How much does ECS Anywhere on-premises cost per hour?
For managed Amazon ECS Anywhere on-premises instances, the cost is $0.01025 per hour.
Understanding ECS Anywhere On-Premises Pricing
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) Anywhere extends the robust capabilities of AWS's container orchestration service to your own data centers, edge locations, or any customer-managed infrastructure. This allows you to run ECS tasks on your existing servers and virtual machines, providing a unified and consistent experience across hybrid cloud environments.
The hourly cost specifically applies to each managed on-premises instance. This charge covers the management functionalities provided by AWS ECS for your self-managed infrastructure. You can find more detailed information on the Amazon ECS Anywhere pricing page.
What is a Managed On-Premises Instance?
In the context of ECS Anywhere, a managed on-premises instance is:
- A physical server or virtual machine that you own and operate, located within your data center or any environment outside of AWS cloud.
- It must be successfully registered with an Amazon ECS cluster, making it discoverable and manageable by the ECS control plane.
- It is required to have the Amazon ECS container agent installed and actively running. This agent is crucial for the instance to execute ECS tasks and communicate effectively with the ECS service.
Key Aspects of the ECS Anywhere Cost Structure
The pricing model for ECS Anywhere on-premises instances is designed for flexibility and cost efficiency in hybrid deployments:
- Per-Instance, Per-Hour Model: You are charged for each active, registered on-premises instance based on the hours it is connected and managed by ECS. This allows for precise cost tracking aligned with your usage.
- Management Service: The hourly fee encompasses the benefits of AWS's management plane extending to your local infrastructure. This includes features like task placement, service discovery, and integration with other AWS services, all orchestrated from a central ECS console.
- Flexibility and Optimization: This pay-as-you-go approach means you only incur costs for the periods your on-premises instances are actively managed by ECS Anywhere. It helps organizations optimize their spend by leveraging existing hardware investments while still benefiting from advanced container orchestration.
- Ideal for Hybrid Strategies: ECS Anywhere is particularly beneficial for scenarios where businesses want to gradually migrate workloads to the cloud, maintain data residency on-premises, or burst capacity from on-premises to AWS.
Example Cost Calculation
To illustrate, consider a scenario where you are managing 5 on-premises servers with ECS Anywhere for a full month (approximately 730 hours):
- Cost per instance per hour: $0.01025
- Number of instances: 5
- Hours in a month: 730
The total monthly cost for ECS Anywhere management would be calculated as:
5 instances $0.01025/hour 730 hours/month = $37.4125 per month.
It's important to note that this cost is solely for the ECS Anywhere management service. It does not include the expenses related to your underlying on-premises hardware, networking, power, or any other AWS services (like Amazon ECR for container image storage or AWS Outposts) that you might use in conjunction with ECS.
Pricing Summary Table
| Service Component | Cost Per Hour | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Managed ECS Anywhere On-Premises Instance | $0.01025 | The hourly rate for each customer-managed server or virtual machine that is registered to an Amazon ECS cluster and runs the ECS container agent, extending AWS container orchestration and management capabilities to your existing infrastructure. |
