Well, to be exact check out the insurance application level confusing FAQ on the topic. We geeks and developers know what that means but business people like Doug Mitchell turn to me and ask “What Does That Mean To Me?” Amazon has a killer lineup of web services that are popular in our industry but there exists a lack of marketing material like “Amazon S3 for business” – where it explains its amazing benefits in business speak, rather than geek speak.
One of the first question our web strategy clients give us when we suggest using Amazon S3 as a way to lower costs and increase productivity is – “Well, what does it really cost?”. Amazon does a poor job of explaining this to “business joe”.
My answer: $2.87/mo
That’s our bill from Amazon Web Services every month. And here’s what we do with it…
- Store and Distribute our internet business podcast using Amazon S3 and CloudFront
- Store and Stream videos to our members and clients
- Our company file server – including documents, images, client stuff, templates, etc
- Image Server – almost all our website images – from blog posts to stock are on S3
- Code – We store commonly used CSS and Javascript files on S3 for all our sites to use
- Backup – We backup our computers and websites to S3
So that’s how much Amazon S3 costs.
Have questions or comments? What’s your Amazon S3 bill per month? Let us know below!
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That's pretty good and sounds like you have a small amount of storage (at least less than 20 GB). If you have a lot of storage, S3 gets VERY expensive and then customers should consider Diomede Storage.
Hey Steve – instead of spamming us why don't you give us some real
comparisons and relay that your minimum monthly fee is $99.