Answers: <p>AWS stores <strong>whole</strong> AMI as a single non-differential snapshot thus they charge for a full size of files in an image.</p>
  
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Answers: 2017-10-18T07:38:29.160Z
Answers: 2017-10-18T07:38:29.160Z
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Body: <p>How does AWS calculate the cost of a custom AMI?</p>
  
  <p>If I would create an AMI which is based on Ubuntu 16.04, do I need to pay for the complete size of AMI (e.g. 4GB) or just the differences of my custom AMI to the base AMI (e.g. 0.4GB)</p>
  
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Title: AWS Storage Cost for a custom AMI
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ThreadText: # AWS Storage Cost for a custom AMI
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-23)
  
  How does AWS calculate the cost of a custom AMI?
  
  If I would create an AMI which is based on Ubuntu 16.04, do I need to pay for the complete size of AMI (e.g. 4GB) or just the differences of my custom AMI to the base AMI (e.g. 0.4GB)
  
  **Tags:** amazon-ec2, amazon-s3
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-18. Score: 3
  
  AWS stores **whole** AMI as a single non-differential snapshot thus they charge for a full size of files in an image.
  
  
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