AWS price change, published 2017-02-10
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud price list, published 2017-02-10: 4 cuts, 79 increases
On 2017-02-10, AWS published a version of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud price list that changed 83 existing list prices in 3 regions: 4 cuts and 79 increases. Effective Jan 2017. The median like-for-like change was +0.20% (−43.17% to +68.41%).
Service code AmazonEC2, price list version 20170210223144. Cuts and increases count like-for-like changes only: same unit, both prices above $0, and within 11x either way.
What changed
One line per movement: prices in this publication that changed by the same percentage are one line, with one example and the number of prices. Like-for-like moves come first, largest first, then changes that are not like-for-like. Showing the first 25 of 28 lines. Large percentages often come from a very small old price; read the description and both prices.
| Region (example) | AWS description | Term | Old | New | Change | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $3.229 per On Demand Windows with SQL Std r4.2xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $1.9174 | $3.229 | +68.41% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $3.29 per Dedicated Windows with SQL Std r4.2xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $1.978 | $3.29 | +66.33% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $15,955 | $9,067 | −43.17% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $1.117 per On Demand Windows with SQL Web r4.2xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.8614 | $1.117 | +29.67% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr All Upfront | $119,183 | $152,767 | +28.18% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $1.178 per Dedicated Windows with SQL Web r4.2xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.922 | $1.178 | +27.77% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.364 per On Demand RHEL r4.xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.4332 | $0.364 | −15.97% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.394 per Dedicated RHEL r4.xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.464 | $0.394 | −15.09% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) | SUSE Linux (Amazon VPC), i2.2xlarge instance-hours used this month | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.457 | $0.395 | −13.57% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.669 per Dedicated Linux r4.2xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.667 | $0.669 | +0.30% | 4 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $1.438 per Dedicated SUSE r4.4xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $1.434 | $1.438 | +0.28% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $1.468 per Dedicated RHEL r4.4xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $1.464 | $1.468 | +0.27% | 3 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.152 per On Demand Linux r4.large Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.1516 | $0.152 | +0.26% | 19 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.799 per Dedicated RHEL r4.2xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.797 | $0.799 | +0.25% | 5 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $1.316 per On Demand SUSE r4.4xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $1.3128 | $1.316 | +0.24% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.708 per On Demand SUSE r4.2xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.7064 | $0.708 | +0.23% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.738 per On Demand RHEL r4.2xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.7364 | $0.738 | +0.22% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.404 per On Demand SUSE r4.xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.4032 | $0.404 | +0.20% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.212 per On Demand RHEL r4.large Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.2116 | $0.212 | +0.19% | 3 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $2.356 per Dedicated Windows with SQL Web r4.4xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $2.352 | $2.356 | +0.17% | 3 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.244 per On Demand Windows r4.large Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.2436 | $0.244 | +0.16% | 7 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $4.711 per Dedicated Windows with SQL Web r4.8xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $4.704 | $4.711 | +0.15% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.559 per On Demand Windows with SQL Web r4.xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.5582 | $0.559 | +0.14% | 4 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $0.315 per On Demand Windows with SQL Web r4.large Instance Hour | On-Demand | $0.3146 | $0.315 | +0.13% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | $6.58 per Dedicated Windows with SQL Std r4.4xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $6.576 | $6.58 | +0.06% | 1 |
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