{"id":162,"date":"2013-06-30T03:44:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T07:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2022-01-03T19:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T00:59:34","slug":"aws-account-and-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/aws-account-and-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS Account and Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-30-at-9.42.00-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-163\" alt=\"Amazon Spot Instance Charges\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-30-at-9.42.00-AM.png\" width=\"361\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-30-at-9.42.00-AM.png 451w, https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Screen-Shot-2013-06-30-at-9.42.00-AM-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a>We&#8217;ve had a couple of beta testers say they do not have an AWS account on Amazon. \u00a0We were kind of surprised!<\/p>\n<p>If you do not have an Amazon AWS account, you can sign up for one easily at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/\">http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/<\/a>. \u00a0Signing up is free and you will only pay for the services that are used. \u00a0As an example, if you do a load test of 50,000 users for an hour the approximate cost is $2.00 and would be charged to your account on Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Note you are paying purely for the raw <a href=\"http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/ec2\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon EC2 charges<\/a> (and you are getting <a href=\"http:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/ec2\/spot-instances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spot instances<\/a>). \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.redline13.com\/blog\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">There is no fee from RedLine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a couple of beta testers say they do not have an AWS account on Amazon. \u00a0We were kind of surprised! 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