AWS Aurora Pricing Calculator
Model your monthly Aurora bill — provisioned instances or Serverless v2 ACUs, Standard vs I/O-Optimized storage. us-east-1 list pricing.
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us-east-1 list rates, pricing as of 2026-06-17. Source: AWS public pricing .
us-east-1 On-Demand rates (June 2026). Provisioned instances bill per hour; Serverless v2 bills per ACU-hour.
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Who This Tool Is For
DBAs, platform engineers, and FinOps leads budgeting Aurora MySQL or PostgreSQL. Teams comparing provisioned R6g against Serverless v2, or Standard vs I/O-Optimized storage for IO-heavy workloads.
Why We Built This Tool
Aurora bills combine compute (instances or ACUs), storage class, and optional I/O — reader replicas multiply instance hours. We built this from the us-east-1 Aurora rate card we use in database cost reviews.
What Problem It Solves
- Mode toggle. Provisioned instances vs Serverless v2 ACU-hours in one flow.
- Storage class. Standard vs I/O-Optimized with GB sizing.
- HA multiplier. Multi-AZ cluster modeled as 2× writer compute.
- Finance-ready totals. Monthly and annual breakdown for budget reviews.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where do these prices come from?
Aurora provisioned instance, Serverless v2 ACU, and storage list prices for us-east-1 as of June 2026. Confirm in the AWS Pricing Calculator before budgeting.
Is I/O included?
Standard storage bills per I/O request separately (not modeled here). I/O-Optimized storage includes I/O in the GB rate — use that class when I/O dominates your bill.
How are readers counted?
Include all billable instances (writer + readers) in the instance count slider. Each reader runs 24/7 unless you stop it.
Serverless v2 vs provisioned?
Serverless v2 bills $0.12 per ACU-hour consumed. Provisioned instances bill hourly regardless of CPU use — better for steady workloads.
Backups and snapshots?
Automated backup storage up to DB size is included; backup storage beyond that and manual snapshots bill separately — not in this estimate.
How accurate is this estimate?
Arithmetic matches published rates for listed inputs. Real bills add Performance Insights, Global Database, and data transfer.