Understanding Serverless Cost Models When evaluating your options for hosting and operating your software, cost is usu‐ ally a key consideration. In recent years, serverless has emerged as a sound choice for teams and organizations looking for simplicity and cost-efficiency. With the com‐ bination of managed services and a pay-per-use pricing model, there is huge […]
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Taking services closer to the customers As explained earlier, networking is a crucial element of the cloud, along with comput‐ ing and storage. As data moves from one application to another, one account to another, or one region to another, all three main elements of the cloud must work together. As you know, network resources […]
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Run batch jobs during a low energy consumption period Nightly batch jobs that perform data consolidation, engineering analysis, business analytics, payment settlements, and other tasks are common in many organizations. Working with AWS, identify the quieter periods in your cloud Region and schedule your batch jobs during those hours. Batch jobs usually have a predictable […]
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Data lifecycle The sheer volume data we produce and consume in the modern digital world is beyond what our brains can imagine. Just imagine the working of the famous flight tracking service Flightradar24. It maps every operating flight across the globe, as shown in Figure 10-10, at any point in time and shows each one’s […]
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Compute Costs Serverless compute using AWS Lambda will typically be widespread in your server‐ less architecture. It is one of the most important cost models to understand when you are getting started, as it probably differs the most from what you are familiar with. Compute Will Cost Less Than You Expect What may surprise you […]
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AWS Step Functions pricing In addition to AWS Lambda, you may use AWS Step Functions to execute your business logic code. Step Functions also uses a pay-per-use pricing model, so you only pay for the resources you consume. There are two types of Step Functions workflows: standard and express. Standard and express workflows differ in […]
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Amazon S3 pricing There are two primary costs to be aware of when using Amazon S3: storage and requests. You are charged for the amount of data stored in a bucket, based on the size of the objects, how long the objects have been stored during the month, and the storage class. You can apply […]
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Amazon DynamoDB pricing Your DynamoDB tables will be charged based on the number of read and write requests to the table and the amount of data stored in the table. Storage is billed per GB per month. Read and write requests can be handled with two billing modes: provisioned or on-demand. With the on-demand capacity […]
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Avoiding Serverless Cost Gotchas In the next section, we’ll explore the tools and techniques available for estimating serverless costs. However, the cost of a serverless application that is distributed across many managed services, interacting constantly as traffic flows into and through your system, can be difficult to predict. These more obscure costs can be seen […]
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Serverless Cost Estimation Now that you know how much some of the popular serverless services cost, it’s time to figure out how to estimate costs for your own operations. Cost estimation can be a very useful exercise, especially when designing new serverless applications or microservices and evaluating architectural options. However, it can be difficult to […]
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