Cost

Cost Calculator

You can use this AWS Cost Calculator as a starting point for estimating your monthly cost. Keep in mind your inputs (EC2 instance type, volume size, etc) to the CloudFormation template will influence the cost.

Optional Components

Refer to the AWS Resources section of the Introduction page for a list of optional components. Opting into or out of these features will influence which AWS infrastructure gets created and thus your cost.

Automated Backups

If you opt into the automated backup feature in the CloudFormation template keep the following in mind:

  1. the backup policy create a snapshot daily
  2. the backup policy will keep a rolling 90 days worth of snapshots
  3. the backup policy will create snapshot of the Helix Core Depot, Helix Core Logs, and Hansoft Data volumes.

Refer to the AWS EBS Pricing documentation for current cost information.

System Notifications

If you opt into the System Notifications feature in the CloudFormation

Refer to the AWS SNS Pricing documentation for current cost information.

Helix Swarm

If you opt into deploying Helix Swarm in the CloudFormation template you will get an additional EC2 instance with the instance type you selected at deployment time.

Refer to the AWS EC2 Pricing documentation for current cost information.

Hansoft

If you opt into deploying Hansoft in the CloudFormation template you will get an additional EC2 instance with the instance type you selected at deployment time.

Refer to the AWS EC2 Pricing documentation for current cost information.

Helix Core License

The AWS Enhanced Studio pack comes out of the box with a a Free for Small Teams license that is good for 5 users. Please reach out to Perforce to receive a quote for a Helix Core license.