EC2
4 posts
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Elastic IP and public IPv4 pricing (2026)
A public IPv4 is $0.005 an hour, and idle addresses cost exactly the same as in-use ones. Plus AWS's formula for whether a NAT Gateway is cheaper.
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EC2 Capacity Reservations: unused cost (2026)
An EC2 Capacity Reservation bills at full On-Demand whether used or not, and the idle half arrives as UnusedBox. Plus who pays when it is shared.
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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.
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ALB pricing: what an LCU actually is (2026)
An ALB LCU has four dimensions and AWS charges only for the largest. Which one is yours, and why the eleventh listener rule starts a meter.