Easy Ways to Save

Learn about some often overlooked ways to save AWS costs.

In this lesson, we'll cover some very easy ways to save, which might not be so obvious.

S3 storage tiers

Using the proper storage solution for our situation can significantly impact our costs. New objects uploaded to S3 will be placed in the S3 Standard storage tier by default. This is an excellent general-purpose tier that has very robust reliability but is generally the most costly overall. The table below describes the S3 storage tier options and where they might be best used.

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