Amazon DynamoDB pricing
4 plans read from aws.amazon.com
Free tierFree Per Region, per-payer account basis25 WCUs · 25 RCUs · 25 GB storage · 25 replicated WCUs Read 22 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
On-demand capacityPrice not published monthly usage basedAutomatic scaling · no capacity planning · Standard or Standard-IA table classes Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Provisioned capacityPrice not published hourly provisioned capacitySpecify read and write capacity · auto scaling available · Standard or Standard-IA table classes Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
DynamoDB Free TierFree monthly per AWS Region and payer account25 WCUs · 25 RCUs · 25 rWCUs for global tables across two Regions · 25 GB storage · 2.5 million Streams read requests · 1 GB data transfer out Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- Amazon DynamoDB has a free plan (Free tier).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiven for PostgreSQL | $5/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Firestore | — | Yes | Yes |
| Azure SQL Database | — | Yes | No |
| Amazon RDS | — | Yes | Yes |
| Railway | $5/mo | Yes | Yes |
| TiDB Cloud | — | Yes | No |
| Convex | $25/mo | Yes | No |
| CockroachDB Cloud | $0.06/mo | Yes | Yes |