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Amazon RDS uses custom pricing as of July 2026. Contact Amazon RDS directly for a personalized quote. The median contract is $8,712/year based on 4 third-party buyer reports.

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Compared to other database as a service software, Amazon RDS is positioned at the budget-friendly price point.

  • Median contract: $8,712/yr from 4 buyer reports Directional
  • 16 documented hidden costs beyond list price
  • G2 rating: 4.5 out of 5 from 908 reviews (as of Jul 2026)
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Amazon RDS uses custom pricing — contact their sales team for a quote. The Contact Sales plan requires contacting sales for a custom quote and is designed for see website for current tier pricing — will auto-populate on next extraction.

The median Amazon RDS customer pays $8,712/year based on 4 verified purchases.

There are at least 16 documented hidden costs beyond Amazon RDS's list price, including implementation, training, and add-on fees.

This pricing was last verified in May 14, 2026.

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What Companies Actually Pay for Amazon RDS

The median Amazon RDS buyer pays $8,712/year based on 4 verified purchase transactions.

What companies actually pay $8,712/yr Median across 4 third-party buyer reports Directional
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TrustRadius 9out of 10 (306)
G2 4.5out of 5 (908)
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High CostsLimited Control and CustomizationComplexityPerformance Issues
Source: aggregated from 4 third-party buyer reports for this quote-only vendor. Indicative market pricing — not official vendor pricing or contract-grade data.

How Amazon RDS Pricing Compares

Software Starting Price Top Price
Amazon RDS Custom Custom
Aiven Free $1900/varies
Crunchy Bridge $9/varies $7680/varies
CockroachDB Free $0.6/month
Amazon DynamoDB Free $0.78/varies
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16 Amazon RDS Hidden Costs Beyond the List Price

Beyond the listed price, Amazon RDS has at least 16 documented hidden costs that can significantly increase total cost of ownership.

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  • Over-provisioned Instances $1,500/month
    high 1 source
    industry "For example, if CPU utilization is consistently below 40% and memory usage under 50%, an instance is likely oversized"
  • I/O Operations $0.10 per provisioned IOPS-month
    medium 1 source
    industry "GP3 includes a baseline of 3,000 IOPS at no extra cost, but any increase beyond this is charged"
  • Backup and Snapshot Storage $0.095/GB-month
    medium 1 source
    industry "Any storage beyond this allowance is charged at approximately $0.095/GB-month"
  • Data Transfer $0.09 per GB
    high 1 source
    industry "Data transfer between an RDS instance and an EC2 instance in different AZs within the same region is charged at $0.01/GB in and $0.01/GB out"
  • Multi-AZ Deployments $1,476/year
    high 1 source
    industry "Multi-AZ Deployments: While crucial for high availability, Multi-AZ deployments roughly double the instance and storage costs due to a synchronous standby replica in another AZ"
  • Commercial Database Licensing
    critical 1 source
    industry "However, commercial engines like SQL Server and Oracle require additional licensing fees, making them significantly more expensive"
  • Data Transfer Egress (Internet) $0.09 per GB
    medium 1 source
    industry "For example, 500 GB of internet egress per month could cost approximately $44.91 (499 GB x $0.09)."
  • NAT Gateway Processing Fees $0.045 per GB
    low 1 source
    industry "Through NAT Gateways: Hidden egress costs can also include NAT Gateway processing fees, which are around $0.045 per GB on AWS."
  • Automated Backup Storage Overage $0.095 per GB-month
    medium 1 source
    industry "For instance, a 500 GB database gets 500 GB of backup storage included."
  • Snapshot Export to S3 $0.010 per GB
    low 1 source
    industry "Snapshot export to S3 (Parquet format) costs $0.010 per GB exported."
  • Provisioned IOPS (io1/io2) $0.10 per IOPS-month
    high 1 source
    industry "General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes, however, include a baseline of 3,000 IOPS at no extra cost, and can deliver up to 64,000 IOPS at $0.02/IOPS-month, an 80% reduction compared to io1."
  • Extended Database Engine Support $0.10 per vCPU-hour
    high 1 source
    industry "These fees are added on top of normal instance costs, starting at $0.10 per vCPU-hour for the first two years and increasing to $0.20 per vCPU-hour in the third year (in US East)."
  • RDS Enhanced Monitoring $0.015 per instance per hour
    low 1 source
    industry "Monitoring and Performance Tools: * RDS Enhanced Monitoring: Starts at approximately $0.015 per instance per hour for 1-second granularity."
  • CloudWatch Database Insights Advanced $0.0125 per vCPU-hour
    medium 1 source
    industry "The replacement, CloudWatch Database Insights Advanced mode, costs approximately $0.0125 per vCPU-hour (around $9.125 per vCPU-month) for 15-month retention, which can be significantly more expensive than the old paid tier."
  • RDS Proxy $0.015 per vCPU-hour
    low 1 source
    industry "Monitoring and Performance Tools: * RDS Enhanced Monitoring: Starts at approximately $0.015 per instance per hour for 1-second granularity."
  • Extended Support for Older Engine Versions $292 per month
    high 1 source
    industry "This rate doubles to $0.20 per vCPU-hour in Year 3."
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