EBS

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• 26 Jul 2026

  Does a stopped EC2 instance cost money? (2026)

  A stopped EC2 instance bills no compute. The EBS volume, any Elastic IP and any Savings Plan under it do, and hibernating costs more.

• 17 Jul 2026

  What an EBS snapshot actually costs (2026)

  Archiving converts an incremental EBS snapshot to a full one, so the cheap tier can bill 10x more. Plus why deleting frees nothing.

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