The GigaSpaces-EC2 pricing policy is pay-per-use, similar to Amazon. There is no minimum fee.
Introductory EC2 pricing (in addition to the Amazon charge)*:
- $0.20 for GigaSpaces running on Amazon Small Instances
- $0.80 for GigaSpaces running on Amazon Large Instances
- $1.60 for GigaSpaces running on Amazon Extra-Large Instances
- $0.20 for GigaSpaces running on Amazon High-CPU Medium Instances
- $1.60 for GigaSpaces running on Amazon High-CPU Extra Large Instances
*Pricing is per GigaSpaces Amazon Machine Image (AMI) instance-hour consumed for each instance type. Partial instance-hours are billed as full hours.
Free Evaluation
GigaSpaces offers a free download of its "cloud framework" as well as the first 20 AMI hours at no charge (not including the Amazon charge). Click here to sign up.
GigaSpaces offers the following support programs:
- Silver support: Flat fee of $1,000 per year, no premium to GigaSpaces hourly prices
- Gold support: Flat fee of $5,000 per year and 15% premium to GigaSpaces hourly prices
- Platinum support: Flat fee of $10,000 per year and 20% premium to GigaSpaces hourly prices
For more information on GigaSpaces support, please visit our support center at http://www.gigaspaces.com/supportcenter.
GigaSpaces on EC2 Can Save Significant Costs and Shorten Time-To-Market
- Only pay for the hardware and software resources you use when you actually use them
- Handle unexpexcted (and expected) peaks in demand for your application
- Seamlessly scale your application in the cloud on-demand
- Reduce latency and increase throughput resulting in s ginficant decrease in the number of servers you need to handle the same application loads
- 'Cloud-Enable' your application without any need for special development efforts, including the ability to create hybrid cloud/on-premise environments
To learn more about how GigaSpaces can save you costs with EC2, read Geva Perry's blog GigaSpaces and the Economics of Cloud Computing.
