+ GPU: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/elastic-graphics/
My understanding is that the best systems for rendering are the "Compute Optimized" systems, specially c5.large to c5.18xlarge. The GPU addon is required to get SketchUp to load so I just use the cheapest option there.
c5.18xlarge with Windows is $6.372/hour with per second billing and I think one minute minimum (correction: see next post; billing not per second). The GPU adds $0.05/hour. Expensive but not bad for short bursts when you need something rendered quickly
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Setting up an instance is definitely on the technical side. The Amazon Web Services interface is very feature filled and technical. I think a lot of users would be able to handle it with a tutorial, though.
I'd be happy to help with more testing on various c5 EC2 systems
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