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Understanding AWS Billing - Credits, cost types, and pricing models with a focus on EC2

Exploring AWS bills, different ways costs are calculated, available pricing models for EC2, and strategies to optimize costs.
Guhan SundarProduct Marketer
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    Understanding AWS Billing - Credits, cost types, and pricing models ...

    Exploring AWS bills, different ways costs are calculated, available pricing models for EC2, and strategies to optimize c...

    18 minute read

    Engineering Behind Our Cost Reports and Dashboards

    This article walks through the architecture, engineering decisions, and challenges faced during the implementation of Ar...

    17 minute read

    Release Notes: August 2023

    Trigger as stages, New Timeouts, and more..

    2 minute read

    Release Notes: July 2023

    Cloud Cost dashboards, Add on apps revamp, Kubernetes upgrade, and more..

    4 minute read

    Cloud Cost Reports and Dashboards - Free for All

    New cost reporting and dashboard features on Argonaut that provides a unified view of all cloud resources across regions...

    5 minute read

    Cloud credits for startups: Comparing AWS, GCP, and Azure Startup P...

    This article compares the signature startup programs from the major cloud providers - AWS, GCP, and Microsoft Azure. Alo...

    10 minute read

    Argonaut’s Unified Interface Enables Easy Switch Between AWS and GCP

    Explore how modern infrastructure tools built on top of Kubernetes are providing a unified experience across cloud prodi...

    5 minute read

    Technical Exploration of Argonaut’s CI Pipelines

    Explore the frontend and backend implementation details of Argonaut's CI pipelines feature along with code snippets, flo...

    21 minute read

    Cloud Credits: A Guide for Startups To Maximize Benefits and Avoid P...

    This article provides insights on how startups can leverage cloud credits, benefitting from reduced infrastructure costs...

    9 minute read

    Release Notes: June 2023

    CI pipelines v2, GPU workflows, Improved UI responsiveness, and more..

    4 minute read

    Free Google Cloud credits: A Complete Guide to Earning GCP Credits a...

    Ultimate list of all the best free credit deals for GCP that can benefit you, your team, and your startup. Additional ti...

    7 minute read

    Free AWS Credits: A Comprehensive Guide to Earning and Using Free AW...

    Ultimate list of all the best free credit deals that can benefit you, your team, and your startup. Tips to make the most...

    6 minute read

    Helm Best Practices: Proven Strategies to Streamline Kubernetes Dep...

    Important Helm naming conventions, common Helm misconceptions, Understanding subcharts, global variables, secret managem...

    19 minute read

    Introducing CI Pipelines v2 With More Flexibility

    v2 pipelines on Argonaut provide more flexible workflows with multiple autonomous build and deploy stages powered by Dag...

    7 minute read

    Helm Guide: An Introduction to the Kubernetes Package Manager

    Learn what Helm is, its key components, architecture, benefits, along with a simple tutorial to deploy Helm charts

    13 minute read

    Cloud Bulletin | Issue 7 - June 2023

    EKS supports v1.27, Pod vertical scaling without restarts, GitHub Copilot guide

    10 minute read

    Release Notes: May 2023

    RDS restore a snapshot, Standardized time format, and more

    3 minute read

    Engineering: A Technical Exploration of Argonaut's Notifications Sys...

    Architecture overview covering the transformation, processing, and fanout layer! Developer experience in implementing no...

    15 minute read

    Cloud Bulletin | Issue 6 - May 2023

    Get ready for cdCon + GitOpsCon & Open Source Summit NA

    10 minute read

    Argonaut: The Essential Unified Developer Platform for AWS and GCP

    Argonaut stitches CI/CD pipelines, secret management, IaC, and FinOps into a unified developer platform on your cloud.

    4 minute read

    Release Notes: April 2023

    Notifications, pod restarts, deployment error types, and more

    6 minute read

    Set Up Your Internal Developer Platform With These Open-Source Solut...

    Leverage these open-source tools to build your Internal Developer Platform (IDP) with GitOps, IaC, and a service catalog...

    12 minute read

    ArgoCD in Action: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Argonaut's GitOps Appr...

    Check out insights into our ArgoCD implementation. With block diagrams explaining the major changes in the build and dep...

    8 minute read

    Cloud Bulletin | Issue 5 - Apr 2023

    CI pipelines, Google's AI ecosystem, KWOK, and more

    11 minute read

    Internal Developer Platforms: An In-Depth Guide to Unlocking Develop...

    Modern Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) enable developers to be self-sufficient, collaborate better, and ship faster....

    10 minute read

    The Top Elastic Beanstalk Alternatives for Startups in 2023

    Explore PaaS, CaaS, KaaS, and other modern alternatives that solve for both developer experience and scalability.

    16 minute read

    The Big 3 Observability Tools: Datadog vs New Relic vs Splunk

    Practical and in-depth comparison guide based on user experiences, pricing, usability, and features with recommendations...

    18 minute read

    Top 25 Observability Tools Every Startup Should Know About in 2023

    Top Observability tools - Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, Splunk, Elastic, Lightstep, Chronosphere. Specialized tools - Hon...

    20 minute read

    The Top Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Tools for 2023

    Explore the best vendor-neutral Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools - Terraform, Crossplane, and Pulumi. Cloud service pr...

    17 minute read

    Release Notes: March 2023

    CI Pipelines, GPU support, MariaDB, and more

    5 minute read

    Announcing CI Pipelines on Argonaut

    Pipelines on Argonaut enable you to do more with autonomous build and deploy stages powered by Dagger and ArgoCD respect...

    5 minute read

    Cloud Bulletin | Issue 4 - Mar 2023

    GitOps series, EKS supports k8s v1.25, and more

    7 minute read

    Engineering: Integrating Infracost for Cost Visibility

    How we integrated Infracost into Argonaut

    9 minute read

    Release Notes: February 2023

    Search within logs, new infra resources and more

    4 minute read

    GitOps Comparison: Argo CD vs Flux

    Comparing differences in capabilitiy, ease of setup, and maintenance of the two leading GitOps solutions

    31 minute read

    GitOps Tools: Popular CD and IaC Tools That Enable GitOps Processes

    Explore tools like ArgoCD, Flux, and Terraform that enable the GitOps approach to software development

    12 minute read

    GitOps Primer: The Benefits, Workflow, and Implementation of GitOps

    GitOps workflows explained, steps to implement, along with pros and cons

    9 minute read

    Cloud Bulletin | Issue 3 - Feb 2023

    Tools for Kubernetes, GPU for GKE, and more

    7 minute read

    Release Notes: January 2023

    Kubernetes metrics charts, multiple AWS accounts, and more

    4 minute read

    Secret Management Primer: Challenges, Standards, and Best Practices

    Essentials of secret management for teams

    7 minute read

    Setup External Secrets with Hashicorp Vault on AWS EKS

    External Secrets Operator setup guide for secrets stored in Hashicorp Vault

    9 minute read

    Top Seven Cloud Computing Trends to Watch in 2023

    Rise of GitOps, Cloud Sustainbility, Multi-cloud, and more.

    5 minute read

    Deploying Mezmo Agent to Your Kubernetes Cluster Using Argonaut

    Deploy Mezmo agent in just minutes for kubernetes log data collection

    3 minute read

    Secret Management in Kubernetes: Approaches, Tools, and Best Practic...

    Best practices and tools to work securely with Kubernetes Secrets

    11 minute read

    Cloud Bulletin | Issue 2 - Jan 2023

    Secret management tools, Kubernetes v1.26, and more

    5 minute read

    Release Notes: December 2022

    Import Kubernetes clusters, autoscaling with Keda, new infra modules and more

    4 minute read

    Argonaut's 2022 highlights

    A look back at some key features launched in 2022

    3 minute read

    Top Cloud Secret Management Tools and How To Choose the Right One

    Steps and considerations while choosing a secret management tool from CSP, open-source, and provider-agnostic offerings.

    21 minute read

    Cloud Bulletin | Issue 1 - Dec 2022

    AWS re:Invent updates, Kubernetes v1.25, and more

    5 minute read

    Release Notes: November 2022

    Multi node group support, Living UI components, and more..

    5 minute read

    Comprehensive IaC comparison: Terraform vs Pulumi vs CloudFormation

    Comparison of the three best IaC tools to deploy AWS resources

    35 minute read

    Release Notes: October 2022

    New and improved UI, GCP service key integration, and more...

    3 minute read

    Kubernetes costs: Effective cost optimization strategies to reduce y...

    Save by implementing workload rightsizing, changing your purchasing option and more

    11 minute read

    7 Kubernetes Cost Optimization Tools To Observe and Save on Costs

    Tools to provide visibility into Kubernetes clusters and cost savings from day one

    11 minute read

    Release Notes: September 2022

    Self-hosted GitLab, billing pages, and more...

    2 minute read

    8 Hidden Cloud Costs and How They Hurt Your Bill

    Optimize your cloud spending by saving on these costs

    10 minute read

    Cloud Run vs GKE: Which container abstraction is right for your star...

    An in depth comparison between Cloud Run, GKE Standard and GKE Autopilot

    111 minute read

    Argonaut launches GCP Support

    Use Argonaut to deploy your applications on Google Cloud

    3 minute read

    Release Notes: August 2022

    Kubernetes apps on GCP, secret files, and more...

    3 minute read

    Release Notes: July 2022

    Infra revamp, cost estimates and more...

    3 minute read

    An Introduction to Serverless FaaS

    Learn about the benefits, top runtimes, and popualrity of FaaS

    7 minute read

    Release Notes: June 2022

    New app list page with sorting, and more...

    3 minute read

    Choosing an Optimal Kubernetes Worker Node Size

    Specific recommendations for your startup

    11 minute read

    Release Notes: End-of-May 2022

    Deploy Java webapps, configure DevSpace, and more..

    2 minute read

    What You Should Know Before Setting Up Your First CI/CD Pipeline

    Characteristics of a minimum viable deployment pipeline for growth-focused startups.

    11 minute read

    Release Notes: Mid-May 2022

    Multi org support, better k8s configurations, and more..

    3 minute read

    Release Notes: Late April 2022

    Our second release brings more frameworks on lambda and simpler deployments

    2 minute read

    Release Notes: Early April 2022

    Argonaut’s first-ever release note covers new features and a list of other product updates & bug fixes

    2 minute read

    Kubernetes: Practical Considerations For Startups

    Know what you're getting into if you are considering using kubernetes

    8 minute read

    Deploy Apps to AWS Lambda using Argonaut

    Understand serverless deployments and if it's right option for your app

    5 minute read

    Zero to Hero Preparing a Custom Application

    Here's how to go about deploying your custom application using Argonaut

    6 minute read

    Manage Domains and Deploy Third-Party Apps

    Here's your bridge to go from a new account to a configured workspace

    6 minute read

    Kubernetes on AWS with Argonaut

    Argonaut's Kubernetes environment setup in AWS

    7 minute read

    Automate Deployments to Your Cloud

    Deploy apps and infrastructure on your cloud in minutes

    7 minute read

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