Create an estimate, configure a service, add more services, edit your inputs, and generate bulk estimates - Amazon Pricing Calculator
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Create an estimate, configure a service, add more services, edit your inputs, and generate bulk estimates

When you generate an estimate, you can either add services directly to your estimate or create a group and add the services to your group. This section shows how to set up a group with an Amazon EC2 instance that you can use to perform tasks such as run a small program or host a website. To get started, create your estimate using the following steps.

To create your estimate

  1. Open Amazon Pricing Calculator at https://calculator.amazonaws.cn/.

  2. Choose Create estimate.

  3. On the Add service page, find the service that you want to choose and then choose Configure. For more information, see Configure a service.

  4. Add a Description for the estimated service.

  5. Choose a Location type.

  6. Choose a Region.

  7. Enter your values to configure a service estimate.

  8. (Optional) To add more services to your estimate, choose Save and add service.

  9. Choose Save and view summary to view your estimate details.

Configure a service

This section shows how to configure a service you're creating an estimate for. In this example, we're adding Amazon EC2 using the Amazon EC2 Quick estimate option.

To configure a service for your estimate

  1. Open the Add service page at https://calculator.amazonaws.cn/#/addService.

  2. Enter Amazon EC2 in the search bar and choose Configure.

  3. In the Description field, enter a description for your estimate.

  4. Choose a Location type.

  5. Choose a Region.

  6. The Quick estimate view is preloaded with default values, so you can see a starting estimate without adding or changing any information. You can change any of the values for the following parameters. Otherwise, you can also keep the defaults when they're applicable.

    • The operation system

    • The Amazon EC2 instance: Search by instance name, or by filters (vCPU, Memory, ECU, and GPU parameters)

    • The number of Amazon EC2 instances

    • The utilization or expected usage of Amazon EC2 instances

    • The pricing model

    • The reservation term

    • The payment options

  7. (Optional) Choose Show calculations to view the calculations behind your estimate.

  8. In the Amazon EBS section, choose the storage for each Amazon EC2 instance, and enter the storage amount.

    If you aren't adding Amazon EBS volumes, enter 0.

  9. (Optional) To add more services to your estimate, choose Save and add service.

  10. Choose Save and view summary to view your estimate details.

(Optional) Add a group

Use groups to organize services together. You can add one or more services to each group. You can also use groups to organize your estimate in different ways. For example, you can organize it by cost center, service stack, product architecture, or client.

For more information about groups, see Using groups to organize your estimates.

To add a group to your estimate

  1. Open the My estimate page at https://calculator.amazonaws.cn/#/estimate.

  2. Choose Create group.

  3. Enter a group name.

  4. Choose Create group.

Add more services

You can add more services to generate a complete estimate for your architecture. For process examples and tutorials that show estimates for specific services, see Estimate examples for services.

To add more services to your estimate

  1. Open the My estimate page at https://calculator.amazonaws.cn/#/estimate.

  2. Choose a group from the left panel to add your service to.

  3. Choose Add service.

  4. Search for a service and choose Configure.

  5. Enter your values to configure a service estimate.

  6. (Optional) To add more services to your estimate, choose Save and add service.

  7. Choose Save and view summary to view your estimate details.

  8. Repeat as needed.

Edit your inputs

You can edit the inputs for a service added to your estimate.

To edit the inputs for a service

  1. Open the My estimate page at https://calculator.amazonaws.cn/#/estimate.

  2. Under the My Estimate section, locate the service you want to update and choose the Edit icon.

  3. Edit your changes and choose Update to return to your My Estimate page.