Amazon ElastiCache pricing
6 plans read from aws.amazon.com
AWS Free TierFree credits for new sign-ups after July 15, 2025$100 credits · up to an additional $100 for foundational services · credits unavailable in GovCloud and China Beijing Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Backup storage$0.09 a month per GiB per monthall AWS Regions · no transfer fee for backup or restore Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
ElastiCache Serverless$6 a month Pay for data stored in GB-hours and requests measured in ECPUs; Valkey pricing starts at $6/month.No minimum fee or upfront commitment · Minimum metered storage is 100 MB for Valkey and 1 GB for Memcached and Redis OSS Read 30 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
ElastiCache Serverless$6 a month pay for stored data and compute usedValkey starting price · no infrastructure provisioning Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Database Savings PlansPrice not published commitment to a specific usage amount measured in USD per hour1-year term · eligible ElastiCache usage Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
On-demand nodesPrice not published hourly from launch until termination; partial node-hours billed as full hoursmemory capacity by hour · no long-term commitment Read 15 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- Amazon ElastiCache has a free plan (AWS Free Tier).
- Paid plans published: 3, from $0.09 a month.
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArcadeDB | $19.99/mo | Yes | No |
| Aerospike Database | — | Yes | Yes |
| Amazon DocumentDB | — | No | Yes |
| Amazon DynamoDB | — | Yes | No |
| FalkorDB | $73/mo | Yes | No |
| Apache Cassandra | — | Yes | No |
| Firestore | — | Yes | Yes |
| Apache HBase | — | Yes | No |