title: What is the cost of Live streaming using Adobe Media Server in amazon cloudfront in Amazon web services
body: <p>I am unable to understand the costing mechanism for Amazon aws live streaming. Can someone help me in finding out the cost for the following scenario:</p>
  
  <p>Cost of m1.large instance of adobe media server in cloudfront in amazon aws = $0.43/hour</p>
  
  <p>Number of simultaneous connections m1.large instance of adobe media server in cloudfront in amazon aws can handle = 100</p>
  
  <p>When I encode the video and stream it to the Adobe media server in cloudfront, I will be encoding it in 300 kilobits/sec</p>
  
  <p>My website is hosted in an aws micro instance and the free period has expired.</p>
  
  <p>So, If I have a live streaming event coming up and I intend to have the live streaming for 1 hour and suppose for that entire 1 hour 100 simultaneous connections will be constantly there, then how much will be my cost?</p>
  
  <p>Note: Amazon cost calculator says that the actual cost will be based on the data transfer on the ec2. So which Ec2 is it? The one where my website is hosted or the adobe one I created using cloudfront? So when 100 people are watching the live streaming on my website, the data transfer is between them and the ec2 instance where my website is hosted or is it between them and the Adobe Media server instance I created using cloudfront? If it is between them and the Adobe Media server instance I created using cloudfront then I think they already charged me $0.43 for 100 simultaneous connections. </p>
  
  <p>TIA. </p>