Amazon Aurora Pricing
Monthly price of every Amazon Aurora (AWS) instance — on-demand and reserved, in dollars per month. Pick your region and engine (Aurora PostgreSQL or Aurora MySQL), and sort by any column.
| db.t3.medium | 2 | 4 | $60 | $40 | $26 |
| db.t4g.medium | 2 | 4 | $53 | $35 | $23 |
| db.t3.large | 2 | 8 | $120 | $79 | $52 |
| db.t4g.large | 2 | 8 | $107 | $70 | $46 |
| db.r5.large | 2 | 16 | $212 | $115 | $74 |
| db.r6g.large | 2 | 16 | $190 | $103 | $66 |
| db.r6i.large | 2 | 16 | $212 | $115 | $74 |
| db.r7g.large | 2 | 16 | $201 | $147 | $107 |
| db.r7i.large | 2 | 16 | $212 | $134 | — |
| db.r8g.large | 2 | 16 | $201 | $127 | — |
| db.x2g.large | 2 | 32 | $275 | $149 | $96 |
| db.r5.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $423 | $231 | $148 |
| db.r6g.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $379 | $207 | $132 |
| db.r6gd.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $456 | $333 | $241 |
| db.r6i.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $423 | $231 | $148 |
| db.r7g.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $404 | $295 | $214 |
| db.r7i.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $423 | $266 | — |
| db.r8g.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $403 | $254 | — |
| db.r8gd.xlarge | 4 | 32 | $456 | — | — |
| db.x2g.xlarge | 4 | 64 | $550 | $297 | $193 |
| db.r5.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $847 | $462 | $295 |
| db.r6g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $758 | $413 | $264 |
| db.r6gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $911 | $665 | $483 |
| db.r6i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $847 | $462 | $295 |
| db.r7g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $807 | $589 | $428 |
| db.r7i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $847 | $534 | — |
| db.r8g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $806 | $508 | — |
| db.r8gd.2xlarge | 8 | 64 | $911 | — | — |
| db.x2g.2xlarge | 8 | 128 | $1,101 | $594 | $385 |
| db.r5.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1,694 | $923 | $591 |
| db.r6g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1,515 | $826 | $528 |
| db.r6gd.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1,822 | $1,330 | $966 |
| db.r6i.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1,694 | $923 | $590 |
| db.r7g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1,614 | $1,178 | $855 |
| db.r7i.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1,694 | $1,067 | — |
| db.r8g.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1,612 | $1,015 | — |
| db.r8gd.4xlarge | 16 | 128 | $1,822 | — | — |
| db.x2g.4xlarge | 16 | 256 | $2,202 | $1,188 | $770 |
| db.r5.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $3,387 | $1,847 | $1,181 |
| db.r6g.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $3,032 | $1,653 | $1,057 |
| db.r6gd.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $3,644 | $2,660 | $1,931 |
| db.r6i.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $3,387 | $1,847 | $1,181 |
| db.r7g.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $3,228 | $2,357 | $1,711 |
| db.r7i.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $3,387 | $2,134 | — |
| db.r8g.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $3,224 | $2,031 | — |
| db.r8gd.8xlarge | 32 | 256 | $3,644 | — | — |
| db.x2g.8xlarge | 32 | 512 | $4,403 | $2,377 | $1,540 |
| db.r5.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $5,081 | $2,770 | $1,772 |
| db.r6g.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $4,547 | $2,479 | $1,585 |
| db.r6gd.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $5,466 | $3,990 | $2,897 |
| db.r6i.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $5,081 | $2,770 | $1,771 |
| db.r7g.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $4,842 | $3,535 | $2,566 |
| db.r7i.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $5,081 | $3,201 | — |
| db.r8g.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $4,836 | $3,046 | — |
| db.r8gd.12xlarge | 48 | 384 | $5,466 | — | — |
| db.x2g.12xlarge | 48 | 768 | $6,605 | $3,565 | $2,311 |
| db.r5.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $6,774 | $3,694 | $2,362 |
| db.r6g.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $6,063 | $3,306 | $2,114 |
| db.r6gd.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $7,288 | $5,321 | $3,863 |
| db.r6i.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $6,774 | $3,693 | $2,362 |
| db.r7g.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $6,456 | $4,713 | $3,422 |
| db.r7i.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $6,774 | $4,268 | — |
| db.r8g.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $6,447 | $4,062 | — |
| db.r8gd.16xlarge | 64 | 512 | $7,288 | — | — |
| db.x2g.16xlarge | 64 | 1024 | $8,807 | $4,753 | $3,081 |
| db.r5.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $10,162 | $5,541 | $3,543 |
| db.r6i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $10,162 | $5,540 | $3,543 |
| db.r6id.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $12,194 | $8,902 | $6,463 |
| db.r7i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $10,162 | $6,402 | — |
| db.r8g.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $9,671 | $6,093 | — |
| db.r8gd.24xlarge | 96 | 768 | $10,932 | — | — |
| db.r6i.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $13,549 | $7,387 | $4,724 |
| db.r6id.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 | $16,259 | $11,869 | $8,617 |
| db.r7i.48xlarge | 192 | 1536 | $20,323 | $12,804 | — |
| db.r8g.48xlarge | 192 | 1536 | $19,342 | $12,185 | — |
| db.r8gd.48xlarge | 192 | 1536 | $21,865 | — | — |
76 instances · US East (N. Virginia) · prices are for the database instance (compute) only — storage, IOPS, backup, and data transfer are billed separately. Reserved = effective monthly of the all-upfront term. Indicative prices as of July 7, 2026; verify with the provider.
How Amazon Aurora pricing works
Aurora separates compute from storage. You pay for each database instance in the cluster — the writer and every reader — by the hour, and for the shared cluster storage on top. This table prices the instance (compute) under two models. On-demand is pay-as-you-go with no commitment; the table shows it as a monthly figure (hourly rate × 730). Reserved instances commit you to an instance type for one or three years in exchange for a lower rate — the table lists the effective monthly cost of the cheapest all-upfront term.
Storage and I/O are billed separately from the instance. Under Aurora Standard you pay for cluster storage (~$0.10/GB-month) plus I/O per million requests; Aurora I/O-Optimized folds I/O into a higher instance and storage rate and is cheaper for I/O-heavy workloads. The rates here are Aurora Standard compute. Backups, snapshots, and data transfer are billed on top and vary by region.
Aurora offers only burstable (t) and memory-optimized (r, x) families — there is no general-purpose (m) tier as on RDS. Newer families cost less per unit of performance, and AWS Graviton (ARM) instances — the t4g, r6g, r7g, and r8g families — are generally cheaper than their x86 equivalents. Filter by category, architecture, or generation to narrow the list to what you would actually deploy. For the classic RDS engines, see the Amazon RDS pricing table.
Amazon Aurora pricing FAQ
- How much does Amazon Aurora cost?
- On-demand Amazon Aurora starts around $53/month for a burstable db.t4g.medium instance and scales to over twenty thousand per month for the largest memory-optimized instances (Aurora PostgreSQL, us-east-1). That is the instance (compute) price only — Aurora also bills cluster storage and I/O separately. Reserved instances lower the effective rate for a 1- or 3-year commitment. Use the table above to price your exact instance, engine, and region.
- What's the difference between on-demand and reserved Aurora pricing?
- On-demand has no commitment and is billed per instance-hour — best for variable or short-lived workloads. Reserved instances commit you to an instance type for 1 or 3 years and cut the effective monthly cost substantially. The table shows the effective monthly cost of the cheapest all-upfront reserved term.
- Does the price include Aurora storage and I/O?
- No. The table prices the database instance (compute) only. Aurora bills cluster storage (~$0.10/GB-month) and, under the Aurora Standard configuration, I/O per million requests separately. Backups, snapshots, and data transfer are billed on top and vary by region.
- What's the difference between Aurora Standard and Aurora I/O-Optimized?
- The table shows Aurora Standard instance rates. Aurora I/O-Optimized charges a higher instance and storage rate (roughly 30% more on compute) but removes the per-request I/O charge — it is cheaper for I/O-heavy workloads where I/O is a large share of the bill. The instance families and sizes are identical between the two.
- What's the cheapest Amazon Aurora instance?
- The burstable db.t4g.medium is the cheapest current-generation option (about $53/month on-demand in us-east-1). Aurora offers only burstable (t) and memory-optimized (r, x) families — there is no general-purpose (m) tier. Graviton (ARM) families — t4g, r6g, r7g, r8g — are generally cheaper than their x86 equivalents; filter by architecture to compare.
- Is Amazon Aurora pricing the same in every region?
- No. Rates vary by AWS region; us-east-1 (N. Virginia) is usually among the cheapest. Switch regions with the selector above to see local pricing.
- Does Amazon Aurora have a free tier?
- Provisioned Aurora is not part of the 12-month AWS Free Tier (unlike RDS db.t2/t3/t4g.micro). This table shows standard on-demand and reserved rates for provisioned instances; Aurora Serverless v2, billed per ACU-hour, is priced separately and not shown here.