AWS Savings Plans vs Reserved Instances: Which to Buy
Savings Plans vs Reserved Instances: up to 66% off with Compute Savings Plans, up to 72% with EC2 Instance plans or Standard RIs, plus the December 2025 Database Savings Plans.
Cloud & Cost
AWS Data Transfer Costs: Rates per GB and How to Cut Them
AWS data transfer pricing per GB: internet egress about $0.09, cross-AZ $0.02 (billed at both ends), cross-region $0.01-$0.02. Where it leaks, cheapest fixes first.
AWS NAT Gateway Pricing: $0.045/Hour + $0.045/GB, and How to Cut It
AWS NAT gateway pricing in us-east-1: $0.045 per hour (about $32 a month per gateway, per AZ) plus $0.045 per GB processed, billed on top of data transfer. A monthly cost table, how it compares to a free internet gateway, and the cheapest ways to cut it.
How to Reduce AWS RDS Costs Without Hurting Performance
RDS is often the second or third biggest line on an AWS bill, sometimes the first, and most of it is avoidable. The levers that move it: fix the queries before you upsize, match the instance to your load shape, and stop provisioning storage for data that has not arrived yet.