14 DAY TRIAL // Amazon's Web Services was a interesting departure for the online retailer when it was first launched, but, like the company's other seemingly odd ventures, AWS actually has quite a lot in common with its existing business.
One of the most basic examples is that, with scale everything is cheaper. This is true for Amazon's retail business and it's also true for its cloud computing one.
Amazon has announced yet another price drop for AWS, a fairly significant one on all accounts. While all of the prices have gone down, there's one particular change that is the most important, there are now no more fees for inbound data.
"Today, we are pleased to announce that we're lowering our pricing again for AWS data transfer. Effective July 1, 2011, customers will not pay for any inbound data transfer. Plus, we are slashing our pricing in each tier for outbound data transfer," Amazon announced.
The discount is pretty significant since it adds up quite quickly. For example, outbound traffic of up to 10 GB per month will be billed at 12 cents per GB rather than 15 cents per GB. For traffic up to 100 TB, there's a 2 cent drop, from 9 cents per GB to 7 cents.
However, the big change is that inbound traffic is now no longer billed. If your application or website required a lot of data input, this could result in significant savings.
"On outbound transfer, you will save up to 68% depending on volume usage. For example, if you were1 transferring 10 TB in and 10 TB out a month, you will save 52% with the new pricing. If you were transferring 500 TB in and 500 TB out a month, you will save 68% on transfer with the new pricing," Amazon explained.