Egress Cost
/ˈiːɡres kɒst/
Definition
Cloud charges for data transferred out of the cloud provider to the internet or another region.
Example in context
"Unexpected CDN bypass caused $8,000 in egress costs — always route through CloudFront, not direct S3 URLs."
Related terms
Practice this term
Master Egress Cost in context by working through exercises in the Cloud Infrastructure module. You'll see the term used in real engineering scenarios with multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and matching drills.