# Global Accelerator DT-Premium cost worksheet (July 2026)

Pricing facts to re-verify on [AWS Global Accelerator pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/global-accelerator/pricing/):

- **\$0.025 / hour** per provisioned accelerator (**enabled or disabled**) until deleted ≈ **\$18.25 / month**
- **DT-Premium** per GB on the **dominant** direction (edge ↔ Region), **in addition to** standard data transfer
- Standard **public IPv4** charges for addresses used with accelerators

## Monthly model

| Input                                     | Value |
| ----------------------------------------- | ----- |
| Accelerators (count)                      |       |
| Hours / month (use 730 if always on)      |       |
| Hourly subtotal (`count × hours × 0.025`) |       |
| Dominant path Region → edge pair          |       |
| DT-Premium \$/GB (from current table)     |       |
| Expected GB / month (dominant direction)  |       |
| DT-Premium subtotal                       |       |
| IPv4 address charges                      |       |
| **Estimated monthly total**               |       |

## Decision gates

- [ ] Partners require **static anycast** allow-lists → GA strong candidate
- [ ] Cacheable HTTP → prefer CloudFront first
- [ ] DNS TTL failover acceptable → Route 53 may be enough
- [ ] Non-prod accelerators **deleted** (not merely disabled)

## Reproduce

Deploy the AWS blog CloudFormation samples ([Using CloudFormation with Global Accelerator](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/using-aws-cloudformation-with-aws-global-accelerator/)), generate synthetic traffic, then filter Cost Explorer for **Data Transfer-Premium**.