EC2 Purchasing Options

Question 1

On-Demand Instances

Answer 1

Pay by the second for the instances you launch

Question 2

Savings Plans

Answer 2

Reduce your EC2 costs by making a commitment to a consistent amount of usage in USD per hour, for a term of 1-3 years

Question 3

Reserved Instances

Answer 3

Reduce your EC2 costs by making a commitment to a consistent instance configuration, including instance type and region, for a term of 1-3 years

Question 4

Scheduled Instances

Answer 4

Purchase instances that are always available on the specified recurring schedule, for a one year term

Question 5

Spot instances

Answer 5

Request unused EC2 instances, which can reduce your Amazon EC2 cost significantly

Question 6

Dedicated Hosts

Answer 6

Pay for a physical host that is fully dedicated to running your instances, and bring your existing per-socket, per-core, or per-VM software licenses to reduce costs

Question 7

Dedicated Instances

Answer 7

Pay by the hour for instances that run on single tenant hardware

Question 8

Capacity Reservations

Answer 8

Reserve capacity for your EC2 instances in a specific Availability Zone for any duration