Why Are Allowances for Certain Guaranteed Commitment types Lower?
Last updated: January 31, 2026
Archera's Guaranteed Commitment allowances & premiums are set primarily set based on risk as assessed by Archera's underwriting algorithm. This means for certain instance types, services & regions the number of Guaranteed Commitments available to purchase from Archera can be much lower than for others. This is based dynamically on the amount of demand for the commitments in the marketplaces Archera has access to.
For example Archera tends to offer the highest Guaranteed Commitment allowances for common EC2 Instance types in the most popular regions, given these are the most popular & in-demand commitment types. However, for less popular RDS instance types, which are not as in-demand as EC2 instances, the allowance can be much lower & average premiums higher.
There are also specific ways individual customers can increase their overall GRI allowances as outlined in this article here.