Cloud Cost Estimator

The Cloud Cost Estimator calculates projected monthly costs for common AWS resources using a built-in, offline pricing database. It is designed for quick, back-of-the-envelope calculations without requiring internet access or AWS API connectivity.

Syntax

opsforge cloud cost-estimate [COMMAND] [OPTIONS]

Commands

ec2

Estimate monthly costs for EC2 instances. - -i, --instance TEXT: Instance type (e.g., t3.micro). - -c, --count INTEGER: Number of instances.

s3

Estimate monthly storage costs for S3. - -s, --size FLOAT: Storage size in GB. - -t, --tier [standard|infrequent]: Storage tier.

list

Lists all available pricing data in the offline database.

Usage Examples

Estimate cost for 5 micro instances

opsforge cloud cost-estimate ec2 -i t3.micro -c 5

Estimate cost for 1 TB of S3 storage

opsforge cloud cost-estimate s3 --size 1000 --tier standard

View all prices in the database

opsforge cloud cost-estimate list

Technical Details

This tool uses a hardcoded pricing dictionary (PRICING_DB) within the module. Prices are based on the US-East-1 region and are intended as approximations.

[!NOTE] For precise, up-to-the-minute pricing that includes data transfer, IOPS, and regional variations, always refer to the official AWS Pricing Calculator.