AWS Fargate Spot vs. Fargate price comparison

Discover how much Fargate Spot could save you on your AWS bill with this price comparison between 100 Fargate Spot and 100 Fargate containers.

Did you know you could save money in AWS by switching from Fargate to Fargate Spot? Whether you’re using ECS or EKS, Fargate Spot offers significant cost reductions by using spare capacity in the AWS cloud.

But just how much could you save? AWS say up to 70%, but we’re going to put that to the test with a head-to-head price comparison between 100 Fargate Spot and 100 Fargate containers running over 24 hours.

▶️ What is Fargate (0:30)
▶️ What is Fargate Spot (1:30)
▶️ Fargate Spot vs. Fargate documented pricing (2:48)
▶️ Running 200 containers - the plan (5:00)
▶️ Applying the CloudFormation (7:11)
▶️ Verifying the ECS deployment (10:21)
▶️ Comparing costs in the billing console (13:35)

Resources

✅ Here's a written version of this video on my website https://tomgregory.com/aws-fargate-spot-vs-fargate-price-comparison

✅ To apply the CloudFormation in your own account, here's the direct link (don't forget to delete the stack once you're done with it) https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation/home#/stacks/new?stackName=fargate-spot-price-comparison&templateURL=https://tomgregory-cloudformation-examples.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/fargate-spot-price-comparison.yml

✅ Check out the Fargate and Fargate Spot pricing for your own AWS region https://aws.amazon.com/fargate/pricing/

Видео AWS Fargate Spot vs. Fargate price comparison канала Tom Gregory Tech