Amazon Aurora

by Amazon Web Services · Managed databases

Plan or add-on	Usage-based
Free planNew AWS customers; Aurora PostgreSQL serverless only, up to 4 ACUs and 1 GiB storage per cluster	Free[1]
Aurora Serverless (Standard)Billed per second of capacity used; storage and I/O are charged separately	$0.12[1] per ACU / hour
Aurora Serverless (I/O-Optimized)Higher capacity rate, but no charge for read and write I/O	$0.156[1] per ACU / hour
Aurora Standard storageI/O requests are charged on top	$0.10[1] per GB / month
Aurora I/O-Optimized storageIncludes read and write I/O	$0.225[1] per GB / month
I/O operationsAdd-on to Aurora Serverless (Standard), Aurora Standard storage, per 1,000,000 I/Os	$0.20[1] per 1,000,000 I/Os
T4g/T3 CPU CreditsAdd-on to all plans, per vCPU	$0.09[1] per vCPU / hour
Data APIAdd-on to all plans, per 1,000,000 requests	$0.35 first tier[1] per 1,000,000 requests $0.20 above the included amount
Snapshot/cluster exportAdd-on to all plans, per GB	$0.01[1] per GB

The record

Checked today 23 Oct 2026

Prices last checked 23 Oct 2026.

First read: 27 Sep 2026
Prices tracked: 10
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What each plan includes

	Free plan	Aurora Serverless (Standard)
Max capacity	4 ACUs	256 ACUs
Storage per cluster	1 GiB	·
Max storage	·	256 TiB

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Free plan

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
FreeNew AWS customers only	Global	–	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]

Aurora Serverless (Standard)

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.12 per ACU / hourRate in US East (N. Virginia); billed per second	United States	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]

Aurora Serverless (I/O-Optimized)

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.156 per ACU / hourRate in US East (N. Virginia); no separate I/O charge	United States	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]

Aurora Standard storage

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.10 per GB / monthRate in US East (N. Virginia)	United States	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]

Aurora I/O-Optimized storage

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.225 per GB / monthRate in US East (N. Virginia); I/O included	United States	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]

I/O operations

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.20 per 1,000,000 I/OsAurora Standard only; rate in US East (N. Virginia)	United States	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]

T4g/T3 CPU Credits

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.09 per vCPU / hourSame rate in every region	Global	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]

Data API

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.35 per 1,000,000 requestsUp to 1 billion requests a month; each 32 KB of payload counts as one request	United States	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]
$0.20 per 1,000,000 requestsRequests above 1 billion a month	United States	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]

Snapshot/cluster export

Price	Where	Billing	Type	Channel	Source
$0.01 per GBExport of snapshot data to Amazon S3; rate in US East (N. Virginia)	United States	usage-based	List price	Vendor's own site	source [1]

About

Amazon Aurora is AWS's MySQL- and PostgreSQL-compatible managed database, charged for database instances, storage and any optional features enabled.^[1] Aurora PostgreSQL serverless can be started under the AWS Free Tier, while instances are sold on demand or reserved.^[1] Serverless capacity is billed per Aurora Capacity Unit (ACU)-hour and storage per GB-month, at rates that differ between the Aurora Standard and Aurora I/O-Optimized configurations, with I/O charged per request under Standard and included under I/O-Optimized.^[1]

Referenced by

Alternative to AlloyDB for PostgreSQL derived sourced there
Alternative to Cloud SQL derived sourced there
Integrates with Amazon CloudWatch verified sourced there Aurora metrics flow into CloudWatch automatically
Integrates with Amazon Quick Sight verified sourced there Aurora databases can be used as a data source
Integrates with Amazon Redshift verified sourced there Aurora data is replicated into Redshift without building pipelines

Sources

Amazon Aurora Pricing Vendor page.
- [1] Captured 27 Sep 2026.
Zero-ETL Integration – Amazon Aurora with Amazon Redshift - AWS Vendor page.
- [2] Captured 27 Sep 2026.

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