Cost Estimate

Costs depend on how far you take the demo and whether you use Free Tier or paid multicloud on AWS AWS
Amazon Web Services — the cloud platform used throughout this walkthrough. . GCP GCP
Google Cloud Platform — the cloud provider connected to AWS via Interconnect multicloud in this walkthrough. bills its Partner Cross-Cloud Partner Cross-Cloud
Partner Cross-Cloud Interconnect — the GCP-side service that accepts the AWS activation key and creates a managed transport for cross-cloud connectivity. transport independently on both paths (AWS pricing, GCP interconnect pricing).

Caution

This walkthrough assumes paid multicloud (1 Gbps) — typical when the Free Tier quota is already used in your Region/CSP pair (ap-southeast-1 → GCP).

Terraform only (terraform apply, no Steps 3–5)

Component	Monthly	Hourly
3 VPC interface endpoints (SSM, one AZ)	~$22	~$0.12
EC2 t3.micro	~$7.60	~$0.04
GCE e2-micro in asia-southeast1	~$6	~$0.04
VPC, DX Gateway, VGW, routes, firewall, IAM	$0	$0
Total	~$30–40/month	~$0.20–0.50

VPC endpoints are the main AWS cost — they enable SSM SSM
AWS Systems Manager Session Manager — provides shell access to EC2 instances without a public IP or SSH key, using VPC interface endpoints. from a private subnet without a NAT gateway.

Full demo — paid multicloud (Terraform + Steps 3–7, 1 Gbps, Tier 1)

Component	Monthly	Hourly
Terraform base (above)	~$30–40	~$0.25
AWS Interconnect — multicloud (1 Gbps, APAC)	~$1,000	~$5.50
GCP Partner Cross-Cloud transport (APAC)	~$3,650	~$20
Data transfer over the transport	$0	$0
Total	~$4,680+/month	~$26–30

Full demo — Free Tier (500 Mbps, if quota available)

Component	Monthly	Hourly
Terraform base (above)	~$30–40	~$0.25
AWS Interconnect — Free Tier (500 Mbps)	$0	$0
GCP Partner Cross-Cloud transport (APAC)	~$3,650	~$20
Total	~$3,680+/month	~$20–21

Danger

GCP transport pricing is hourly (~$5.00/hr for the lowest listed APAC tier). AWS paid interconnect adds ~$1.37/hr at Tier 1 / 1 Gbps. Tear down interconnect resources before terraform destroy (see Teardown).

Keeping costs low

1. Infra exploration only — run terraform apply and skip Steps 3–5; destroy when done.
2. Full connectivity test (paid) — budget ~$26–30 for a ~4-hour session; delete peering, transport, and AWS interconnect promptly.
3. Do not leave it running overnight — GCP transport dominates; paid AWS adds ~$33/day at 1 Gbps.
4. Free Tier — one free 500 Mbps interconnect per AWS Region per CSP; if already used, select AWS Interconnect – multicloud (paid) instead (terms).