Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure & Storage Cost Estimator — AWS, Azure, GCP

Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure
& Storage Estimator

Real-time pricing · AWS, Azure & GCP · 130+ global regions · 18 currencies

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💱 Currency iCurrencyAll estimates are in USD then converted using indicative exchange rates for planning purposes.

☁ Cloud Provider iProviderAWS leads in global reach. Azure is best for Microsoft workloads. GCP excels in AI/ML and data. Prices vary 3–8% between providers for equivalent workloads.

🌍 Region iRegionUS East regions have the lowest list prices. Middle East, South America and Africa cost 10–25% more. Choose the region closest to your end users for best latency.

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⚙ Compute iComputeCompute is typically 40–60% of cloud bills. General-purpose instances balance CPU and memory. Committed-use discounts can reduce compute costs by 35–55%.

Instance Type iInstance Typesm5.xlarge: best general value. r5: databases/in-memory apps. c5: CPU-intensive. p3/p4: GPU/ML training. Larger instances cost more but may have volume pricing.

No. of Instances iInstancesTotal simultaneously running instances. For HA setups include standby/replica instances. Cost scales linearly.

Pricing Model iPricingOn-Demand: pay per hour. Reserved 1yr: 35% off. Reserved 3yr: 55% off — best for stable workloads. Spot: up to 70% off but interruptible.

Monthly Hours iHours730h = 24/7. Dev/test running 8h/day = ~240h. Auto-scaling workloads average 400–500h/mo effective use.

OS iOS LicensingLinux is free. Windows Server adds ~20% for Microsoft licensing. RHEL and SUSE have per-hour license fees built into cloud pricing.

Availability Zones iAZsSingle AZ: cheapest, single point of failure. Multi-AZ ×2: standard HA. Multi-AZ ×3: highest resilience for 99.99%+ SLA. Each AZ multiplies instance count.

🗄 Storage Tiers iStorageHot SSD ~$115/TB/mo for active databases. Cool HDD ~$23/TB/mo. Archive ~$4/TB/mo (retrieval fees apply). Backup ~$50/TB/mo for snapshots.

Hot Storage — SSD / NVMe Block

50 TB

Cool Storage — HDD / Standard Block

200 TB

Archive / Cold Object Storage

500 TB

Backup / Snapshot Storage

100 TB

🌐 Networking & Egress iNetworkingEgress (data OUT) ~$0.09/GB is often the biggest surprise in cloud bills. Inbound traffic is free. CDN reduces origin egress costs by caching at edge locations.

Egress (TB/mo) iEgressData transferred OUT to the internet. $0.09/GB = $92/TB. Cross-AZ traffic: ~$0.01/GB. Cross-region: $0.02–0.08/GB.

Load Balancer iLoad BalancersALB: HTTP/HTTPS routing for web apps. NLB: TCP/UDP, extreme performance. Global: multi-region failover.

CDN iCDNCache static assets at 400+ edge locations. Reduces origin egress, improves global latency. CloudFront / Azure CDN / Cloud CDN.

DNS (M queries/mo)

⚡ Managed Services iManaged ServicesTrade higher cost for lower operational overhead. RDS alone can add $300–1,000+/mo for production multi-AZ setups.

🗃 Managed Database (RDS / SQL / Cloud SQL)iRDSFully managed DB — automated backups, patching, failover. db.r5.xlarge Multi-AZ ≈ $700/mo. Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle.db.r5.xlarge · Multi-AZ · ~$700/mo

☸ Kubernetes (EKS / AKS / GKE)iKubernetesControl plane fee: AWS EKS $73/cluster/mo. GKE $73/cluster/mo. Azure AKS free control plane. Node costs are in compute above.Control plane · ~$73/cluster/mo

🛡 WAF + DDoS ProtectioniWAF + DDoSShield Advanced / Azure DDoS / Cloud Armor. Enterprise DDoS protection can cost $3,000+/mo. This uses a simplified SME estimate of ~$150/mo.Shield / Defender / Cloud Armor · ~$150/mo

📈 Monitoring & ObservabilityiMonitoringCloudWatch / Azure Monitor / Cloud Ops. Metrics, logs, dashboards, alerting. ~$80/mo for mid-sized deployment with 30-day log retention.CloudWatch / Monitor / Ops · ~$80/mo

🔑 Key Management (KMS / Key Vault)iKMSAWS KMS: $1/key/mo + $0.03/10K API calls. Azure Key Vault: ~$0.03/10K operations. ~$30/mo for typical enterprise key rotation.Encryption keys + secrets vault · ~$30/mo

λ Serverless FunctionsiServerlessLambda / Azure Functions / Cloud Run. First 1M requests/mo free. ~$40/mo for 2M requests with 512MB / 200ms avg duration.Lambda / Functions · ~$40/mo

🎧 Business Support PlaniSupportBusiness: 24/7 phone/chat, <4hr response for production, Trusted Advisor. 10% of monthly bill. Enterprise: 15% with dedicated TAM.10% of monthly bill · 24/7 TAM

How Cloud Infrastructure Costs Are Calculated

Enterprise cloud pricing is determined by four primary cost pillars: compute (virtual machine instances), storage (block, object, and archive tiers), networking (data egress, CDN, and load balancers), and managed services (databases, Kubernetes, security, and monitoring).

This estimator applies the published list-price rates from AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform for each selected region, then applies your chosen pricing model (on-demand, reserved, or spot) and operating system licensing multipliers. Regional pricing multipliers reflect the cost differential between lower-cost regions like US East and premium regions like the Middle East, Africa, and South America.

Understanding the 4 Cloud Cost Categories

Compute costs are driven by instance type, count, hours of usage, and pricing commitment level. A single m5.xlarge instance (4 vCPU / 16 GB) running 730 hours/month on-demand costs approximately $192/month in US East. The same instance on a 3-year Reserved plan costs just $86/month — a 55% reduction. For workloads requiring many identical instances, Savings Plans or Reserved Instances deliver the highest ROI.

Storage costs vary dramatically by tier. Hot NVMe SSD block storage (used for active databases and OS disks) costs approximately $115–230 per TB per month. Standard HDD block storage costs $20–40/TB/month. Cold archive storage (S3 Glacier, Azure Archive, GCS Archive) costs as little as $1–4/TB/month but carries retrieval fees of $0.01–0.10/GB.

Networking costs are one of the most commonly underestimated line items. Data egress from cloud to the public internet is typically priced at $0.08–0.09/GB for the first 10TB per month, dropping at volume. A deployment pushing 50TB of data to users monthly faces egress costs of approximately $4,000–4,500/month without CDN optimization.

Managed services — including RDS databases, Kubernetes control planes, WAF, monitoring, and key management — add 20–40% on top of raw compute and storage costs in typical enterprise deployments.

Regional Pricing Differences Explained

Cloud providers charge different prices depending on the data center region. US East (N. Virginia for AWS, East US for Azure, us-central1 for GCP) serves as the baseline region with the lowest list prices. Regional premiums above that baseline are caused by higher local electricity costs, data center construction and land costs, lower economies of scale in newer regions, and local regulatory compliance requirements.

Middle Eastern regions (Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia) typically carry a 18–22% premium above US East baseline. African regions (Cape Town, Johannesburg) carry a 20–23% premium. South American regions (São Paulo, Santiago) carry a 22–26% premium. Asia-Pacific regions vary widely — Singapore and Mumbai are close to baseline, while Tokyo and Osaka carry 15–17% premiums due to Japan's high energy costs.