Astra DB pricing

Select the appropriate pricing plan for your Astra DB deployment by reviewing the tables provided in this page.

Astra DB billable meters and measures

The following table provides a current list of Astra DB billable meters and their measures. A billable meter is any metered metric on the Astra platform that results in a billable event which deducts the corresponding number of Resource Units (RU) from the customer's total credit balance or gets applied to a credit balance due for pay-as-you-go customers.

Current Astra DB billable meters and measures
Product or Service Meter Measure
Astra DB on-demand: Reads Number of writes Per 1 million
Astra DB on-demand: Writes Number of reads Per 1 million
Astra DB on-demand: Vector dimension reads Number of reads Per 1 million
Astra DB on-demand: Vector dimension writes Number of reads Per 1 million
Astra DB provisioned capacity units all types Number of hours Per hour
Astra DB storage: All types GB stored Maximum per month
Astra DB data transfer: All types GB transferred Total GB transferred
Astra DB private link: Active Hours Per hour
Astra DB private link: Ingress GB transferred Total GB transferred
Astra DB private link: Egress GB transferred Total GB transferred

Astra DB rates

The following tables provide current Astra DB rates. All costs are reflected in Resource Units (RU).

On-demand pricing (per million reads)

On-demand pricing (per million reads)
Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
AWS North America 0.62 0.69
AWS EMEA 0.68 0.75 0.79
AWS SA 0.96
AWS APAC 0.61 0.83
AZURE North America 0.66 0.73
AZURE EMEA 0.69 0.78
AZURE APAC 0.72 0.83
AZURE SA 0.95
GCP North America 0.60 0.70
GCP APAC 0.65 0.77
GCP EMEA 0.67 0.70

On-demand pricing (per million writes)

On-demand pricing (per million writes)
Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
AWS North America 1.04 1.14
AWS EMEA 1.23 1.31
AWS SA 1.72
AWS APAC 1.06 1.29
AZURE North America 1.12 1.22
AZURE EMEA 1.17 1.25
AZURE APAC 1.20 1.30
AZURE SA 1.52
GCP North America 1.02 1.12
GCP APAC 1.09 1.23
GCP EMEA 1.14 1.28

Vector: On-demand pricing (per million reads)

Vector: On-demand pricing (per million reads)
Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
AWS North America 0.70
AWS EMEA 0.70 0.70
AWS SA 0.90
AWS APAC 0.60 0.70
AZURE North America 0.70
AZURE EMEA 0.70 0.70
AZURE APAC 0.70 0.70
AZURE SA 0.90
GCP North America 0.70 0.70
GCP APAC 0.70
GCP EMEA 0.70 0.70

Vector: On-demand pricing (per million writes)

Vector: On-demand pricing (per million writes)
Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
AWS North America 0.70
AWS EMEA 0.70 0.70
AWS SA 0.90
AWS APAC 0.60 0.70
AZURE North America 0.70
AZURE EMEA 0.70 0.70
AZURE APAC 0.70 0.70
AZURE SA 0.90
GCP North America 0.70 0.70
GCP APAC 0.70 0.70
GCP EMEA 0.70 0.70

Reserved capacity units (with 12 month commit) - Shared or Multi-tenant

Reserved capacity units (with 12 month commit) - SharedorMulti-tenant
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AWS APAC 8.01 10.06
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AWS EMEA 9.20
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AWS North America 9.28
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AWS SA 12.21
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AZURE APAC 9.43 10.99
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AZURE EMEA 9.94 11.39
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AZURE North America 9.02 9.86
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AZURE SA 13.44
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) GCP APAC 9.93 11.28
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) GCP EMEA 9.39 10.57

Cache optimization add-on for shared reserved capacity units (RCU)

Cache optimization add-on for shared reserved capacity units (RCU)
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS APAC 4.83 3.57
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS EMEA 3.66
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS North America 3.23
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS SA 5.18
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE APAC 4.60 4.66
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE EMEA 4.56 5.49
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE North America 4.08 4.48
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE SA 6.27
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP APAC 3.86 4.61
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP EMEA 3.70 4.25
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP NA 3.44

Reserved capacity units (with 12 month commit) - Dedicated or Single-tenant

Reserved capacity units (with 12 month commit) - Dedicated or Single-tenant
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AWS APAC 9.61 12.07
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AWS EMEA 11.04
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AWS North America 9.94
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AWS SA 14.65
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AZURE APAC 11.32 13.18
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AZURE EMEA 11.93 13.67
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AZURE North America 10.82 11.83
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) AZURE SA 16.13
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) GCP APAC 11.91 13.54
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) GCP EMEA 11.27 12.68
Reserved Capacity Unit (RCU) GCP NA 10.52

Cache optimization add-on for dedicated reserved capacity units (RCU)

Cache optimization add-on for dedicated reserved capacity units (RCU)
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS APAC 8.70 6.42
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS EMEA 6.58
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS North America 5.82
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS SA 9.33
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE APAC 8.28 8.39
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE EMEA 8.20 9.87
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE North America 7.35 8.07
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE SA 11.29
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP APAC 6.96 8.29
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP EMEA 6.65 7.66
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP NA 6.20

Hourly capacity units (No 12 month commit) - Shared or Multi-tenant

Hourly capacity units (No 12 month commit) - Shared or Multi-tenant
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AWS APAC 12.01 15.09
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AWS EMEA 13.79
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AWS North America 12.42
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AWS SA 18.31
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AZURE APAC 14.14 16.48
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AZURE EMEA 14.91 17.08
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AZURE North America 13.52 14.78
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AZURE SA 20.16
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) GCP APAC 14.89 16.92
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) GCP EMEA 14.09 15.85
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) GCP NA 13.15

Cache optimization add-on for shared hourly capacity units (HCU)

Cache optimization add-on for shared hourly capacity units (HCU)
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS APAC 7.25 5.24
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS EMEA 5.49
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS North America 4.85
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS SA 7.78
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE APAC 6.90 6.99
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE EMEA 6.83 8.23
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE North America 6.12 6.72
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE SA 9.41
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP APAC 5.80 6.91
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP EMEA 5.54 6.38
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP NA 5.16

Hourly capacity units (No 12 month commit) - Dedicated or Single-tenant

Hourly capacity units (No 12 month commit) - Dedicated or Single-tenant
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AWS APAC 14.42 18.11
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AWS EMEA 16.55
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AWS North America 14.91
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AWS SA 21.97
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AZURE APAC 16.97 19.78
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AZURE EMEA 17.89 20.50
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AZURE North America 16.23 17.74
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) AZURE SA 24.20
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) GCP APAC 17.87 20.31
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) GCP EMEA 16.91 19.03
Hourly Capacity Unit (HCU) GCP NA 15.78

Cache optimization add-on for dedicated hourly capacity units (HCU)

Cache optimization add-on for dedicated hourly capacity units (HCU)
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS APAC 8.70 6.42
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS EMEA 6.58 7.35 6.54
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS North America 5.82 5.87
Cache Optimization Add-On AWS SA 9.33
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE APAC 8.28 8.39
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE EMEA 8.20 9.87 11.93
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE North America 7.35 8.07
Cache Optimization Add-On AZURE SA 11.29
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP APAC 6.96 8.29
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP EMEA 6.65 7.66 9.02
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP NA 6.20 7.06
Cache Optimization Add-On GCP SA 6.44

Storage pricing - RU cost per GB stored

Storage pricing - RU cost per GB stored
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Data Storage AWS APAC 0.39 0.45
Data Storage AWS EMEA 0.41 0.43 0.45
Data Storage AWS North America 0.42 0.42
Data Storage AWS SA 0.68
Data Storage AZURE APAC 0.45 0.45
Data Storage AZURE EMEA 0.44 0.44
Data Storage AZURE North America 0.42 0.42
Data Storage AZURE SA 0.63
Data Storage GCP APAC 0.45 0.47
Data Storage GCP EMEA 0.44 0.46
Data Storage GCP NA 0.42 0.42

Data transfer pricing - Same region

Data transfer pricing - Same region
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Data Transfer - Same Region AWS APAC 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region AWS EMEA 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region AWS North America 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region AWS SA 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region AZURE APAC 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region AZURE EMEA 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region AZURE North America 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region AZURE SA 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region GCP APAC 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region GCP EMEA 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region GCP NA 0.23 0.23 0.23
Data Transfer - Same Region GCP SA 0.23 0.23 0.39

Data transfer pricing - Within cloud provider network

Data transfer pricing - Within cloud provider network
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider AWS APAC 0.19 0.22
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider AWS EMEA 0.08 0.08 0.33
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider AWS North America 0.08 0.08
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider AWS SA 0.35
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider AZURE APAC 0.15 0.16
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider AZURE EMEA 0.05 0.05
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider AZURE North America 0.05 0.05
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider AZURE SA 0.31
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider GCP APAC 0.14 0.18
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider GCP EMEA 0.05 0.05
Data Transfer - Within Cloud Provider GCP NA 0.05 0.05

Data transfer pricing - Internet

Data transfer pricing - Internet
Type Provider Region Standard Premium Premium Plus
Data Transfer - Internet AWS APAC 0.22 0.26
Data Transfer - Internet AWS EMEA 0.18 0.18 0.30
Data Transfer - Internet AWS North America 0.18 0.18
Data Transfer - Internet AWS SA 0.35
Data Transfer - Internet AZURE APAC 0.26 0.26
Data Transfer - Internet AZURE EMEA 0.22 0.22
Data Transfer - Internet AZURE North America 0.19 0.19
Data Transfer - Internet AZURE SA 0.31
Data Transfer - Internet GCP APAC 0.28 0.38
Data Transfer - Internet GCP EMEA 0.24 0.25
Data Transfer - Internet GCP NA 0.23 0.23