Amazon WorkSpaces Core announces monthly pricing for managed instances

This article announces flexible billing options for Amazon WorkSpaces Core managed instances, introducing monthly flat-rate pricing alongside existing hourly billing.

• Monthly pricing ideal for predictable full-time desktop usage patterns
• Hourly billing remains available for variable usage patterns
• Both options are pay-as-you-go with no long-term commitments
• Monthly billing delivers cost savings versus hourly at always-on utilization
• VDI partners (Citrix, Workspot, Dizzion, Leostream) can integrate new WorkSpaces API billing features
• Customers can mix hourly and monthly billing within same deployment
• Hourly utility rates now combined and billed by Amazon WorkSpaces for simplified pricing

Amazon WorkSpaces Core now offers flexible billing to optimize costs for different VDI usage patterns, with simplified consolidated billing for hourly rates.