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There used to be an AWS marketplace where you could create your own "app" on top of AWS.

I remember that you could have an add-on for EC2 instances where Amazon would call back your service with EC2 usage data.

The biggest issue was that you had to pass spreadsheets around to get set up, but that was 6+ years ago when Amazon just introduced the feature.

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And it's indeed still called AWS marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/search

Ohhh nice I’ll see if they have any billing apps

I don't think you want a billing app there, but instead, you'd develop your own app and publish on AWS marketplace. You can get them to bill for your service on top of their charges too (basically, if I activate your "app" for my ec2 instance, I get billed for ec2 usage and whatever pricing you set up yourself).

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