Yeesht. I had never tried this out with AWS so I had just completely made assumptions about their stopped instance pricing. Thanks for the correction. At the same time, the pricing is rough. Instances with similar configs cost anywhere between 3-7x the price. My current bill of between 2 to 3 USD a month would go up to about 15-25 USD. In absolute terms that's not big but over the months that is going to add up.

Still. Food for thought for me. Thanks again :)