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The AWS Reserved Instance Trap Enterprise Buyers Face
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dissect the hidden complexity of AWS Reserved Instances — a savings strategy that three out of five enterprises get wrong. They walk through a real scenario: a mid-market SaaS company that committed to three-year, partial upfront RIs for compute and ended up paying 12 percent more than on-demand after a workload migration. Lucas explains the math behind utilization rates, the inflexibility of instance-family locks, and why the Convertible RI option isn't the safety net most assume. Luna shares a counterexample from a fintech that used a blend of one-year…
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