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Policy: AWS > Well-Architected Tool > AWS Well-Architected Framework > Cost Optimization > COST 07. How do you use pricing models to reduce cost? > Implement pricing models for all components of this workload

Permanently running resources should utilize reserved capacity such as Savings Plans or reserved Instances. Short term capacity is configured to use Spot Instances, or Spot Fleet. On demand is only used for short-term workloads that cannot be interrupted and do not run long enough for reserved capacity, between 25% to 75% of the period, depending on the resource type.

See Implement pricing models for all components of this workload for more information.

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Schema Type
string
Default
Skip
Valid Values [YAML]
  • Skip
    
  • True
    
  • False
    

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