AWS Simple Monthly Cost Calculator
Understanding your potential AWS costs is crucial for budgeting and avoiding surprises. The AWS Simple Monthly Cost Calculator helps you estimate your monthly expenditure for some of the most commonly used AWS services: Amazon EC2 (compute), Amazon S3 (storage), Amazon RDS (relational databases), and general data transfer out.
How it Works
This calculator allows you to input your anticipated usage for key services. Based on typical pricing models (which can vary by region, instance type, and usage tiers), it provides a simplified estimate of your monthly AWS bill. Please note that this is a simplified tool and does not account for all AWS services, specific pricing tiers, reserved instances, savings plans, or free tier benefits. Always refer to the official AWS Pricing pages for the most accurate and up-to-date information.
Using the Calculator
Enter your estimated usage for each service in the fields below. If you don't plan to use a particular service, you can leave its fields at zero.
AWS Monthly Cost Estimator
Amazon EC2 (Compute)
Amazon S3 (Storage)
Amazon RDS (Relational Database)
General Data Transfer Out
Example Calculation
Let's say you want to estimate the cost for a small web application:
- EC2: 1 EC2 instance (t2.micro, $0.0116/hour) running 730 hours/month, with 30 GB EBS storage.
- S3: 100 GB of S3 Standard storage, with 10 GB of data transfer out.
- RDS: No RDS instances for this example.
- Other Data Transfer Out: 5 GB.
Using the calculator with these values:
- EC2 Instance Cost: 1 * $0.0116/hour * 730 hours = $8.468
- EBS Storage Cost: 30 GB * $0.10/GB = $3.00
- S3 Storage Cost: 100 GB * $0.023/GB = $2.30
- S3 Data Transfer Out Cost: 10 GB * $0.09/GB = $0.90
- Other Data Transfer Out Cost: 5 GB * $0.09/GB = $0.45
Total Estimated Monthly Cost: $8.468 + $3.00 + $2.30 + $0.90 + $0.45 = $15.118
Important Considerations
- Regional Pricing: AWS pricing varies by region. The default rates used here are illustrative and based on US-East-1.
- Pricing Tiers: Many AWS services offer tiered pricing (e.g., first X GB of S3 storage is cheaper than subsequent GBs). This calculator uses simplified average rates.
- Free Tier: AWS offers a generous free tier for new accounts. This calculator does not account for free tier usage.
- Reserved Instances & Savings Plans: Significant cost savings can be achieved with Reserved Instances or Savings Plans for EC2 and RDS, which are not factored into this simple calculator.
- Other Services: This calculator only covers a few core services. Your actual bill may include costs for Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, VPC, Route 53, and many other services.
- Data Transfer In: Data transfer into AWS is generally free.
For precise cost estimations, always use the official AWS Pricing Calculator.
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