Complete guide to Amazon Aurora DSQL pricing including DPU costs, storage fees, free tier limits, and backup pricing. Learn what serverless SQL database costs really look like.

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Amazon Aurora DSQL introduces a new serverless distributed SQL database with pricing based on Distributed Processing Units (DPUs) at $8 per million units and storage at $0.33 per GB-month. The service offers a generous free tier of 100,000 DPUs and 1 GB storage monthly. While truly serverless with no upfront costs, storage costs persist even without active usage. Backup pricing varies between warm ($0.10/GB-month) and cold ($0.03/GB-month) storage options. The challenge lies in estimating DPU consumption for workloads, requiring hands-on experience to understand actual costs.

Amazon Aurora DSQL Pricing Guide

What is a Distributed Processing Unit (DPU)