# Archera's Supported Reservable Services

Archera’s platform supports **all reservable services** across major cloud providers. Customers can purchase and manage commitments for any service that supports reservations.

## AWS Reservable Services
Archera supports all AWS services that offer reservations or commitments, including:

- **Compute**: EC2 Reserved Instances (all types), Savings Plans, Lambda
- **Database**: RDS, ElastiCache, DynamoDB Reserved Capacity
- **Analytics**: Redshift, OpenSearch Reserved Instances
- **Storage**: EBS, S3 storage classes

## Azure Reservable Services
Archera supports all Azure services that offer reservations, including:

- **Compute**: Virtual Machine Reserved Instances (all VM series including D, E, F, G, H, L, M, N series), Azure Dedicated Host, App Service plans, Azure Container Instances
- **Database**: SQL Database (vCore tiers only — DTU tiers are not eligible), Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure Database for MariaDB (retired September 2025 — do not purchase new reservations), Cosmos DB (all APIs), Azure Cache for Redis (Premium, Enterprise, and Enterprise Flash tiers only)
- **Storage**: Blob storage (all access tiers), Azure Files, Managed Disks (Premium SSD P30–P80 only), Azure NetApp Files
- **Analytics**: Synapse Analytics (SQL pools, Spark pools), Data Factory (pipeline runs, data flows), Azure Databricks (all SKUs), HDInsight clusters
- **AI/ML**: Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Machine Learning compute instances
- **Networking**: VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute circuits, Azure Firewall
- **Other Services**: Azure VMware Solution, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Spring Apps Enterprise (retirement started March 2025 — verify before committing)

## Google Cloud Reservable Services
Archera supports all Google Cloud services that offer Committed Use Discounts (CUDs), including:

- **Compute**: Compute Engine (all machine types), resource and spend-based CUDs
- **Database**: Cloud SQL (all database engines and configurations)
- **Analytics**: BigQuery slots, Cloud Storage, Dataflow
- **AI/ML**: Vertex AI, Cloud TPU

## Archera Advantages
When customers purchase commitments through Archera’s platform (via CPPO offers), they receive:

- **Transfer Flexibility**: 
  - Transfer commitments between accounts
  - Reorganize cloud structure without losing savings
  - Support for M&A activities
- **Risk Mitigation**: 
- **Investment Protection**: 
  - Insurance against unused capacity
  - Guaranteed savings realization
  - Professional management included
- **Multi-Cloud Strategy**: 
- **Unified Management**: 
  - Single platform for all cloud commitments
  - Cross-cloud optimization strategies
  - Consolidated reporting and analytics

## Service Coverage Updates
### Continuous Expansion
Archera’s platform automatically supports new reservable services as cloud providers introduce them:

- **AWS**: New instance types, services, and reservation options are added automatically
- **Azure**: New VM series, database options, and capacity types are supported upon release
- **Google Cloud**: New machine types, services, and commitment options are included immediately

### Notification System
Partners and customers are notified when:

- New reservable services become available
- Existing services add new reservation options
- Pricing or terms for reservations change
- Optimization opportunities arise from new service options

### Next Steps
### Cloud Provider Reservation References
For detailed information about reservable services across cloud providers, consult these comprehensive documentation resources:

#### AWS Reserved Instances & Savings Plans

#### Google Cloud Committed Use Discounts

#### Azure Reservations

**For Partners**: Understanding these reservation types helps you better assist customers in selecting appropriate CPPO offers. Archera’s platform supports purchasing and managing all these commitment types.