AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion

	AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion
	1298 points by nprateem 55 days ago \| 747 comments
	tl;dr: An AWS user reports an estimated bill of $1.7 billion for the month, despite normal usage typically under $5, and has filed an urgent support ticket. AWS has acknowledged inaccurate estimated billing data on its health status page, and other users on Reddit are reporting similar issues.
	HN Discussion: ↑Insider explanation: this is a unit conversion bug (GB vs bytes) in AWS pricing metadata ↑Personal anecdotes of receiving shocking inflated bills confirming the widespread issue •Humorous jokes about the absurd amounts and inability to pay billions ↑AWS has a history of billing problems that go beyond this isolated glitch ~Real hidden billing errors exist and are hard to get AWS to acknowledge and fix