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Why Subscribe?

My personal experiences trying to optimise AWS bills since last 7 years. The newsletter contains –

  • Chef’s Selection: Few curated articles from around the web on saving AWS costs.
  • Personal Experiences: A writeup on cost optimisation tips based on my personal experience.
  • Around the web: Interesting articles on AWS cost optimisation from the Internet.
  • Official AWS: Announcements that can have good or bad impact on your AWS costs.
  • Fun stuff: AWS spoofs with an element of fun, jokes etc.

  • The Unexpected $0.01 AWS Bill

    Interestingly, I tweeted this post about the free tier trap a few days ago. Last week I ran into something relatable. I created a new AWS account a few weeks ago to run a WordPress blog. My intention was to keep it entirely on the free tier as I did not want to attach my…

  • Top 5 Ways to Bring down your AWS costs organically

    Cloud cost optimisation is not just limited to buying savings plan or fishing for extra discounts but is also closely linked with your code quality and overall architecture. It also reflects how disciplined and frugal your team really is. There are many ways to lower your AWS bills and all of them should be a…

  • Bring down your ElastiCache costs with ValKey

    ValKey is an open source, drop-in replacement for Redis. It is a Redis fork created after Redis Inc removed the open source license, in March 2024. ElastiCache has now added support for the Valkey engine. Read this post to know how you can migrate to Valkey to optimise your ElastiCache bills.

  • Zero Data Transfer Out Fees for Migrating to Other Clouds

    You can now request AWS to waive off your data transfer out costs if you wish to migrate to a different cloud provider. In March, 2024, AWS made an announcement to waive off the data transfer out charges if a customer wants to migrate away from AWS to some other cloud. Original post: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/free-data-transfer-out-to-internet-when-moving-out-of-aws. What…

  • The Cost Cutter Guide to AWS Savings Plans

    AWS can give you better discounts if you commit to using their services for a longer duration (1 year or 3 years). You get locked in for the duration but pay far lower prices. There are multiple levers of flexibility available. The less flexibility you choose, the more discounts you can get. AWS savings plan…