SimpleDB Pricing Overview

SimpleDB Pricing Key Insights

Last updated on Apr 09, 2026

SimpleDB offers 3 pricing editions, starting at $0.14. SimpleDB pricing tiers are designed to support different usage levels and team sizes. SimpleDB also offers a free trial. Compare the SimpleDB pricing table below to figure out the best fit for your needs. Some plans may require you to contact Amazon Web Services (AWS) for custom pricing.

Machine Utilization — $0.14 / per Amazon SimpleDB Machine Hour

Structured Data Storage — $0.25 / per GB-month thereafter

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*Pricing information is supplied by the software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations must be conducted with the seller.

Machine Utilization

$0.14

per Amazon SimpleDB Machine Hour

First 25 Amazon SimpleDB Machine Hours consumed per month are free

Data Transfer

All data transfer in $0.000 per GB; Data Transfer OUT**: First 1 GB / month $0.000 per GB; Up to 10 TB / month $0.090 per GB; Next 40 TB / month $0.085 per GB; Next 100 TB / month $0.070 per GB; Next 350 TB / month $0.050 per GB

Structured Data Storage

$0.25

per GB-month thereafter

First 1 GB stored per month is free*

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Product	Price	Features
DigitalOcean Droplets	Starting at $4.00	Simple, affordable, fast virtual machines Deploys in seconds Scales up on demand Run any workload from mission critical apps to low traffic sites
IBM Db2 Db2 On Cloud - Lite	Free Trial1 License	A completely free edition of DB2 on Cloud. Enjoy high performance and elastic scaling with Db2’s fully managed database and warehouse solutions in the cloud. Try for free.
Google Cloud SQL Committed Use Discounts	Pay As You GoPer Month	You can lower the cost by purchasing 1-year or 3-year commitment plans. Visit cloud.google.com/sql/pricing to check pricing for your region. CPU and memory Other features are available only through on-demand model

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Pricing information for the above various SimpleDB alternatives is supplied by the respective software provider or retrieved from publicly accessible pricing materials. Final cost negotiations to purchase any of these products must be conducted with the seller.

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