Amazon RDS vs Amazon DynamoDB Pricing (2026)
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Amazon RDS vs Amazon DynamoDB

Database as a Service pricing comparison · 2026

Amazon RDS uses custom pricing, while Amazon DynamoDB ranges from $0–$0.78/varies.

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2 products · Database as a Service
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Amazon RDS
Amazon RDS pricing is custom-quoted through AWS sales.
verified 10w ago
$25 $8.7K
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Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed, serverless NoSQL database with consumption-based prici
verified 5w ago
$25 $8.7K
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Verdict · Vendr median · year 1
Amazon saves $8.7K vs Amazon · 25 seats
Cheapest $25
Spread 100%
Estimated license cost
at 25 seats
List price × seats. Click a tier below to lock it.
Pricing model unknown
Pricing model unknown
no public list price found
Usage-based
Custom rates
see vendor pricing for volume tiers
What buyers actually pay
median, annual
Vendr deal-flow data. The real benchmark, not list price.
Median annual
$8.7K/yr
Vendr · n=4 · limited data
↓ Lowest median
Median annual
$25/yr
Vendr · n=4 · limited data
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Sources & confidence

Every dollar amount and contract clause below traces back to a sourced fact. We don't manufacture composite scores.

Where this data comes from
Vendr · TrustRadius · Reddit · BBB · official docs
Sources 19 sourced facts
16 hidden-cost · Vendr median · 2 review platforms
Last verified 2mo ago
Confidence Limited confidence
Sources 16 sourced facts
13 hidden-cost · 2 contract · Vendr median
Last verified 1mo ago
Confidence Limited confidence
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Plans at a glance

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Hidden costs

Each cost is severity-ranked, with the dollar range quoted from its source (Vendr, Reddit, TrustRadius, BBB, official docs) — never our estimate.

Beyond the sticker
Severity-ranked, sourced
5 documented
  • Over-provisioned Instances
    $1,500/month
    1 source
  • I/O Operations
    $0.10 per provisioned IOPS-month
    1 source
  • Backup and Snapshot Storage
    $0.095/GB-month
    1 source
  • Data Transfer
    $0.09 per GB
    1 source
  • Multi-AZ Deployments
    $1,476/year
    1 source
5 documented
  • Batch Write Unit Misunderstanding
    $1,000-$10,000
    2 sources
  • On-Demand vs. Provisioned Pricing Gap
    50-600% of license costs
    2 sources
  • Per-Table Throughput Over-Provisioning
    15-50% of license costs
    1 source
  • Large Item Size Write Cost Multiplier
    10-50% of license costs
    1 source
  • Scan Operation Costs
    20-100% of license costs
    2 sources
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What users say

Aggregated, with sample sizes. We use whichever review platform has data.

User reviews
TrustRadius · Trustpilot · G2
TrustRadius
9out of 5 (306)
G2
4.5out of 5 (908)
Best for
See website for current tier pricing — will auto-populate on next extraction
Watch out
High Costs
No public ratings yet
Best for
Personal apps, prototypes, learning, and low-volume workloads using provisioned capacity on DynamoDB Standard table class
Watch out
Unexpected bills from misunderstanding per-item (not per-API-call) billing
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License cost is computed from publicly listed plans (real math, list price × seats). Median annual cost is from Vendr's deal flow when available — see source badges. Hidden costs and contract terms each cite their own sources. We do not invent composite scores.
Database as a Service

Amazon RDS

Custom pricing
/varies
1 plan
Full pricing breakdown →
VS
Database as a Service

Amazon DynamoDB

$0–$0.78
/varies
3 plans · Free tier
Full pricing breakdown →

Amazon RDS and Amazon DynamoDB both operate in the database as a service category. This page compares their list pricing.

Plan-by-Plan Pricing

Plan Amazon RDS Amazon DynamoDB
Contact Sales Custom Free /monthly allowance
On-Demand - Standard Table Class — $0.63 /per million write request units; reads $0.125 per million RRUs; storage $0.25 per GB-month
On-Demand - Standard-IA Table Class — $0.78 /per million write request units; reads $0.155 per million RRUs; storage $0.10 per GB-month

Market Intelligence

Amazon RDS

Median annual cost
$8,712
Based on
4 deals

Amazon DynamoDB

Median annual cost
$25
Based on
4 deals

Hidden Costs

Beyond the sticker price — what catches buyers off guard.

Amazon RDS 16 hidden costs

high
Over-provisioned Instances $1,500/month
medium
I/O Operations $0.10 per provisioned IOPS-month
medium
Backup and Snapshot Storage $0.095/GB-month
high
Data Transfer $0.09 per GB
high
Multi-AZ Deployments $1,476/year
See all Amazon RDS hidden costs →

Amazon DynamoDB 8 hidden costs

critical
Batch Write Unit Misunderstanding $1,000-$10,000
high
On-Demand vs. Provisioned Pricing Gap 50-600% of license costs
high
Per-Table Throughput Over-Provisioning 15-50% of license costs
medium
Large Item Size Write Cost Multiplier 10-50% of license costs
high
Scan Operation Costs 20-100% of license costs
See all Amazon DynamoDB hidden costs →

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