HISTORICAL DATA (ILLUSTRATIVE)
Index History
METHODOLOGY
Index Basket Composition
General Compute
Standard compute instances (m-series equivalents) across providers
30%
WEIGHT
Declining (-8% YoY)
GPU Compute
GPU instances for AI/ML workloads. Weight increased from 5% in 2022.
15%
WEIGHT
Rising (+12% YoY)
Object Storage
Standard object storage (S3/GCS/Blob) pricing per GB/month
15%
WEIGHT
Flat (-1% YoY)
Data Transfer
Cross-region and internet egress pricing
12%
WEIGHT
Declining (-5% YoY)
Managed Database
Managed relational and NoSQL database services
12%
WEIGHT
Rising (+3% YoY)
Serverless
Function invocation and execution costs
8%
WEIGHT
Declining (-15% YoY)
Container Orchestration
Managed Kubernetes and container service pricing
8%
WEIGHT
Flat (+1% YoY)
BY PROVIDER
Provider Index Breakdown
AWS
145.2
++2.8 MoM
Azure
141.8
++1.9 MoM
GCP
138.4
++1.4 MoM
Composite
142.3
++2.1 MoM
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
Cloud Cost Index by Region
Illustrative regional premiums relative to US East baseline.
US East139.8Baseline
US West141.2+1.0%
EU West148.6+6.3%
EU Central150.1+7.4%
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)152.4+9.0%
Asia Pacific (Sydney)147.3+5.4%
South America156.8+12.2%
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