The idea is exciting, but the pricing looks too high for side projects. The docs state "Aurora Serverless can scale from a minimum of 1 ACU to a maximum of 256 ACUs." Unless I'm reading this incorrectly, you are paying for 1 ACU 24 hours a day.
$0.06 * 24 * 365 = $525.60 per year.
This is more expensive than a low-end RDS instance. It's a shame, I immediately thought this would be the perfect solution for side projects and prototypes, but the pricing killed it.
$0.06 * 24 * 365 = $525.60 per year.
This is more expensive than a low-end RDS instance. It's a shame, I immediately thought this would be the perfect solution for side projects and prototypes, but the pricing killed it.