Resource Type Warm Storage Cold Storage †
------------------------------ ------------------- ---------------------
Amazon EBS Volume Snapshot $0.05 per GB-Month n/a**
Amazon RDS Database Snapshot $0.095 per GB-Month n/a**
Amazon Aurora Cluster Snapshot $0.021 per GB-Month n/a**
Amazon DynamoDB Table Backup $0.10 per GB-Month $0.03 per GB-Month***
How much is AWS snapshot reduction?
0 1
----------------------------- -----------------------------
EBS Snapshots Storage Pricing
Standard $0.05 per GB of data stored
Archive $0.0125 per GB of data stored
EBS Snapshots Restore Pricing
Standard Free
Are snapshots cheaper than EBS volumes?
Snapshots are a cheaper option than EBS volumes. Efficient management of EBS volumes with wise use of snapshots can be the key to keeping your storage costs under budget.
Amazon RDS creates a storage volume snapshot of your DB instance, backing up the entire DB instance and not just individual databases. ... Since the snapshot includes the entire storage volume, the size of files, such as temporary files, also affects the amount of time it takes to create the snapshot.
How do I reduce snapshot costs?
- Select the right EBS option.
- Delete unattached EBS volumes.
- Use snapshots instead of volumes.
- Delete old snapshots.
- Delete orphaned snapshots.
How much does a snapshot cost?
Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) $0.125 per GB/month of provisioned storage AND $0.065 per provisioned IOPS-month
------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
General Purpose SSD (gp2) $0.10 per GB/month of provisioned storage
Throughput Optimized HDD (st1) $0.045 per GB/month of provisioned storage
Cold HDD (sc1) $0.025 per GB/month of provisioned storage
How can we reduce the cost of EBS?
As discussed earlier, removing unattached volumes is one way to reduce EBS costs. For all the EBS volumes provisioned, the read-write access volumes of the blocks should be monitored periodically. If the throughput is low, then the EBS blocks should be downgraded to reduce EBS costs.Sep 7, 2017