AWS SQL Server Pricing

AWS SQL Server Pricing

What is AWS SQL Server?

Amazon RDS has a main building base which is the DB instance. This DB instance is the same as that of the on-premises Microsoft SQL Server. Upon creating an SQL Server DB instance, you will be able to add to it 1 or multiple custom databases.

Keep in Mind

You are capable of creating an SQL Server DB instance, and then connecting to the DB instance and running a simple query. After that you can simply just delete this sample DB instance.

 

On-Demand AWS SQL Server DB Instances

AWS SQL Server On-Demand DB Instances allow you to pay the cost of compute capacity for the hour your DB Instance is running free of long-term commitments. This liberates you from the expenses and hardships of arranging, buying, and keeping up equipment and change generally enormous fixed expenses into less variable expenses.

AWS SQL Server Pricing for Single-AZ as well as that for Multi-AZ deployments, is calculated per consumed DB instance-hour, from the start of launching the DB instance till its stop or deletion.

Partial DB instance-hours are charged in 1-second increments with minimum billing of ten minutes following a charged change in status like “starting”, “creating” or “modifying” a DB instance class.

 

• Express (Single-AZ)

Standard Instances – Current Generation	Price Per Hour
db.t3.small	$0.044
db.t3.medium	$0.088
db.t3.large	$0.162
db.t3.xlarge	$0.35

 

• Web (Single-AZ)

 

Standard Instances – Current Generation	Price Per Hour
db.t3.small	$0.139
db.t3.medium	$0.166
db.t3.large	$0.232
db.t3.xlarge	$0.40
db.t3.2xlarge	$0.80
db.m5.large	$0.311
db.m5.xlarge	$0.54
db.m5.2xlarge	$1.102
db.m5.4xlarge	$2.247
Memory Optimized Instances – Current Generation	Price Per Hour
db.r5.large	$0.46
db.r5.xlarge	$0.88
db.r5.2xlarge	$1.76
db.r5.4xlarge	$3.52
db.z1d.large	$0.606
db.z1d.xlarge	$1.092
db.z1d.2xlarge	$2.182
db.z1d.3xlarge	$3.274

 

 

• Enterprise (Single-AZ)

 

Standard Instances – Current Generation	Price Per Hour
db.t3.xlarge	$2.262
db.t3.2xlarge	$4.524
db.m5.xlarge	$2.336
db.m5.2xlarge	$4.672
db.m5.4xlarge	$9.345
db.m5.8xlarge	$18.688
db.m5.12xlarge	$28.032
db.m5.16xlarge	$37.376
db.m5.24xlarge	$56.064
Memory Optimized Instances – Current Generation	Price Per Hour
db.x1.16xlarge	$48.739
db.x1.32xlarge	$97.478
db.x1e.xlarge	$3.273
db.x1e.2xlarge	$6.547
db.x1e.4xlarge	$13.094
db.x1e.8xlarge	$26.187
db.x1e.16xlarge	$52.374
db.x1e.32xlarge	$104.749
db.r5.xlarge	$2.501
db.r5.2xlarge	$5.002
db.r5.4xlarge	$10.004
db.r5.8xlarge	$20.008
db.r5.12xlarge	$30.012
db.r5.16xlarge	$40.016
db.r5.24xlarge	$60.024
db.z1d.xlarge	$2.673
db.z1d.2xlarge	$5.346
db.z1d.3xlarge	$8.018
db.z1d.6xlarge	$16.037
db.z1d.12xlarge	$32.074

 

 

• Enterprise (Multi-AZ)

When you run your DB Instance as a Multi-AZ deployment for enhanced data durability and availability, Amazon RDS provisions and maintains a standby in a different Availability Zone for automatic fail-over in the event of a scheduled or unplanned outage.

Standard Instances – Current Generation	Price Per Hour
db.t3.xlarge	$4.524
db.t3.2xlarge	$9.048
db.m5.xlarge	$4.672
db.m5.2xlarge	$9.344
db.m5.4xlarge	$18.69
db.m5.8xlarge	$37.376
db.m5.12xlarge	$56.064
db.m5.16xlarge	$74.752
db.m5.24xlarge	$112.128
Memory Optimized Instances – Current Generation	Price Per Hour
db.x1.16xlarge	$97.478
db.x1.32xlarge	$194.955
db.x1e.xlarge	$6.547
db.x1e.2xlarge	$13.094
db.x1e.4xlarge	$26.187
db.x1e.8xlarge	$52.374
db.x1e.16xlarge	$104.749
db.x1e.32xlarge	$209.498
db.r5.xlarge	$5.002
db.r5.2xlarge	$10.004
db.r5.4xlarge	$20.008
db.r5.8xlarge	$40.016
db.r5.12xlarge	$60.024
db.r5.16xlarge	$80.032
db.r5.24xlarge	$120.048
db.z1d.xlarge	$5.346
db.z1d.2xlarge	$10.691
db.z1d.3xlarge	$16.037
db.z1d.6xlarge	$32.074
db.z1d.12xlarge	$64.147

 

 

 

AWS SQL Server Reserved Instances

AWS SQL Server Reserved Instances allow you to get a DB instance reserved for a 1- or 3-year term which will get you a great discount in comparison with the On-Demand Instance SQL Server pricing for the same DB instance.

AWS SQL Server offers 3 RI payment options:

– No Upfront

– Partial Upfront

– All Upfront

The above RI payment options give you the ability to keep balance between the amount paid upfront wand the effective price per hour.

AWS SQL Server Reserved Instances offer flexibility in size for the SQL Server database engine. Size flexibility gives the possibility for your RI’s discounted rate to directly be performed on the usage of whichever size in the similar instance family such as T3, M5 and R5.

AWS SQL Server Reserved Instance pricing does not include the I/O or the storage costs.

You are capable of designating AWS SQL Server database instances as Reserved Instance through the call to the Purchasing API or the selection of the Reserved Instance option from the AWS console.

Upon the designation of an AWS SQL Server database instance as a Reserved Instance, you will need to do the following:

– Designate a region (Reserved Instances can be utilized in this designated region only)

– Designate an instance type

– Designate an instance quantity for the applicable Reserved Instances

AWS SQL Server Reserved Instance pricing program is capable of being terminated whenever chosen to.

Along with undergoing Reserved Instance pricing, those Reserved Instances are also subject to every data transfer and different fees that may be applicable.

Region: US East (Ohio)

 

db.t3.small

STANDARD SQL SERVER 1-YEAR TERM
Payment Option	Upfront	Monthly*	Effective Hourly**	Savings over On-Demand	On-Demand Hourly
No Upfront	$0	$20.221	$0.028	37%	$0.0440
Partial Upfront	$116	$9.636	$0.026	40%
All Upfront	$227	$0.000	$0.026	41%

 

STANDARD SQL SERVER 3-YEAR TERM
Payment Option	Upfront	Monthly*	Effective Hourly**	Savings over On-Demand	On-Demand Hourly
Partial Upfront	$231	$6.424	$0.018	60%	$0.0440
All Upfront	$453	$0.000	$0.017	61%

db.t3.medium

STANDARD SQL SERVER 1-YEAR TERM
Payment Option	Upfront	Monthly*	Effective Hourly**	Savings over On-Demand	On-Demand Hourly
No Upfront	$0	$40.296	$0.055	37%	$0.0880
Partial Upfront	$230	$19.199	$0.053	40%
All Upfront	$451	$0.000	$0.051	41%

 

STANDARD SQL SERVER 3-YEAR TERM
Payment Option	Upfront	Monthly*	Effective Hourly**	Savings over On-Demand	On-Demand Hourly
Partial Upfront	$460	$12.775	$0.035	60%	$0.0880
All Upfront	$902	$0.000	$0.034	61%

db.t3.large

STANDARD SQL SERVER 1-YEAR TERM
Payment Option	Upfront	Monthly*	Effective Hourly**	Savings over On-Demand	On-Demand Hourly
No Upfront	$0	$74.387	$0.102	37%	$0.1620
Partial Upfront	$425	$35.405	$0.097	40%
All Upfront	$833	$0.000	$0.095	41%

 

STANDARD SQL SERVER 3-YEAR TERM
Payment Option	Upfront	Monthly*	Effective Hourly**	Savings over On-Demand	On-Demand Hourly
Partial Upfront	$850	$23.652	$0.065	60%	$0.1620
All Upfront	$1,666	$0.000	$0.063	61%

db.t3.xlarge

STANDARD SQL SERVER 1-YEAR TERM
Payment Option	Upfront	Monthly*	Effective Hourly**	Savings over On-Demand	On-Demand Hourly
No Upfront	$0	$161.184	$0.221	37%	$0.3500
Partial Upfront	$921	$76.723	$0.210	40%
All Upfront	$1,805	$0.000	$0.206	41%

 

STANDARD SQL SERVER 3-YEAR TERM
Payment Option	Upfront	Monthly*	Effective Hourly**	Savings over On-Demand	On-Demand Hourly
Partial Upfront	$1,842	$51.173	$0.140	60%	$0.3500
All Upfront	$3,610	$0.000	$0.137	61%

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