How To Compare Spot VM Costs Across Regions and Cloud Providers

Learn how to use a workflow to add and configure a Spot VM, comparing cost savings against a standard VM.

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For engineers and platform teams, this video demonstrates how to compare the costs of Spot VMs using emma. The workflow shows how to add and configure a Spot VM by evaluating your options based on cost savings against a standard VM.

What’s shown in the demo

  • Navigating to Spot Instances: How to access the Spot Instances section in your project and start adding a new Spot VM.

  • Adding and configuring a Spot VM: How to specify your required configurations for finding Spot Instances that match your workload requirements.

  • Evaluating cost savings: How to see the available Spot VMs, their costs, and cost comparison with the original VM, helping teams quickly see potential cost savings.

Key takeaway

The workflow provides a straightforward way to find, evaluate, and deploy Spot VMs, giving teams clear visibility into savings opportunities and helping reduce cloud spend without compromising performance.

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