It's actually rounded up to complete hours, so 10 instances for a minute is 10x the price of 1 instance for 10 minutes.
For fast iterative development this isn't an issue - you can re-use the job flow (the instances you spun up), so you can launch the job several times over the course of that hour.
For fast iterative development this isn't an issue - you can re-use the job flow (the instances you spun up), so you can launch the job several times over the course of that hour.