You are part of the IT team of an assurance company. You have been having a consistent amount of usage of your EC2 instances and Fargate. However, there is also a consistent amount of usage increase. Because of this, you can predict that you may need to increase the size of the instances in 2 or 3 years. The finance team has asked you if there is a way to save costs in the EC2 instances and Fargate. What do you suggest?

Answer options:

A.Purchase a Compute Saving plan.
B.Purchase an EC2 instance saving plan.
C.Purchase a Convertible Reserved Instance.
D.Purchase a Standard Reserved Instance.

Answer: A
Option A is CORRECT. With a Compute Saving Plan, you can save up to 66% and it applies to Fargate and EC2 instances. It also lets you change the instance`s family and size. More details-
https://aws.amazon.com/savingsplans/faq/
Option B is incorrect. The EC2 instance saving plan does not apply automatically to Fargate instances. More details-
https://aws.amazon.com/savingsplans/faq/
Options C and D are incorrect. Reserved instances do not save the cost of Fargate. More details-
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-reserved-instances.html