Cost Optimization & FinOps
Part 13
palaniappan p 6 min
AWS Backup Pricing: Warm Storage, Cold Tier 90-Day Minimum, and the Cross-Region Double Bill
AWS Backup bills per service-specific rate — EFS warm at $0.05/GB-month, DynamoDB continuous backup at $0.20/GB-month, cold storage at $0.0125/GB-month with a 90-day minimum retention penalty. Cross-region copies double the storage line plus $0.02/GB transfer. Backup Audit Manager bills per control per resource and quietly accumulates.