Which purchasing option will meet these requirements?

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A company runs its entire suite of applications on Amazon EC2 instances.The company plans to move the applications to containers and AWS Fargate.Within 6 months, the company plans to retire its EC2 instances and use only Fargate.The company has been able to estimate its future Fargate costs.A SysOps administrator needs to choose a purchasing option to help the company minimize costs.The SysOps administrator must maximize any discounts that are available and must ensure that there are no unused reservations.

Which purchasing option will meet these requirements?

Compute Savings Plans for 1 year with the No Upfront payment option

Compute Savings Plans for 1 year with the Partial Upfront payment option

EC2 Instance Savings Plans for 1 year with the All Upfront payment option

EC2 Reserved Instances for 1 year with the Partial Upfront payment option

Explanations:

Compute Savings Plans apply to Fargate, EC2, Lambda, and other compute services. However, they are flexible in terms of usage across services. The company is moving to Fargate, and Compute Savings Plans would be the best fit for minimizing costs with flexibility, but the payment option (No Upfront) does not maximize available discounts as much as Partial or All Upfront options.

Compute Savings Plans for 1 year with the Partial Upfront payment option is the most suitable option. The company is transitioning to Fargate, and Compute Savings Plans offer the necessary flexibility for containers, with the Partial Upfront payment ensuring a good balance of discount and flexibility.

EC2 Instance Savings Plans apply only to EC2 instances, not Fargate. Since the company plans to retire EC2 instances and move to Fargate, this option is not relevant to the company’s future needs.

EC2 Reserved Instances apply to EC2 instances, not Fargate. Since the company plans to retire EC2 instances and move to Fargate, this option is not suitable for their needs. Additionally, Reserved Instances have more rigid terms and are not as flexible as Compute Savings Plans.

2026-04-07

2 Comments

  1. Jacob
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    I surmise that the answer is:
    Compute Savings Plans for 1 year with the Partial Upfront payment option

  2. Bryan
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    If I had to guess, I’d say the answer is:
    Compute Savings Plans for 1 year with the Partial Upfront payment option

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