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Amazon DynamoDB

  • Timebilled
  • Bytesbilled
  • Callsbilled

In one line

Which meter applies depends entirely on the table's capacity mode.

What gets missed

Provisioned RCU/WCU bill hourly at zero traffic, so that side is Time. On-demand RRU/WRU bill per request, so that side is Calls. Same queries, different meter. Storage and PITR bill separately either way.

Find it on your bill

Filter Cost Explorer or your Cost and Usage Report by these usage types. A usage type with no region prefix means us-east-1.

  • ReadCapacityUnit-Hrs
  • ReadRequestUnits
  • TimedStorage-ByteHrs
  • TimedPITRStorage-ByteHrs

Bills the same way

These services turn exactly the same meters, so what you learn here transfers.