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How much do people normally pay for Amazon Web Services?

AdrianWelsh

I have not seen a good amount on what people normally pay for these types of things. I know everything is relative, but what are good numbers to look at? Are there some cases where people 'play the game' right and not pay hardly anything at all?

I am just curious on whether or not it's worth looking into these types of services for a small company with no real web service (we are currently [going to be] using a public-facing PC as the faux web server).

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AdrianWelsh

hopeful bump?

XanderBakker

Adrian... bumping on the same day? There you go another bump. Just wondering, do you know this document:

https://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/estimating-cost-gis-cloud.pdf

AdrianWelsh

Thanks Xander. That is a nice document. I'll have to go through it and see what kind of estimates I can make out of it.

Though... I was kind of hoping for a real cut and dry answer of "less than $$$ a month" or something similar. I just need to know what I may expect for a max monthly bill, basically. So, I'll look through that document some more.

Thanks again!

RebeccaStrauch__GISP

I'm not really sure how all this fits in, but I went to a lunch time session at the UC re: Amazon WorkSpaces - Virtual Desktops in the Cloud Pretty new I think, and I haven't had anytime to research it more. But I think it is more on the Desktop side of things than Server. I was very hesitant to try cloud computing in the past, and work never allowed it, but now they have opened that door a crack, so who knows.

But one comment (from my limited knowledge, and having not reviewed the pdf yet), the month cost probably depends on what you are doing, since part of the advantage is to resize on demand, depending on your needs....and I think cost will reflect that.

AdrianWelsh

Thanks Rebecca. That is interesting. But, I think you're right - it does look more to be like a desktop solution of sorts, versus a server solution. Looking at the FAQs on what is Amazon WorkSpaces:

Amazon WorkSpaces is a managed desktop computing service in the cloud. Amazon WorkSpaces allows customers to easily provision cloud-based desktops that allow end-users to access the documents, applications and resources they need on supported devices including Windows and Mac computers, Chromebooks, iPads, Kindle Fire tablets, and Android tablets. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, customers can provision a high-quality cloud desktop experience for any number of users at a cost that is competitive with traditional desktops and half the cost of most Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions.

I can see this being beneficial for things like Chromebooks and tablets that do not come equipped with lots of memory or horsepower.

I would agree that the monthly cost of a server would depend on how much data is stored and how much processing is taking place. I am just kind of lazy at the moment and haven't dug into some mock numbers on what it can cost.

I wonder if others on this board can share their numbers and how much they spend, roughly.

Thanks again.

AdrianWelsh

Xander Bakker,

The cost calculator is a great idea! Thanks for sharing that. However, like Subu mentioned, it's really hard to estimate how much usage I would be using and I am pretty lost when I start looking at all the options on the calculator... Though, I like its title of "SIMPLE MONTHLY CALCULATOR". Haha!

I also agree with what y'all said about licensing and how server should behave versus desktop, etc...

Xander, I also just saw this

Adrian... bumping on the same day?

The original post was 20+ days ago

XanderBakker

Hi Adrian Welsh , you are absolutely right! I must have looked at the wrong date (last update) instead of the date it was posted. Sorry!

I totally agree that the "Simple monthly calculator" is far from "simple". However, it exists and I thought I would share this...

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