With no set-up fees and upfront commitments, Amazon CloudSearch doesn’t offer an enterprise pricing plan. Instead, it is using a pay-as-you-go pricing method wherein you only need to pay for your search instance usage which pricing is calculated on an hourly basis, the total number of the batch documents you uploaded to the search domain, the amount of data you stored in the search domain when you explicitly made IndexDocuments requests/calls, and the amount of data you transferred in and out Amazon CloudSearch.
In addition, all of the charges are billed on a monthly basis and vary depending on which region you belong. Here are the details:
Search Instances
US East (N. Virigina)
- search.m1.small – $0.059 per hour
- search.m3.medium – $0.094 per hour
- search.m3.large – $0.188 per hour
- search.m3.xlarge -$0.376 per hour
- search.m3.2xlarge – $0.752 per hour
US West (Northern California)
- search.m1.small – $0.063 per hour
- search.m3.medium – $0.104 per hour
- search.m3.large – $0.208 per hour
- search.m3.xlarge – $0.416 per hour
- search.m3.2xlarge – $0.832 per hour
US West (Oregon)
- search.m1.small – $0.059 per hour
- search.m3.medium – $0.094 per hour
- search.m3.large – $0.188 per hour
- search.m3.xlarge – $0.376 per hour
- search.m3.2xlarge – $0.752 per hour
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
- search.m4.large – $0.255 per hour
- search.m4.xlarge – $0.511 per hour
- search.m4.2xlarge – $1.023 per hour
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
- search.m1.small – $0.078 per hour
- search.m3.medium – $0.132 per hour
- search.m3.large – $0.264 per hour
- search.m3.xlarge – $0.528 per hour
- search.m3.2xlarge – $1.056 per hour
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
- search.m1.small – $0.078 per hour
- search.m3.medium – $0.132 per hour
- search.m3.large – $0.264 per hour
- search.m3.xlarge – $0.528 per hour
- search.m3.2xlarge – $1.056 per hour
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
- search.m1.small – $0.082 per hour
- search.m3.medium – $0.136 per hour
- search.m3.large – $0.272 per hour
- search.m3.xlarge – $0.544 per hour
- search.m3.2xlarge – $1.088 per hour
EU (Franfurt)
- search.m3.medium – $0.112 per hour
- search.m3.large – $0.224 per hour
- search.m3.xlarge – $0.448 per hour
- search.m3.2xlarge – $0.896 per hour
EU (Ireland)
- search.m1.small – $0.063 per hour
- search.m3.medium – $0.104 per hour
- search.m3.large – $0.208 per hour
- search.m3.xlarge – $0.416 per hour
- search.m3.2xlarge – $0.832 per hour
South America (Sao Paolo)
- search.m1.small – $0.078 per hour
- search.m3.medium – $0.128 per hour
- search.m3.large – $0.256 per hour
- search.m3.xlarge – $0.512 per hour
- search.m3.2xlarge – $1.024 per hour
Pricing is per instance-hour consumed for each search instance, from the time the instance is launched until it is terminated. Each partial instance-hour consumed is billed as a full hour.
When you enable the Multi-AZ option for enhanced data durability and availability, Amazon CloudSearch provisions and maintains additional search instances in a different Availability Zone. Search traffic is distributed across all of the instances and the instances in either zone are capable of handling the full load in the event of a service disruption. When you enable the Multi-AZ option, you are charged for the additional search instance hours used at the regular rates for the applicable region.
Previous Generation Search Instances
Below are the prices for previous generation instances, which are only available for existing search domains. All newly created domains will be provisioned with the higher performance newer generation instance options.
US East (N. Virigina)
- search.m1.large – $0.236 per hour
- search.m2.xlarge – $0.306 per hour
- search.m2.2xlarge – $0.613 per hour
US West (Northern California)
- search.m1.large – $0.257 per hour
- search.m2.xlarge – $0.344 per hour
- search.m2.2xlarge – $0.688 per hour
US West (Oregon)
- search.m1.large – $0.236 per hour
- search.m2.xlarge – $0.306 per hour
- search.m2.2xlarge – $0.613 per hour
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
- search.m1.large – $0.315 per hour
- search.m2.xlarge – $0.370 per hour
- search.m2.2xlarge – $0.740 per hour
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
- search.m1.large – $0.315 per hour
- search.m2.xlarge – $0.370 per hour
- search.m2.2xlarge – $0.740 per hour
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
- search.m1.large – $0.328 per hour
search.m2.xlarge – $0.359 per hour
search.m2.2xlarge – $0.719 per hour
EU (Ireland)
- search.m1.large – $0.257 per hour
- search.m2.xlarge – $0.344 per hour
- search.m2.2xlarge – $0.688 per hour
South America (Sao Paolo)
- search.m1.large – $0.315 per hour
- search.m2.xlarge – $0.404 per hour
- search.m2.2xlarge – $0.806 per hour
Pricing is per instance-hour consumed for each search instance, from the time the instance is launched until it is terminated. Each partial instance-hour consumed is billed as a full hour.
When you enable the Multi-AZ option for enhanced data durability and availability, Amazon CloudSearch provisions and maintains additional search instances in a different Availability Zone. Search traffic is distributed across all of the instances and the instances in either zone are capable of handling the full load in the event of a service disruption. When you enable the Multi-AZ option, you are charged for the additional search instance hours used at the regular rates for the applicable region.
Batch Uploads
You are billed for the total number of document batches uploaded to your search domain. Uploaded documents are automatically indexed.
- $0.10 per 1,000 Batch Upload Requests (the maximum size for each batch is 5 MB)
IndexDocuments Requests
When you make configuration changes to your index, for example by adding a field, you will need to rebuild the index. To do this, you use the AWS Management Console, command line tools, AWS SDKs, or APIs to issue an IndexDocuments request. The charge for this request is:
- $0.98 per GB of data stored in your search domain
Amazon CloudSearch may occasionally issue these calls for you. For example, as you add data to your domain, Amazon CloudSearch may proactively rebuild your index to improve query performance. You will not be charged in this case, and others, where you do not explicitly call IndexDocuments.
Data Transfer
The pricing below is based on data transferred “in” and “out” of Amazon CloudSearch.
US East (N. Virigina)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month – $0.090 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month – $0.085 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month – $0.070 per GB
US West (Northern California)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month – $0.090 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month – $0.085 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month – $0.070 per GB
US West (Oregon)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month – $0.090 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month – $0.085 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month- $0.070 per GB
Asia Pacific (Seoul)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month – $0.126 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month – $0.122 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month – $0.117 per GB
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month- $0.120 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month – $0.085 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month – $0.082 per GB
Asia Pacific (Sydney)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month – $0.140 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month – $0.135 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month – $0.130 per GB
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month – $0.140 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month – $0.135 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month – $0.130 per GB
EU (Frankfurt)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month – $0.090 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month – $0.085 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month – $0.070 per GB
EU (Ireland)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month – $0.090 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month – $0.085 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month – $0.070 per GB
South America (Sao Paolo)
Data Transfer In
- All Data Transfer In – $0.000 per GB
Data Transfer Out
- First 10 TB / month $0.250 per GB
- Next 40 TB / month $0.230 per GB
- Next 100 TB / month $0.210 per GB
Data transferred between Amazon CloudSearch and AWS services in the same region is free.
Data transferred between Amazon CloudSearch and AWS services in different regions will be charged as Internet Data Transfer on both sides of the transfer.
For traffic sent between Amazon CloudSearch and Amazon EC2 instances in the same region, you are only charged for the Data Transfer in and out of the Amazon EC2 instances, and standard Amazon EC2 Regional Data Transfer charges apply. For additional information, please visit the official website of AWS and check the EC2 pricing.
You can always see the resources you’re consuming in Amazon CloudSearch via the Account Activity page on the AWS website, the AWS Management Console, CloudSearch command line tools, or CloudSearch APIs.
