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cloud-pricing Expert knowledge of cloud provider pricing models for AWS, Azure, GCP covering compute, storage, database, networking, and serverless services. Includes 2025 pricing data, regional differences, free tiers, pricing calculators, and cost comparison across providers. Activates for cloud pricing, how much does it cost, price comparison, AWS vs Azure vs GCP pricing, pricing calculator, estimate costs, regional pricing, free tier, what's cheaper.

Cloud Pricing Expert

Expert knowledge of cloud provider pricing models across AWS, Azure, and GCP with current 2025 pricing data.

Compute Pricing (2025)

AWS EC2 (us-east-1)

t3.micro:   $0.0104/hour  (2 vCPU, 1GB)
t3.small:   $0.0208/hour  (2 vCPU, 2GB)
t3.medium:  $0.0416/hour  (2 vCPU, 4GB)
t3.large:   $0.0832/hour  (2 vCPU, 8GB)
m5.large:   $0.096/hour   (2 vCPU, 8GB)
c5.large:   $0.085/hour   (2 vCPU, 4GB) - compute-optimized
r5.large:   $0.126/hour   (2 vCPU, 16GB) - memory-optimized

Spot pricing: 50-90% discount (variable)
Reserved (1yr): 35-40% discount
Reserved (3yr): 60-65% discount
Savings Plans: 30-70% discount (flexible)

Azure VMs (East US)

B1s:     $0.0104/hour  (1 vCPU, 1GB) - burstable
B2s:     $0.0416/hour  (2 vCPU, 4GB)
D2s v5:  $0.096/hour   (2 vCPU, 8GB)
F2s v2:  $0.085/hour   (2 vCPU, 4GB) - compute-optimized
E2s v5:  $0.126/hour   (2 vCPU, 16GB) - memory-optimized

Spot: 50-90% discount
Reserved (1yr): 40% discount  
Reserved (3yr): 62% discount

GCP Compute Engine (us-central1)

e2-micro:   $0.0084/hour  (0.25-2 vCPU, 1GB)
e2-small:   $0.0168/hour  (0.5-2 vCPU, 2GB)
e2-medium:  $0.0335/hour  (1-2 vCPU, 4GB)
n2-standard-2: $0.0971/hour (2 vCPU, 8GB)
c2-standard-4: $0.2088/hour (4 vCPU, 16GB) - compute

Preemptible: 60-91% discount
Committed (1yr): 37% discount
Committed (3yr): 55% discount

Serverless Pricing

AWS Lambda

Requests: $0.20 per 1M requests
Compute:
  - $0.0000166667 per GB-second
  - 128MB, 1s = $0.0000021
  - 1024MB, 1s = $0.0000166667

Free tier: 1M requests, 400K GB-seconds/month

Example: 10M requests, 512MB, 200ms avg
  = 10M * $0.20/1M + 10M * 0.5GB * 0.2s * $0.0000166667
  = $2 + $16.67 = $18.67/month

Azure Functions

Consumption Plan:
  - $0.20 per 1M executions
  - $0.000016 per GB-second
  
Premium Plan (always-on):
  - EP1: $0.2065/hour (1 vCPU, 3.5GB)
  - EP2: $0.413/hour (2 vCPU, 7GB)

Free tier: 1M requests, 400K GB-seconds

GCP Cloud Functions

Invocations: $0.40 per 1M invocations
Compute: $0.0000025 per GB-second
Networking: $0.12/GB egress

Free tier: 2M invocations, 400K GB-seconds

Storage Pricing

AWS S3 (us-east-1)

Standard:           $0.023/GB/month
Standard-IA:        $0.0125/GB  (54% cheaper, min 128KB, 30 days)
Glacier Instant:    $0.004/GB   (83% cheaper, min 128KB, 90 days)
Glacier Flexible:   $0.0036/GB  (84% cheaper, 90 days, 1-5min retrieval)
Deep Archive:       $0.00099/GB (96% cheaper, 180 days, 12hr retrieval)

Requests:
  - PUT/COPY/POST: $0.005 per 1K requests
  - GET/SELECT: $0.0004 per 1K requests

Data Transfer: $0.09/GB out to internet (first 10TB)

Azure Blob Storage

Hot:     $0.0184/GB  (frequent access)
Cool:    $0.01/GB    (min 30 days)
Archive: $0.00099/GB (min 180 days, 15hr retrieval)

Transactions:
  - Write: $0.05 per 10K
  - Read: $0.004 per 10K

GCP Cloud Storage

Standard:  $0.020/GB
Nearline:  $0.010/GB (min 30 days)
Coldline:  $0.004/GB (min 90 days)
Archive:   $0.0012/GB (min 365 days)

Operations: $0.05 per 10K Class A (write)
            $0.004 per 10K Class B (read)

Database Pricing

AWS RDS PostgreSQL (db.t3.medium)

On-demand:      $0.068/hour ($49.64/month)
Reserved 1yr:   $0.043/hour (37% savings)
Reserved 3yr:   $0.029/hour (57% savings)

Storage (gp3): $0.115/GB/month
Backup:        $0.095/GB/month

Aurora Serverless: $0.12 per ACU-hour (auto-scaling)

Azure SQL Database

General Purpose (2 vCore):
  - Provisioned: $0.5556/hour ($406/month)
  - Serverless: $0.75-1.50/vCore-hour (auto-pause)
  
Storage: $0.115/GB/month

GCP Cloud SQL PostgreSQL

db-n1-standard-1 (1 vCPU, 3.75GB):
  - On-demand: $0.0413/hour ($30.15/month)
  - Committed 1yr: 37% discount
  
Storage (SSD): $0.17/GB/month

DynamoDB / Cosmos DB / Firestore

DynamoDB (us-east-1):
  - On-demand: $1.25 per 1M read, $1.25 per 1M write
  - Provisioned: $0.00065/hour per RCU, $0.00065/hour per WCU
  - Storage: $0.25/GB

Cosmos DB:
  - Provisioned: $0.008/hour per 100 RU/s
  - Serverless: $0.25 per 1M RU
  
Firestore:
  - Reads: $0.06 per 100K
  - Writes: $0.18 per 100K
  - Storage: $0.18/GB

Networking Pricing

Data Transfer (AWS, per GB)

Internet egress (us-east-1):
  - First 10TB:    $0.09/GB
  - 10-50TB:       $0.085/GB
  - 50-150TB:      $0.070/GB
  
Cross-region:      $0.02/GB
Same AZ:           Free
VPC peering:       $0.01/GB

NAT Gateway:
  - $0.045/hour
  - $0.045/GB processed

CDN Pricing

CloudFront (per GB):
  - First 10TB:  $0.085/GB
  - 10-50TB:     $0.080/GB
  
Azure CDN:
  - First 10TB:  $0.081/GB
  
Cloud CDN:
  - First 10TB:  $0.085/GB

Price Comparison Examples

Example 1: Simple Web Application

const requirements = {
  compute: '2 x t3.medium (24/7)',
  storage: '100GB SSD',
  database: 'PostgreSQL (db.t3.medium)',
  traffic: '1TB/month egress',
};

const costs = {
  aws: {
    ec2: 2 * 0.0416 * 730 = 60.74,
    ebs: 100 * 0.10 = 10,
    rds: 49.64 + (20 * 0.115) = 51.94,
    transfer: 1000 * 0.09 = 90,
    total: 212.68,
  },
  azure: {
    vm: 2 * 0.0416 * 730 = 60.74,
    disk: 100 * 0.048 = 4.80,
    sql: 406, // Managed SQL more expensive
    transfer: 1000 * 0.087 = 87,
    total: 558.54,
  },
  gcp: {
    compute: 2 * 0.0335 * 730 = 48.91,
    disk: 100 * 0.17 = 17,
    sql: 30.15 + (20 * 0.17) = 33.55,
    transfer: 1000 * 0.12 = 120,
    total: 219.46,
  },
};

// Winner: AWS ($212.68/month)
// With Reserved Instances (1yr): $140/month (34% savings)

Example 2: Serverless API

const requirements = {
  requests: '50M/month',
  avgDuration: '200ms',
  avgMemory: '512MB',
};

const lambda = {
  requests: 50 * 0.20 = 10,
  compute: 50e6 * 0.5 * 0.2 * 0.0000166667 = 83.33,
  total: 93.33,
};

const azureFunctions = {
  executions: 50 * 0.20 = 10,
  compute: 50e6 * 0.5 * 0.2 * 0.000016 = 80,
  total: 90,
};

const cloudFunctions = {
  invocations: 50 * 0.40 = 20,
  compute: 50e6 * 0.5 * 0.2 * 0.0000025 = 12.5,
  networking: 1000 * 0.12 = 120, // 1TB egress
  total: 152.50,
};

// Winner: Azure Functions ($90/month)

Free Tiers (Always Free, 2025)

AWS

EC2: 750 hours/month t2.micro (1 year)
Lambda: 1M requests, 400K GB-seconds
S3: 5GB storage (12 months)
DynamoDB: 25GB storage, 25 read/write units
RDS: 750 hours db.t2.micro (12 months)
CloudFront: 1TB transfer (12 months)

Azure

App Service: 10 web apps
Functions: 1M requests/month
Blob Storage: 5GB (12 months)
Cosmos DB: 1000 RU/s, 25GB
SQL Database: 100K vCore-seconds (12 months)

GCP

Compute: 1 f1-micro instance (744 hours/month)
Cloud Functions: 2M invocations, 400K GB-seconds
Cloud Storage: 5GB standard
Cloud Run: 2M requests, 360K GB-seconds
Firestore: 1GB storage, 50K reads, 20K writes

Pricing Calculators

AWS Pricing Calculator: https://calculator.aws Azure Pricing Calculator: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/calculator GCP Pricing Calculator: https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator

Regional Pricing Differences

Most Expensive: Asia Pacific (Tokyo, Sydney) Cheapest: US regions (us-east-1, us-west-2) Middle: Europe (eu-west-1, eu-central-1)

Difference: 10-30% higher in APAC vs US East

Make informed pricing decisions with up-to-date cost data!

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