Amazon DynamoDB pricing

In Europe (Spain), Amazon DynamoDB bills reads and writes (per request, or provisioned per second) and storage. Our Small app example (10 million reads, 2 million writes and 10 GB; provisioned, 10 read and 5 write units) costs $2.82 a month on On demand, $0.00 a month on Provisioned, $4.67 a month on On demand (Standard-IA) and $5.83 a month on Provisioned (Standard-IA), pay as you go.

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What a month costs

Pay as you go, in Europe (Spain).

Usage a monthOn demandProvisionedOn demand (Standard-IA)Provisioned (Standard-IA)
Small app10 million reads, 2 million writes and 10 GB; provisioned, 10 read and 5 write units$2.82$0.00 Cheapest$4.67$5.83
Busy app1 billion reads, 200 million writes and 500 GB; provisioned, 1,000 read and 300 write units$416.92$386.60 Cheapest$410.60$392.18
Large workload10 billion reads, 2 billion writes and 5 TB; provisioned, 10,000 read and 2,000 write units$4,266.89$3,571.99$4,119.58$3,264.52 Cheapest

Every charge

Pay as you go. A dash means the plan doesn't have that charge.

ChargePerOn demandProvisionedOn demand (Standard-IA)Provisioned (Standard-IA)
Read request unitsOne per strongly consistent read of up to 4 KBmillion read request units$0.1415—$0.177—
Write request unitsOne per write of up to 1 KBmillion write request units$0.705—$0.885—
Read capacityReads per second you provisionRCU for a month—First 25 RCU for a months free, then $0.1073per RCU for a month—$0.1343
Write capacityWrites per second you provisionWCU for a month—First 25 WCU for a months free, then $0.5365per WCU for a month—$0.6709
Data storedGB a monthFirst 25 GB a months free, then $0.283per GB a monthFirst 25 GB a months free, then $0.283per GB a month$0.1132$0.1132

Pay as you go or reserve capacity

The Small app example on each plan. Reserved capacity is an upfront fee and a lower hourly rate for 1 or 3 years, shown here with the fee spread over the term.

PlanPay as you go1-year reserved capacity
On demandPay per read and write request$2.82—Not sold
ProvisionedPay for the reads and writes per second you set; the first 25 of each are free$0.00$0.00
On demand (Standard-IA)Infrequent-access table class: cheaper storage, dearer requests$4.67—Not sold
Provisioned (Standard-IA)Infrequent-access table class with provisioned capacity$5.83—Not sold

The Small app example by region

10 million reads, 2 million writes and 10 GB; provisioned, 10 read and 5 write units. Pay as you go, a month, cheapest region first.

RegionOn demandProvisionedOn demand (Standard-IA)Provisioned (Standard-IA)
Africa (Cape Town)af-south-1$3.36$0.00$5.55$6.46
Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)ap-east-1$3.12$0.00$5.16$6.46
Asia Pacific (Taipei)ap-east-2$2.57$0.00$4.23$5.29
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)ap-northeast-1$2.85$0.00$4.70$5.88
Asia Pacific (Seoul)ap-northeast-2$2.72$0.00$4.47$5.59
Asia Pacific (Osaka)ap-northeast-3$2.85$0.00$4.70$5.88
Asia Pacific (Mumbai)ap-south-1$2.85$0.00$4.70$5.89
Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)ap-south-2$2.85$0.00$4.70$5.89
Asia Pacific (Singapore)ap-southeast-1$2.85$0.00$4.70$5.89
Asia Pacific (Sydney)ap-southeast-2$2.85$0.00$4.70$5.89
Asia Pacific (Jakarta)ap-southeast-3$2.85$0.00$4.70$5.89
Asia Pacific (Melbourne)ap-southeast-4$2.85$0.00$4.70$5.89
Asia Pacific (Malaysia)ap-southeast-5$2.57$0.00$4.23$5.30
Asia Pacific (New Zealand)ap-southeast-6$2.99$0.00$4.94$6.18
Asia Pacific (Thailand)ap-southeast-7$2.57$0.00$4.23$5.30
Canada (Central)ca-central-1$2.75$0.00$4.54$5.67
Canada West (Calgary)ca-west-1$2.75$0.00$4.54$5.67
EU (Frankfurt)eu-central-1$3.05$0.00$5.04$6.29
Europe (Zurich)eu-central-2$3.35$0.00$5.54$6.92
EU (Stockholm)eu-north-1$2.69$0.00$4.44$5.54
EU (Milan)eu-south-1$2.97$0.00$4.90$6.12
Europe (Spain)eu-south-2$2.83$0.00$4.67$5.83
EU (Ireland)eu-west-1$2.83$0.00$4.67$5.83
EU (London)eu-west-2$2.97$0.00$4.90$6.12
EU (Paris)eu-west-3$2.97$0.00$4.90$6.12
Israel (Tel Aviv)il-central-1$3.40$0.00$5.25$7.00
Middle East (UAE)me-central-1$3.11$0.00$5.14$6.41
Middle East (Bahrain)me-south-1$3.11$0.00$5.13$6.41
Mexico (Central)mx-central-1$2.63$0.00$4.32$5.38
South America (Sao Paulo)sa-east-1$3.75$0.00$6.19$7.73
US East (N. Virginia)us-east-1$2.50$0.00$4.11$5.12
US East (Ohio)us-east-2$2.50$0.00$4.11$5.12
US West (N. California)us-west-1$2.79$0.00$4.61$5.75
US West (Oregon)us-west-2$2.50$0.00$4.11$5.12
AWS GovCloud (US-East)us-gov-east-1$6.00$6.99$4.95$6.18
AWS GovCloud (US-West)us-gov-west-1$6.00$6.99$4.95$6.18

Prices from the AWS Price List, updated 2026-11-12. Free tiers are per account each month. Data transfer and support are billed separately.