It looks like this blog is costing me about $6 per month on AWS which is cool. I was paying about $200/year or about $17 per month on iPage. I am not sure what I am missing. This blog is much faster on AWS even with a minimal size virtual machine.
I did pay a fixed, up-front $12 to switch my domain registrar to AWS and that is not included in the $6/month. The compute was $123.97 including tax for 3 years or 36 months. That buys use one 2.5 gigahertz processor and 1 gig of memory. Disk is extra as is a couple of other things. The extras were $2.27 for February which of course only has 28 days. If the site were to get busy, then the monthly price would go up but that seems unlikely.
Not sure what I am missing. iPage did more for you and could be used by a non-technical person but if you can handle the technical part AWS seems better and cheaper.
Bobby
