The new pricing model for Amazon WorkSpaces Core managed instances provides monthly flat rates in addition to existing hourly billing, allowing customers to choose cost structures that match usage patterns. Monthly pricing targets predictable, always-on desktop workloads, while hourly pricing remains preferable for variable or intermittent use.
This option is integrated with common VDI partners and supports mixed billing within deployments, aiming to simplify cost management for virtual desktop infrastructure migrations. AWS also consolidated hourly billing on customer invoices by combining EC2 and WorkSpaces usage into a single line item without changing rates.
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Amazon WorkSpaces Core announces monthly pricing for managed instances ↗Source published 2026-01-26. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.