum), no upfront payment or long-term commitment
• Savings Plans - up to 72% off On-Demand prices in exchange for a usage commitment
• Spot Instances - spare EC2 capacity at up to 90% off On-Demand prices
• Free Tier - new accounts get $100 in credits plus up to $100 more, usable for up to 6 months on the Free plan; EC2 is available on both Free and Paid plans
• Dedicated Hosts, On-Demand Capacity Reservations, and EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML - priced separately

Install

curl -fsSL https://awscli.amazonaws.com/v2/install.sh | bash

Models

Not an AI tool: you pick an instance type and an AMI for each launch through the console, AWS CLI, or SDKs. Per-second billing covers Amazon Linux, Windows, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro, and GPU instances for ML can be reserved in advance through EC2 Capacity Blocks.

Recent changes

• Oct 15EC2 T8i instances become available in South America (Sao Paulo).
• Oct 15Amazon Time Sync Service adds microsecond-accurate time on 135 more EC2 instance types in all commercial regions.

Sources: Amazon EC2 pricing, AWS Free Tier, Install the AWS CLI, AWS What's New feed

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