
Once the snapshot is copied, standard database snapshot charges will apply to store it in the destination region.

The effective hourly price shows the amortized hourly instance cost. When you purchase a Reserved Instance, you are billed for every hour during the entire Reserved Instance term you select, regardless of whether the instance is running. **Effective hourly pricing helps you calculate the amount of money a Reserved Instance will save you over On-Demand pricing. The hourly usage rate is equivalent to the total average monthly payments over the term of the Reserved Instance divided by the total number of hours (based on a 365 day year) over the term of the Reserved Instance. For each month, the actual monthly payment will equal the actual number of hours in that month multiplied by the hourly usage rate or number of seconds in that month multiplied by the hourly usage rate divided by 3600, depending on the MySQL instance type you run. *This is the average monthly payment over the course of the Reserved Instance term. In addition to being subject to Reserved Instance pricing, Reserved Instances are subject to all data transfer and other fees applicable under the AWS Customer Agreement or other agreement with us governing your use of our services. We may terminate the Reserved Instance pricing program at any time. The Reserved Instances may only be used in the designated region. When you designate a database instance as a Reserved Instance, you must designate a region, instance type, and quantity for the applicable Reserved Instances. You may designate database instances as Reserved Instance by calling to the Purchasing API or selecting the Reserved Instance option in the AWS console. To learn more about features, payment options, and rules, please visit our Reserved Instances page.

Please note that Reserved Instance prices don't cover storage or I/O costs. With size flexibility, your RI’s discounted rate will automatically apply to usage of any size in the same instance family (M5, T3, R5, etc.)

Amazon RDS provides three RI payment options - No Upfront, Partial Upfront, All Upfront - that enable you to balance the amount you pay upfront with your effective hourly price.Īmazon RDS Reserved Instances provide size flexibility for the MySQL database engine. Amazon RDS Reserved Instances give you the option to reserve a DB instance for a one or three year term and in turn receive a significant discount compared to the On-Demand Instance pricing for the DB instance.
