Day26: Data Moves. Money Moves ☁️

Data transfer pricing in cloud computing is also known as cloud traffic cost when cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or GCP start levying charges to transfer any sort of data from one service to another or to any external network or to the internet in any manner that is in most cases hidden in FinOps traps.

Data transfer pricing is the cost charged for moving data into, within, or out of the cloud.

Types of Charges:

1. Intra Zone
2. Inter Zone (same region)
3. Inter Region
4. Egress to Internet

Cloud providers categorize this movement into Ingress, Egress, and Within the Cloud.

1. Ingress → Data comes in (usually free)
2. Egress → Data goes out (usually paid)
3. Within cloud → Data moves internally (sometimes paid)

Data transfer pricing, also known as cloud traffic cost, refers to the fee levied by the cloud provider when data is moved between services, within and across regions, and/or outside to the internet.

Such expenses often function as hidden FinOps pitfalls in terms of quietly escalating with utilization.