Amazon Web Services (AWS) is at the forefront of providing the most beneficial and powerful economic cloud model in the world. Organizations are deploying more mission-critical services and workloads on the AWS infrastructure. In this course, participants discover why AWS is far superior to its competitors by comparing it to other cloud providers. You will realize the importance of cloud economics by examining the fundamentals of AWS Cloud Economics and explore the AWS free tier model, AWS pricing, and tools such as the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator, and the monthly cost calendar. The ASW TCO calculator tool lets you estimate individual or multiple prices and even use templates to evaluate wide-ranging solutions. The AWS monthly cost calendar tool will let you estimate individual or multiple prices and even use templates to evaluate wide-ranging solutions. This course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2019 certification.