Which option is a benefit of using AWS for cloud computing?
Which option is a benefit of using AWS for cloud computing?
A key benefit of using AWS for cloud computing is the pay-as-you-go pricing model. This allows businesses to only pay for the resources they actually use without any upfront costs or long-term commitments, which provides the flexibility to scale their usage up or down based on demand. This model helps in cost optimization and aligns expenses with actual usage, making it a highly preferred choice for many organizations.
Obviously B, pay-as-you-go pricing. It is the same in every cloud platform e.g. Azure, GCP, AWS. Come on, we pay for this site here and they make so obvious mistakes... :(
Trade fixed expense for variable expense and not vice versa, so option B
Answer: A. Trading variable costs for fixed costs Cloud computing gives businesses the opportunity to trade variable costs for fixed costs. This means that businesses only pay for the resources they actually use. This can lead to significant cost savings as businesses no longer need to invest in hardware, software, and the maintenance of data centers. The other options are not advantages of using AWS for cloud computing: Pay-as-you-go pricing is a feature of cloud computing, but it is not always an advantage. Pay-as-you-go pricing can lead to higher costs if businesses are not able to utilize their resources efficiently.
Vice-versa. When you use the cloud, you trade fixed costs for variable costs, which is why the correct answer is B.
Other way
Obviously B, pay-as-you-go pricing. It is the same in every cloud platform e.g. Azure, GCP, AWS. Come on, we pay for this site here and they make so obvious mistakes... :(
The answer is given In the doc "Six advantages of cloud computing." The benefit from massive economies of scale is pay-as-you-go pricing. Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/six-advantages-of-cloud-computing.html
Are they doing this on purpose... to make us have these discussions lol
B. Pay-as-you-go pricing Pay-as-you-go pricing is a key advantage of cloud computing, particularly with AWS. It allows businesses to pay only for the resources they use, without any upfront costs or long-term commitments. This flexibility enables cost optimization and aligns expenses with actual usage, making it a preferred model for many organizations.
B is the correct answer. People who have marked A need to really understand the statement "Trading variable costs for fixed costs", this means that you are giving up on variable costs to stick with fixed costs.
Cloud computing eliminates or significantly reduces CAPEX and we just need to deal with OPEX. That means Cloud computing trades fixed expenses (CAPEX) for variable expenses (OPEX) NOT the other way around. So "A" cannot be the answer. C & D are NOT the answers obviously. So "B" - Pay-as-you-go pricing is the answer.
B Is the correct one
Pay as you go isn't an option in the "Six advantages of cloud computing" document: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/six-advantages-of-cloud-computing.html
Yes but the first is on the link: Trade fixed expense for variable expense, answer A is the opposite of this
You should've read the entire 2nd bullet "Benefit from massive economies of scale." It reads "By using cloud computing, you can achieve a lower variable cost than you can get on your own. Because usage from hundreds of thousands of customers is aggregated in the cloud, providers such as AWS can achieve higher economies of scale, which translates into lower pay as-you-go prices."
Answer A is the opposite of the advantage in your linked document... "Trade fixed expense for variable expense" as are some of the other ones... so either Answer A is a typo and correct or it is the wrong answer
B. Pay-as-you-go pricing is correct.
Both options A and B seem applicable as benefits of using AWS for cloud computing. However, if you're looking for a single best answer, option B, "Pay-as-you-go pricing," is often emphasized as one of the primary benefits of using AWS. While option A, "Trade variable expense for fixed expense," is also a benefit, it's more specific to certain pricing models within AWS rather than being a universal characteristic like the pay-as-you-go pricing.
correct answer is B
it seems to me as A. Pay as-you-go is a "generic cloud benefit". With "AWS cloud services" you can trade some variable expenses for fixed expenses. This is due to multiple feature like saving plans, reserved instances etc... The pay as you go is always more expensive than reserved model.
Correct answer is B https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/six-advantages-of-cloud-computing.html
Trade fixed expense for variable expense