AWS Compute

Amazon EC2 Spot Instances

Amazon EC2 Spot Instances let you rent spare AWS compute capacity at steep discounts, often cutting costs by up to 90% compared to on-demand rates. This setup is ideal for stateless applications, batch processing, or any workload that can tolerate interruptions, allowing you to run large-scale jobs without committing to expensive reserved instances.

This approach suits teams with flexible workloads but demands careful architecture to handle sudden instance terminations. There is no free tier available, so every instance incurs immediate pay-as-you-go charges. You must build resilience into your applications, as capacity can be reclaimed by AWS at any time, making it unsuitable for critical, always-on services.

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  • Free tier No
  • Pricing Pay as you go
  • Regions 15 · 6 continents
  • SLA uptime 99.99%
  • Compliance 13 certifications
  • Provider health A

Decision score

39 /100
Features 20
Pricing 0
Reliability 100
Community 0
Ecosystem 93

Computed from catalog breadth, pricing, provider reliability (uptime & SLA), community signal, and ecosystem (compliance & regions). Weighted equally.

Trust & reach via AWS

Compliance
  • C5
  • CSA STAR
  • FedRAMP
  • GDPR
  • HIPAA
  • ISO 27001
  • ISO 27017
  • ISO 27018
  • ISO 9001
  • PCI DSS
  • SOC 1 Type II
  • SOC 2 Type II
+1 more
SLA uptime
  • compute99.99%
  • database99.99%
  • networking99.99%
  • storage99.99%
Global reach

15 regions across 6 continents

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America

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