What is AWS PaidRDSvCPUMonitored?

Last updated: April 10, 2025

GuardDuty RDS protection will profile login activity for RDS instances for potential threats. Oddly, Amazon charges for RDS GuardDuty on a per vCPU per month fee. This specific billing code is the per vCPU charge for GuardDuty RDS protection. Please note that as you scale up the size of your RDS database with more vCPUs, you will incur more correponding costs from Guard Duty.

Available Regions The prefix represents the region.
Line Item Region
AFS1-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Africa region in Cape Town, South Africa
APN1-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Asia Pacific region in Tokyo, Japan
APN2-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Asia Pacific region in Seoul, South Korea
APS1-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Asia Pacific region in Singapore
APS2-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Asia Pacific region in Sydney, Australia
APS3-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Asia Pacific region in Mumbai, India
CAN1-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Canada region in Central Canada
EU-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Europe (Regional Designation)
EUC1-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Europe region in Frankfurt, Germany
EUN1-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Europe region in Stockholm, Sweden
EUW2-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored Europe region in London, United Kingdom
USE1-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored US East region in Northern Virginia
USE2-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored US East region in Ohio
USW1-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored US West region in Northern California
USW2-PaidRDSvCPUMonitored US West region in Oregon