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The Price Cap That Failed AWS Azure and Google Cloud
Episode 8 of The Cloud Business Podcast digs into one of the most misunderstood dynamics in enterprise cloud: the 34 percent premium that AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud charge for reserved instances versus on-demand compute in the current quarter. Lucas and Luna explain why the big three cloud providers introduced multi-year commitments with steep discounts starting in late 2025, how the pricing wars are actually costing enterprises more in lock-in, and why the hyperscalers are quietly moving to consumption-based models. They examine a specific case—a mid-size fintech that tried to arbitrage…
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