AWS price change, published 2019-01-04
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud price list, published 2019-01-04: 2,421 cuts
On 2019-01-04, AWS published a version of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud price list that changed 2,421 existing list prices in 12 regions: 2,421 cuts and 0 increases. Effective Dec 2018. The median like-for-like change was −14.95% (−20.04% to −10.07%).
Service code AmazonEC2, price list version 20190104003309. 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 327 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 (Tokyo) | Linux/UNIX (Amazon VPC), p3.2xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr Partial Upfront | $2.186 | $1.748 | −20.04% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Linux/UNIX (Amazon VPC), p3.2xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $3.672 | $2.937 | −20.02% | 7 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $16.776 per On Demand Linux p3.8xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $20.972 | $16.776 | −20.01% | 109 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Linux/UNIX (Amazon VPC), p3.16xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr Partial Upfront | $13.988 | $11.19 | −20.00% | 13 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Linux/UNIX (Amazon VPC), p3.2xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $4.222 | $3.378 | −19.99% | 11 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | SUSE Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.16xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $29.408 | $23.531 | −19.98% | 21 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Linux/UNIX (Amazon VPC), p3.2xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr Partial Upfront | $1.923 | $1.539 | −19.97% | 13 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $33.652 per Dedicated SUSE p3.16xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $42.044 | $33.652 | −19.96% | 15 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $33.682 per Dedicated RHEL p3.16xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $42.074 | $33.682 | −19.95% | 9 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr All Upfront | $218,804 | $175,165 | −19.94% | 1 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.16xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $33.91 | $27.151 | −19.93% | 4 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $17.995 per Dedicated SUSE p3.8xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $22.471 | $17.995 | −19.92% | 5 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $16.876 per On Demand SUSE p3.8xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $21.072 | $16.876 | −19.91% | 7 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr All Upfront | $615,914 | $493,368 | −19.90% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $18.025 per Dedicated RHEL p3.8xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $22.501 | $18.025 | −19.89% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $16.906 per On Demand RHEL p3.8xlarge Instance Hour | On-Demand | $21.102 | $16.906 | −19.88% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.8xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $18.419 | $14.76 | −19.87% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | SUSE Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.2xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr Partial Upfront | $1.762 | $1.412 | −19.86% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.16xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr Partial Upfront | $16.216 | $12.997 | −19.85% | 10 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | SUSE Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.2xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $3.705 | $2.97 | −19.84% | 5 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.8xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $14.818 | $11.879 | −19.83% | 6 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.16xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr Partial Upfront | $14.118 | $11.32 | −19.82% | 8 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | SUSE Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.2xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $1.499 | $1.202 | −19.81% | 4 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.8xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr No Upfront | $12.972 | $10.403 | −19.80% | 3 |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Amazon VPC), p3.16xlarge reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $12.021 | $9.642 | −19.79% | 5 |
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