{"id":1708,"slug":"aws-egress-current-pricing-9-cents-per-gb","title":"Current AWS S3/EC2 egress ~$0.09/GB to internet, first 100GB/month free","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","dev","candid-team"],"topics":["cloud-infrastructure-economics"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Current AWS S3/EC2 egress to the internet is **~$0.09/GB**, with the first **100GB/month free**.\n\n**Source:** AWS pricing pages (2025/2026).\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Caveat:** Egress is famously where cloud bills surprise people — the per-GB rate looks small but scales with traffic. This is the cost line that survived the broader infrastructure collapse.\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** For SMB-scale traffic (well under 100GB/month) the egress cost rounds to zero. For sites that suddenly go viral, this is the one line item that can bite — which informs how Candid scopes hosting recommendations.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"bandwidth-transit-1200-to-5-per-mbps-1998-2010","title":"Internet transit collapsed from $1,200/Mbps (1998) to ~$5/Mbps (2010) — ~240× per DrPeering/Norton series","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-falling-cost-floor-real-web-functionality-smb-june-2026","title":"Research brief: the falling cost floor of \"real\" web functionality for SMBs (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:00.485Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:00.485Z"}