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Capricorn2481yesterday at 4:08 PM1 replyview on HN

No it's pretty bad. They show you the cost after all the resources are set up. Even setting up an ec2 instance, a really basic use case that has a fixed cost based on size, you have to go Google it and find their ec2 pricing table. It would take no space to just put the price per hour in the drop-down as you're picking an instance. But no, they obscure it on purpose.

That's just for ec2. Everything is like this. Super awesome when you're being brought onto a new project and trying to estimate costs for your client. And let's not forget the little tiny things that should cost nothing. A NAT gateway with no redundancy is $30/mo. That's a fun surprise.


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cyberaxyesterday at 6:54 PM

> Even setting up an ec2 instance, a really basic use case that has a fixed cost based on size, you have to go Google it and find their ec2 pricing table

This is the "Comparison Table" from the EC2 launch wizard: https://imgur.com/a/YjFhkzb

The pricing is right there, along with filtering and sorting.

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