Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

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A company has an application that is running on Amazon EC2 instances.A solutions architect has standardized the company on a particular instance family and various instance sizes based on the current needs of the company.The company wants to maximize cost savings for the application over the next 3 years.The company needs to be able to change the instance family and sizes in the next 6 months based on application popularity and usage.

Which solution will meet these requirements MOST cost-effectively?

Compute Savings Plan

EC2 Instance Savings Plan

Zonal Reserved Instances

Standard Reserved Instances

Explanations:

Compute Savings Plan offers flexibility to switch instance families, sizes, and even across EC2, Fargate, and Lambda, making it cost-effective for changing needs.

EC2 Instance Savings Plan restricts flexibility to a specific instance family within a region, which does not meet the requirement to switch instance families.

Zonal Reserved Instances are specific to an instance type and availability zone, limiting flexibility and not ideal for changing instance families or sizes.

Standard Reserved Instances are also limited to specific instance families and sizes, reducing flexibility and adaptability to changing application needs.

2026-03-18

2 Comments

  1. Raymond
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    If I’m correct, the answer is:
    Compute Savings Plan

  2. Joseph
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    As far as I’m aware, the answer is:
    Compute Savings Plan

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