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March 20, 2026 Madalin

Madalin

Madalin

The Real Cost of AWS: What Nobody Tells You When You Sign Up

AWS looks affordable on day one. Then the bill arrives. Here's what cloud platform pricing actually looks like over time — and why the true cost is rarely what organisations expect.