Mysql – How to calculate AWS RDS Data Transfer Pricing

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I'm looking into the possibility of switching my database to Amazon's RDS offering.

At the moment it is just MySQL installed on a normal LEMP server along with everything else the application needs to run.

While the pricing for RDS instances is clear, I can see there is pricing for data transfer out to the internet of $0.090 per GB.

Presumably this includes query results.

But I have no idea how many bytes my query results are, or how many I might use in a day. Therefore I have no idea how much switching to RDS might actually cost.

Is there any way to calculate this?

This may very well be a stupid question but I'd hate to be stung by a huge fee because I didn't fully understand the costs involved.

Best Answer

Based on my experience, AWS does not charge for the query output of RDS Database of MySQL engine, but it charges for Aurora Engine.