Amazon DocumentDB pricing
11 plans read from aws.amazon.com
Serverless — StandardPrice not published 0.5 DCU starting capacity · 0.5 DCU capacity increments · Up to 15 read replicas Read 22 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Serverless — I/O-OptimizedPrice not published 0.5 DCU starting capacity · 0.5 DCU capacity increments · Up to 15 read replicas Read 22 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Provisioned On-Demand — StandardPrice not published 10-minute minimum billing period · Up to 15 read replicas Read 22 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Provisioned On-Demand — I/O-OptimizedPrice not published 10-minute minimum billing period · Up to 15 read replicas Read 22 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Amazon DocumentDB free trialFree Free for 30 days for eligible new users750 hours/month of db.t3.medium · 30 million I/Os · 5 GB storage · 5 GB backup storage Read 3 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Free trialFree 30 days750 db.t3.medium instance-hours/month · 30 million I/Os · 5 GB storage · 5 GB backup storage Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Amazon DocumentDB Serverless (Standard)$0.08 a month $0.0822 per DCU-hour in the US East (N. Virginia) pricing example; capacity billed per second0.5 DCU minimum · 0.5 DCU increments · compute example excludes storage and other costs Read 3 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Amazon DocumentDB Serverless (I/O-Optimized)$0.09 a month $0.0905 per DCU-hour in the US East (N. Virginia) pricing example; capacity billed per second0.5 DCU minimum · 0.5 DCU increments · compute example excludes storage and other costs Read 3 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
DocumentDB I/O-OptimizedPrice not published On-demand instances per second with 10-minute minimum; storage billed separatelyNo database I/O charge · pricing example uses $0.3047/hour db.r5.large and $0.30/GB-month storage Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
DocumentDB ServerlessPrice not published DocumentDB Capacity Units billed per secondStarts at 0.5 DCU · Standard example $0.0822 per DCU-hour · I/O-Optimized example $0.0905 per DCU-hour · up to 15 read replicas Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
DocumentDB StandardPrice not published On-demand instances per second with 10-minute minimum; storage and I/O usage billed separatelyStorage as low as $0.10/GB-month · I/O $0.20 per million requests in pricing example · backup storage equal to data storage free Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- Amazon DocumentDB has a free plan (Serverless — Standard).
- A free trial is offered.
- Paid plans published: 2, from $0.08 a month.
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firestore | — | Yes | Yes |
| JayDB | $0.05/mo | Yes | No |
| eXist-db | — | Yes | No |
| DocumentDB | — | Yes | No |
| Apache CouchDB | — | Yes | No |
| Apache AsterixDB | — | Yes | No |
| RethinkDB | — | Yes | No |
| Azure Cosmos DB for NoSQL | — | Yes | Yes |