AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 615

A company wants to migrate its on-premises infrastructure to the AWS Cloud.

Which advantage of cloud computing will help the company reduce upfront costs?

Answer options

• A. Go global in minutes
• B. Increase speed and agility
• C. Benefit from massive economies of scale
• D. Trade fixed expense for variable expense

Correct answer: D

Explanation

Trading fixed expenses for variable expenses allows companies to pay only for the IT resources they consume instead of investing heavily in physical data centers and hardware upfront. This shift from Capital Expenditure (CapEx) to Operational Expenditure (OpEx) directly reduces initial cost barriers. Other cloud benefits, such as global reach and increased agility, improve deployment speed and flexibility but do not directly address the reduction of upfront capital costs.