State of the art of arm compute - Q2 2025 - Instance Pricing
Go back to listDespite Cloud Computing is sold through flexibility of cost, it's not appropriated to compare products only via the hourly billing. Where hyperscalers tend to propose very long term options up to 5 years, the average CSP propose a discount for a monthly sustainaible usage.
The graphs below helps to estimate the discount offered by the long term options. Still organized with the 4 categories, each line represent the price of a VM along the options and, of couse, are decreasing values.
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