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AWS Directory Service price history
AWS changed 5 existing AWS Directory Service list prices in 3 publications of the price list, between 2017-10-31 and 2020-04-17: 1 cut, 4 increases.
Service code AWSDirectoryService. The price list has 24 versions of this service, published 2016-11-05 to 2026-09-11.
Changes per year
| Year published | Changes | Cuts | Increases | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Other: changes that are not like-for-like (the unit or what the price measures changed, a price started or ended at $0, or it moved more than 11x, usually AWS correcting a placeholder price), and changes too small to show at four decimal places of a percent.
Every publication with a price change
Newest first. Each row is one version of the AWS Directory Service price list and the prices it changed.
| Published | Effective | Changes | Cuts | Increases | Other | Median change | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-17 | Apr 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −0.67% | −0.67% |
| 2018-11-15 | Nov 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +23.33% | +20.00% to +26.67% |
| 2017-10-31 | Oct 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +7.49% | +5.88% to +9.09% |
Biggest cuts
| Published | Region (example) | AWS description | Term | Old | New | Change | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-17 | Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $0.2225 per hour for a Microsoft AD directory controller in the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) region | On-Demand | $0.224 | $0.2225 | −0.67% | 1 |
Biggest increases
| Published | Region (example) | AWS description | Term | Old | New | Change | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-11-15 | AWS GovCloud (US) | USD 0.1900 per hour for Large AD Connector per directory usage in AWS GovCloud (US) | On-Demand | $0.15 | $0.19 | +26.67% | 1 |
| 2018-11-15 | AWS GovCloud (US) | USD 0.0600 per hour for Small AD Connector per directory usage in AWS GovCloud (US) | On-Demand | $0.05 | $0.06 | +20.00% | 1 |
| 2017-10-31 | EU (Frankfurt) | $0.06 per hour for a small directory in the EU (Frankfurt) region | On-Demand | $0.055 | $0.06 | +9.09% | 1 |
| 2017-10-31 | EU (Frankfurt) | $0.18 per hour for a large AD Connector directory in the EU (Frankfurt) region | On-Demand | $0.17 | $0.18 | +5.88% | 1 |
One line per price movement: when AWS made the same percentage change to many prices in one publication (often the same item in many regions), it is one line with the count and one example. Only like-for-like changes are ranked: same unit, both prices above $0, and within 11x either way. The 0 changes that are not (unit changes, $0 prices, corrected placeholder prices) are left out of these lists. Large percentages often come from a very small old price. Read the description and both prices before drawing a conclusion.
All price changes
All 5 individual changes, newest first. Prices are USD per the AWS unit in the description.
| Published | Effective | Region | AWS description | Term | Old | New | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-17 | Apr 2020 | Asia Pacific (Tokyo) | $0.2225 per hour for a Microsoft AD directory controller in the Asia Pacific (Tokyo) region | On-Demand | $0.224 | $0.2225 | −0.67% |
| 2018-11-15 | Nov 2018 | AWS GovCloud (US) | USD 0.1900 per hour for Large AD Connector per directory usage in AWS GovCloud (US) | On-Demand | $0.15 | $0.19 | +26.67% |
| 2018-11-15 | Nov 2018 | AWS GovCloud (US) | USD 0.0600 per hour for Small AD Connector per directory usage in AWS GovCloud (US) | On-Demand | $0.05 | $0.06 | +20.00% |
| 2017-10-31 | Oct 2017 | EU (Frankfurt) | $0.06 per hour for a small directory in the EU (Frankfurt) region | On-Demand | $0.055 | $0.06 | +9.09% |
| 2017-10-31 | Oct 2017 | EU (Frankfurt) | $0.18 per hour for a large AD Connector directory in the EU (Frankfurt) region | On-Demand | $0.17 | $0.18 | +5.88% |
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Source: AWS Price List API, all historical versions since 2015, normalized by CostPulse. Data last built 2026-10-11. Covers 272 services.
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