Amazon Timestream Pricing Calculator
Compare Timestream for InfluxDB vs LiveAnalytics ingestion, storage, and query costs for IoT and metrics workloads.
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Your time-series workload
us-east-1list rates, pricing as of 2026-07-09. Source: AWS public pricing.
$0.50/GB ingested.
$0.036/GB-hour — hot data retained in memory store.
$0.03/GB-month — 100 GB minimum per account per Region.
$0.518/TCU-hour on-demand.
Who This Tool Is For
IoT platform engineers and observability teams evaluating managed time-series databases for factory telemetry, metrics aggregation, or real-time monitoring.
Why We Built This Tool
Timestream splits into InfluxDB (instance + storage) and LiveAnalytics (ingestion + tiered stores + TCU queries) — picking the wrong engine can 3× your bill.
What Problem It Solves
- Instance oversizing. InfluxDB db.influx.8xlarge at $3.825/hr is $2,792/month before storage.
- Query TCU burn. LiveAnalytics dashboards and alerting at high QPS consume TCU-hours fast at $0.518/hr.
- Magnetic minimum. LiveAnalytics magnetic store has a 100 GB/account/Region floor even for small workloads.
Pair with our IoT Core calculator or managed services.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do these Timestream prices come from?
Rates are AWS published us-east-1 list prices (Amazon Timestream pricing), pricing as of 2026-07-09.
InfluxDB vs LiveAnalytics — when does each win?
Timestream for InfluxDB suits teams already on InfluxQL/Flux with predictable instance sizing. LiveAnalytics suits serverless ingestion with variable query patterns and built-in tiered retention (memory → magnetic).
What is the magnetic store minimum?
LiveAnalytics magnetic store bills at $0.03/GB-month with a minimum of 100 GB per account per Region, even if you store less.
How are LiveAnalytics queries priced?
On-demand queries use Timestream Compute Units (TCUs) at $0.518/TCU-hour (4 vCPU + 16 GB RAM per TCU). You can also provision dedicated TCUs with a 1-hour minimum.
Timestream vs self-managed Influx on EC2?
Managed InfluxDB removes ops overhead but charges a premium over raw EC2. Use our EC2 calculator for a self-managed baseline, then add EBS and ops cost mentally.
Timestream vs CloudWatch metrics?
CloudWatch custom metrics bill per metric/month with cardinality risk. Timestream suits high-ingest time-series with SQL analytics — compare both for your access pattern.