Amazon Elastic Block Storage (EBS)

Each grouping represents a specific way Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS) measures and bills for resource consumption. Click into a code for additional specifications.

Amazon Elastic Block Storage (Amazon EBS)

Storage Snapshot

EBS:SnapshotUsage

Amazon EBS Snapshots are point-in-time copies of your block data. EBS Snapshots in the Standard tier are stored incrementally, which means you are billed only for the changed blocks stored. You are charged by GB-Month.

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EBS:SnapshotArchiveStorage

EBS Snapshots in the Archive tier are full copies of your block data, which means you are billed for all the blocks stored and not just the changed blocks. You are charged by GB-Month.

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EBS:SnapshotArchiveEarlyDelete

Snapshots in the Archive tier have a minimum retention period of 90 days. Archived snapshots that are deleted or permanently restored to the Standard tier before 90 days will incur a pro-rated charge equal to the storage charge for the remaining days.

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EBS:SnapshotArchiveRetrieval

When storing EBS Snapshots in the Archival tier, you pay a per-GB rate for accessing your snapshots as a tradeoff for lower storage costs.

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Storage

EBS:VolumeUsage.gp3

This is a charge for storage component of General Purpose SSD third generation (gp3) EBS volume. You are charged per GB-month of provisioned storage, and separately for IOPS or Throughput if you provision additional.

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EBS:VolumeUsage.gp2

This is a charge for General Purpose SSD second generation (gp2) EBS volume. You are charged per GB-month of provisioned storage. All performance is scaled based on provisioned storage for gp2.

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EBS:VolumeUsage

This is a charge for Magnetic (standard) volumes, which are considered a previous generation volume that are backed by magnetic drives. You are charged per GB-month of provisioned storage

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EBS:VolumeUsage.st1

This is a charge for the st1 Throughput Optimized HDD EBS volume. You are charged per GB-month of provisioned storage.

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EBS:VolumeUsage.piops

This is a charge for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1) storage. You are charged per GB-month of provisioned storage.

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EBS:VolumeUsage.io2

This is a charge for Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) storage. You are charged per GB-month of provisioned storage.

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EBS:VolumeUsage.sc1

This is a charge for sc1 Cold HDD EBS storage. You are charged per GB-month of provisioned storage

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Provisioned Throughput

EBS:VolumeP-Throughput.gp3

Amazon EBS gp3 volumes have separately configurable storage, throughput, and IOPS. This is a line item charge for additionally configured throughput on a gp3 volume. For gp3, your get 125 MB/s free and pay per provisioned MB/s-month over 125.

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System Operation

EBS:VolumeP-IOPS.gp3

Amazon EBS gp3 volumes have separately configurable storage, throughput, and IOPS. This is a line item charge for additionally configured IOPS on a gp3 volume. For gp3, your get 3,000 IOPS free and pay per IOPS-month over 3,000.

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EBS:VolumeIOUsage

This is a charge for additional IO configured on your EBS volume. You pay per provisioned IOPS-month

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EBS:VolumeP-IOPS.piops

This is a charge for additional IO configured on your EBS io1 volume up to 32,000 IOPS. You pay per provisioned IOPS-month.

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EBS:VolumeP-IOPS.io2

This is a charge for additional IO configured on your EBS io2 volume up to 32,000 IOPS. You pay per provisioned IOPS-month.

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EBS:VolumeP-IOPS.io2.tier2

This is a charge for additional IO configured on your EBS io2 volume between 32,001 IOPS and 64,000 IOPS. You pay per provisioned IOPS-month.

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EBS:VolumeP-IOPS.io2.tier3

This is a charge for additional IO configured on your EBS io2 volume greater than 64,000 IOPS. You pay per provisioned IOPS-month.

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EBS direct API Requests

EBS:directAPI.snapshot.List

This is a line item fee for LIST operations of the direct APIs to EBS Snapshots. You can perform ListChangedBlocks and ListSnapshotBlocks, and are charged per thousand requests

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EBS:directAPI.snapshot.Get

This is a line item fee for GET operations of the direct APIs to EBS Snapshots. You can perform GetSnapshotBlock and are charged per thousand SnapshotAPIUnits

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EBS:directAPI.snapshot.Put

This is a line item fee for PUT operations of the direct APIs to EBS Snapshots. You can perform PutSnapshotBlock and are charged per thousand SnapshotAPIUnits

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Fast Snapshot Restore

EBS:FastSnapshotRestore

Fast Snapshot Restore (FSR) allows you to promptly restore fully provisioned EBS volumes from snapshots, regardless of the size of the volume or snapshot. FSR is charged in Data Services Unit-Hours (DSU-Hours) for each snapshot and each Availability Zone in which it is enabled. DSUs mean that you are billed per minute with a one-hour minimum. You will continue to incur charges on an FSR-enabled snapshot until you disable it.

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