There is no reliable single monthly price or universal winner. AWS cost depends on the Mumbai EC2 instance and operating system, runtime, storage, and billable internet data transfer out. Home-PC cost depends on the computer’s measured power draw and the electricity charges that actually affect your bill. Compare both for the same stream quality and schedule, then weigh reliability and recovery separately.
What to count in each option
| Cost or factor | AWS in Mumbai | PC at home in India |
|---|---|---|
| Core monthly cost | EC2 runtime for the selected instance and OS, plus any attached storage and other services. | Incremental electricity used by the PC while it is running the stream. |
| Network traffic | Include applicable internet data transfer out charges. The encoder sends the stream to YouTube; do not multiply this traffic by the number of viewers. | Check that the connection can sustain the encoder’s upload bitrate with headroom. |
| Inputs needed for a defensible estimate | Exact instance type, region, OS, runtime, storage and transfer volume; check current discounts and free-transfer eligibility. | Measured average wall power, hours running, and your distributor’s current marginal electricity charges. |
| Reliability and upkeep | Monitor the instance and stream; plan for interruptions and recovery. | Keep the PC, power, router and internet connection available; plan for outages, cooling and hardware wear. |
Estimate AWS cost for a 24/7 stream
Use the AWS Pricing Calculator for the Asia Pacific (Mumbai) region and the exact EC2 instance and operating system you intend to use. For planning, a full month of continuous operation is roughly 730 hours. Include attached storage and any other services in your setup, then check the calculator’s estimate for internet data transfer out and whether your account qualifies for an allowance or discounts. AWS says eligible customers receive 100 GB of monthly internet data transfer out free across AWS services and regions, subject to exclusions and terms; verify current eligibility rather than assuming it applies to your workload. See AWS EC2 pricing and its pricing calculator.
Estimate encoder traffic separately
Approximate the volume sent to YouTube from the encoder bitrate and runtime: bitrate in bits per second Ă— seconds, then convert bits to bytes. Allow for protocol overhead and bitrate variation. This is encoder-to-YouTube ingest traffic, not audience playback delivery. YouTube serves viewers; AWS examples that include distribution through AWS describe a different architecture and are not a fair EC2-to-YouTube encoder price.
AWS’s Live Streaming on AWS guide estimates about $69.74 for a one-hour, 1,000-viewer SD event and about $1,505.60 for a one-hour, 10,000-viewer HD event. Those estimates combine managed live encoding/packaging and distribution in US East (N. Virginia); they are not a price for an EC2 machine sending a stream to YouTube. Do not use them as your Mumbai encoder estimate. AWS Live Streaming on AWS cost guidance.
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Set the same resolution, frame rate, codec, bitrate and schedule for both options. YouTube’s current H.264 guidance recommends 5 Mbps for 1080p30 and 3 Mbps for 720p30; these are recommended ingest settings, not guaranteed requirements for every video or connection. The encoder documentation lists RTMP/RTMPS, H.264, H.265 and AV1 ingest choices, recommends constant bitrate and a two-second keyframe interval (not exceeding four seconds), and recommends RTMPS for encryption. See YouTube’s live encoder settings guide.
YouTube’s streaming tips recommend upload capacity with 20% headroom over the stream’s bitrate. A home connection may be shared or unstable, so test the actual setup and monitor stream health rather than relying only on the advertised upload speed. YouTube streaming tips.
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- Direct monthly cash cost: compare AWS compute, applicable transfer, storage and other services against the PC’s incremental household electricity charges.
- Reliability: AWS avoids dependence on home power and ISP, but the instance and YouTube ingest still need monitoring. At home, power, router, ISP upload and local outages can interrupt the stream.
- Operations: A home PC needs to remain on and maintained. Either approach needs a plan to detect a dropped stream and recover it; no hosting choice guarantees an uninterrupted session.
- Excluded costs: Treat cooling, equipment wear, internet upgrades, UPS purchases and any new hardware separately. Their cost depends on your setup and is not established by the available figures.
YouTube says streams under 12 hours are automatically archived. A 24/7 channel therefore needs stream-session and archive planning; do not assume one live session will run indefinitely. Test the encoder and network, monitor stream health, and plan how you will handle interruptions and archives. YouTube live-streaming help.
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