AWS price change, published 2023-05-29
Amazon Relational Database Service price list, published 2023-05-29: 1,428 cuts, 4,508 increases
On 2023-05-29, AWS published a version of the Amazon Relational Database Service price list that changed 5,936 existing list prices in 21 regions: 1,428 cuts and 4,508 increases. Effective May 2023. The median like-for-like change was +8.33% (−9.58% to +12.77%).
Service code AmazonRDS, price list version 20230529015633. 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 125 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.2216 | $0.2499 | +12.77% | 32 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.12xl.tpc2.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $5.3184 | $5.9968 | +12.76% | 177 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.2xl.tpc1.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.4432 | $0.4997 | +12.75% | 55 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $2,912 | $3,283 | +12.74% | 20 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.2xl.tpc2.mem4x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.8864 | $0.9992 | +12.73% | 166 |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr All Upfront | $182,630 | $205,869 | +12.72% | 36 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr All Upfront | $11,394 | $12,842 | +12.71% | 10 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.2212 | $0.2493 | +12.70% | 6 |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $2,907 | $3,276 | +12.69% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.1052 | $0.1184 | +12.55% | 6 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.2xl.tpc1.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.4875 | $0.5485 | +12.51% | 12 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.12xl.tpc2.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $5.8502 | $6.5815 | +12.50% | 396 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $3,203 | $3,603 | +12.49% | 4 |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $2,765 | $3,110 | +12.48% | 2 |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.2438 | $0.2742 | +12.47% | 6 |
| EU (Ireland) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.xl.tpc2.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.2062 | $0.2272 | +10.18% | 14 |
| EU (Ireland) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.2xl.tpc1.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.8248 | $0.9087 | +10.17% | 52 |
| EU (Frankfurt) | Upfront Fee | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $2,964 | $3,265 | +10.16% | 15 |
| EU (Frankfurt) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.12xl.tpc2.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $2.7068 | $2.9815 | +10.15% | 85 |
| EU (Frankfurt) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.4xl.tpc2.mem3x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $1.3534 | $1.4907 | +10.14% | 8 |
| EU (Frankfurt) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.2xl.tpc1.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.9024 | $0.9938 | +10.13% | 58 |
| EU (Frankfurt) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.2xl.tpc2.mem4x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $1.8048 | $1.9875 | +10.12% | 36 |
| EU (Frankfurt) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.large.tpc1.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $0.1128 | $0.1242 | +10.11% | 2 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.12xl.tpc2.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $5.4444 | $5.9941 | +10.10% | 27 |
| Middle East (Bahrain) | Oracle EE (BYOL), db.r5.12xl.tpc2.mem2x reserved instance applied | Reserved 3yr Partial Upfront | $2.7222 | $2.9969 | +10.09% | 17 |
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