AWS Cost Optimization: Best Practices, Tools, Using Pricing Models and Benefits

Amazon Web Services’ pay-as-you-go pricing helps ensure you pay only for what you need, but cloud computing costs can balloon if not managed properly. This highlights the importance of AWS cost optimization. The good news is you can implement efficient AWS cost monitoring with tools like AWS Cost Explorer, Amazon S3 analytics, AWS Budgets and...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 22 Oct'24 Last Updated: 03 Sep'26
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

Microsoft Azure Pricing: Models, Tiers and Services

Though Azure pricing is primarily pay-as-you-go, the specifics of certain cloud computing services’ pricing are not as straightforward. As a result, billing can be confusing and users can end up with unexpected charges. Not unlike AWS pricing, indeed. This Microsoft Azure pricing guide takes a deep dive into Azure cloud computing’s pricing pattern, examining the...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 19 Oct'24 Last Updated: 02 Sep'26
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

Microsoft Azure Cost Optimization: Tools, Best Practices and Benefits 

Like many public cloud service providers, Azure costs are primarily usage-based, meaning you pay for only what you use. Though this pricing model is widely considered cost-effective, it remains so only if you integrate best practices for cost optimization into your cloud computing environment. If your expenses are ballooning out of control, you may be...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 19 Oct'24 Last Updated: 05 Aug'26
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is a favorite among cloud users, owning 25% of the total cloud market share worldwide. Azure’s ease of integration and the quality of its hybrid and security solutions are impressive. However, you may get stuck with only Microsoft products in vendor lock-in. We explain more in this Microsoft Azure review.

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 18 Sep'24 Last Updated: 06 Sep'26
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

How to Migrate From GCP to AWS: GCP to AWS Migration Guide

A GCP to AWS migration is a multi-step process. To ensure a seamless transition, you must assess your current GCP environment and plan your AWS architecture, data migration, application migration, testing and validation, and cutover and optimization; decommission the GCP resources; and finally, perform continuous monitoring and support. Overview of Steps to Migrate from GCP...

By Kevin Kiruri — 27 Aug'24 Last Updated: 09 Aug'26

AWS Shield vs WAF: Difference Between AWS Shield and AWS WAF

At its simplest, the primary difference between AWS Shield vs WAF is that Shield protects against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, whereas WAF protects web apps from harmful web requests. AWS Shield works at the network, transport and application layers, but AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) works at the application layer only. Both are layered tools...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 25 Aug'24 Last Updated: 31 Aug'26
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AWS Region vs Availability Zone: Comparison of Location, Cost and Configuration

If you’re not familiar with Amazon’s terminology, it can be easy to confuse an AWS region vs availability zone. AWS regions are isolated geographical locations around the world in which AWS data centers are clustered. Each region contains multiple availability zones designed to offer high availability and fault tolerance. An AWS availability zone is a...

By Kevin Kiruri — 11 Aug'24 Last Updated: 31 Aug'26
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

AWS Resource Hierarchy: Organizations, OUs, Member Accounts and Resources

The AWS resource hierarchy is a multi-level access management system that helps ensure the accounts in AWS Organizations remain compliant, secure and within budget. It typically features four entities: organizations, organizational units, member accounts and resources. An AWS organization is a container that consolidates multiple AWS accounts. However, an organizational unit is a subdivision within...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 30 Jul'24 Last Updated: 05 Sep'26

What Is Amazon S3? Features, Use Cases, Pricing & Benefits

What is Amazon S3? S3 stands for “Simple Storage Service” and it is a highly scalable, reliable and cost-effective cloud storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It offers object storage designed to store and retrieve any amount of data anywhere on the web. A common distinction in cloud storage is object storage vs...

By Mercy Wawira — 23 Jul'24 Last Updated: 17 Jul'26
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What is AWS Lambda? Definition, Features, How It Works, Use Cases, Pricing, and Benefits

Amazon Web Services is a huge ecosystem of hundreds of different services that serve different use cases. AWS Lambda is Amazon’s solution to serverless computing. Developers can use it to deploy code without worrying about infrastructure. A good compliment to AWS Elastic Beanstalk. AWS Lambda automatically responds to predefined events by executing a set of...

By Kevin Kiruri — 19 Jul'24 Last Updated: 06 Sep'26
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski