The AWS pricing page says 10% more than OpenAI, which is probably because they’re forcing all inference through the US and data residency is at a 10% premium from the model vendors for whatever reason (because you’ll pay for it).
replyIf they put in a global endpoint like with Claude (or OpenAI directly) then it’ll probably match the direct pricing, if the pattern holds.
(https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/pricing/, scroll to OpenAI)
It’s even more expensive for GovCloud customers. We pay a 30% premium on top of that.
replyIt also could be to provide room for enterprise discount pricing without it being money-losing for one of the companies.
replyI have worked at places that have negotiated flat percentage discounts on all AWS spend.
replyThis explanation seems plausible to me.
It's for people that can easily pump their AWS bill but not a new vendor.
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