Which service offers pricing discounts for a commitment to a consistent usage level of EC2 and Fargate?

• A. AWS App Runner
• B. Savings Plans
• C. AWS Budgets
• D. Amazon SES

Answer: (B)

Savings Plans are designed to reward you for committing to a steady level of compute usage. By agreeing to a consistent amount of usage measured in dollars per hour for 1 or 3 years, you receive discounted prices on that usage. If your actual usage matches the commitment, you pay the discounted rate; if you exceed the commitment, you pay on-demand rates for the extra usage. This creates a predictable, lower-cost baseline for long-running EC2 and Fargate workloads. Compute Savings Plans specifically cover EC2, Fargate, and Lambda, offering flexibility across instance families and regions, which makes them well-suited for environments that rely on EC2 and Fargate.

The other options do not provide this type of long-term usage-based discount. AWS App Runner has its own pricing model, AWS Budgets is a cost-management tool for setting thresholds and alerts, and Amazon SES is an email service with pay-as-you-go pricing. Savings Plans address the idea of paying less in exchange for a commitment to a consistent compute usage level.