Reduce AWS Auto Scaling costs with these tips
Scale multiple resources to meet demand
AWS Auto Scaling cost saving tips
Optimize your AWS Auto Scaling costs with these tips
Use Utilization Metrics
Configure scaling policies based on utilization metrics instead of absolute thresholds. This allows for more efficient and gradual scaling based on demand, avoiding over-provisioning.
Delete Unused Resources
Remove unused Auto Scaling groups, launch configurations, and related resources. These are chargeable even when not actively scaling instances.
Use Predictive Scaling
Exploit Auto Scaling's predictive scaling to anticipate and scale resources before a demand spike. This balances capacity and load without over-provisioning.
Service information & pricing
About AWS Auto Scaling
- About AWS Auto Scaling
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AWS Auto Scaling optimizes app performance and cost by automatically adjusting capacity of resources like EC2 instances, Spot Fleets, ECS tasks, DynamoDB tables, and Aurora Replicas. It creates and coordinates scaling plans based on app demands, and adjusts resource capacity in real-time, charging only for necessities. Auto Scaling is free, reducing AWS costs.
- AWS Auto Scaling pricing
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AWS Auto Scaling is free of charge. The only costs incurred are for the AWS resources needed to run applications and any Amazon CloudWatch monitoring fees. Rates for CloudWatch, Amazon EC2, EC2 Spot, Elastic Container Service, DynamoDB, and Aurora will apply as per their individual pricing.