AWS price change, published 2020-08-27
Amazon Relational Database Service price list, published 2020-08-27: 2,582 cuts
On 2020-08-27, AWS published a version of the Amazon Relational Database Service price list that changed 2,582 existing list prices in 22 regions: 2,582 cuts and 0 increases. Effective Jul 2020. The median like-for-like change was −27.17% (−63.00% to −2.51%).
Service code AmazonRDS, price list version 20200827160221. Cuts and increases count like-for-like changes only: same unit, both prices above $0, and within 11x either way.
What changed
One line per movement: prices in this publication that changed by the same percentage are one line, with one example and the number of prices. Like-for-like moves come first, largest first, then changes that are not like-for-like. Showing the first 25 of 186 lines. Large percentages often come from a very small old price; read the description and both prices.
| Region (example) | AWS description | Term | Old | New | Change | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada (Central) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.8xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $4.324 | $1.5999 | −63.00% | 36 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $10.56 | $4.32 | −59.09% | 10 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $4.928 | $2.064 | −58.12% | 12 |
| EU (Frankfurt) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $9.76 | $4.1968 | −57.00% | 14 |
| EU (Paris) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $4.704 | $2.0698 | −56.00% | 18 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $9.6 | $4.32 | −55.00% | 37 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $4.56 | $2.112 | −53.68% | 9 |
| EU (Stockholm) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $8.23 | $4.1968 | −49.01% | 6 |
| EU (Stockholm) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $4.114 | $2.0984 | −48.99% | 6 |
| Canada (Central) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $18.1608 | $9.9884 | −45.00% | 50 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $11.088 | $6.552 | −40.91% | 10 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $10.3488 | $6.3504 | −38.64% | 16 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | USD 3.099 per db.t3.xlarge Multi-AZ instance hour (or partial hour) running SQL Server EE (LI) | On-Demand | $5.023 | $3.099 | −38.30% | 1 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | USD 6.199 per db.t3.2xlarge Multi-AZ instance hour (or partial hour) running SQL Server EE (LI) | On-Demand | $10.045 | $6.199 | −38.29% | 1 |
| EU (Frankfurt) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $20.496 | $12.9125 | −37.00% | 35 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | SQL Server EE (LI), db.m5.xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr Partial Upfront | $2.5993 | $1.6566 | −36.27% | 3 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | SQL Server EE (LI), db.m5.2xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr Partial Upfront | $5.1997 | $3.3149 | −36.25% | 6 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | SQL Server EE (LI), db.m5.12xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr Partial Upfront | $31.1916 | $19.8875 | −36.24% | 12 |
| US West (N. California) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $18.816 | $12.0422 | −36.00% | 13 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | PostgreSQL, db.r5.16xl reserved instance applied | Reserved 1yr No Upfront | $20.16 | $13.104 | −35.00% | 39 |
| Africa (Cape Town) | USD 3.157 per db.t3.xlarge Multi-AZ instance hour (or partial hour) running SQL Server EE (LI) | On-Demand | $4.836 | $3.157 | −34.72% | 2 |
| US East (N. Virginia) | USD 5.959 per db.t3.2xlarge Multi-AZ instance hour (or partial hour) running SQL Server EE (LI) | On-Demand | $9.048 | $5.959 | −34.14% | 3 |
| US East (N. Virginia) | USD 2.980 per db.t3.xlarge Multi-AZ instance hour (or partial hour) running SQL Server EE (LI) | On-Demand | $4.524 | $2.98 | −34.13% | 3 |
| EU (Milan) | USD 3.068 per db.t3.xlarge Multi-AZ instance hour (or partial hour) running SQL Server EE (LI) | On-Demand | $4.637 | $3.068 | −33.84% | 1 |
| EU (Milan) | USD 6.136 per db.t3.2xlarge Multi-AZ instance hour (or partial hour) running SQL Server EE (LI) | On-Demand | $9.273 | $6.136 | −33.83% | 1 |
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