Amazon Web Services server pricingUS company
Has a Seoul region and bills in USD by the hour, with per-second billing. New customers get up to $200 in credits over 6 months. It has the widest range of services and suits everyone from small teams to large services.
At a glance
- Operated by
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.
- Regions
- 34
- Billing currency
- USD
- Billing unit
- By the hour, billed per second, pay for what you use
- VAT
- Customers in Korea are charged 10% value-added tax.
- Free tier
- New customers get up to $200 in credits over 6 months.
- Korean entity
- Amazon Web Services Korea LLC
- Nearest region
- ap-northeast-2
- Free egress
- Up to 100 GB per month free, aggregated across all services and regions.
- Public IP
- A public IPv4 address is charged by the hour whether it is in use or idle. It is billed per second with a 60-second minimum.
Strengths
- Seoul region
- Widest range of services
- Credits for new customers
Weaknesses
- Billed in USD
- Complex pricing
- Outbound data is charged separately
Products and things to know
Virtual servers (EC2, Lightsail)
Rent EC2 instances by the hour or second.
- What it is
EC2 rents virtual servers by the hour or second. Source
Lightsail is a simpler server sold on flat monthly pricing, with server specs and transfer bundled into one monthly price. Source
- How billing works
On-Demand is paid by the hour or second with a 60-second minimum and no long-term commitment. Source
- What is included
A Lightsail bundle includes memory, processor, SSD disk and a transfer allowance. Both inbound and outbound data count toward the allowance, but only outbound overage is charged. Source
- Free allowance
New accounts get $100 in credits at once and can earn up to $100 more by exploring services. A Free plan account closes after 6 months or when credits run out. Source
- Discounts
Savings Plans cut costs by up to 72% versus On-Demand in exchange for a usage commitment. Spot Instances use spare capacity at up to 90% off. Source
- Data transfer out
Data transfer out to the internet is free up to 100GB per month, aggregated across all services and Regions, except China and GovCloud. Source
- Easy-to-miss costs
Every public IPv4 address is charged per hour, in use or idle. Billing is per second with a 60-second minimum. Source
A NAT gateway has an hourly charge for as long as it exists, plus a charge for the data it processes. Source
- Korea region
A Seoul Region (ap-northeast-2) is available. Source
Managed databases (RDS, Aurora)
Managed databases.
- What it is
RDS runs databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL for you. Source
- How billing works
On-Demand instances are billed per second with no minimum fee or commitment. Source
- Free allowance
If you signed up before July 15, 2025, select single-AZ instances are free for 12 months up to 750 hours a month. Later sign-ups use their sign-up credits. Source
- Discounts
Reserved Instances run for 1 or 3 years, with No Upfront, Partial Upfront or All Upfront payment. Source
Object storage (S3)
Object storage.
- What it is
S3 stores files as objects. Source
- How billing works
There is no minimum charge. Costs split into storage, requests and retrievals, data transfer and management features. Source
- Data transfer out
Data transfer out to the internet is free up to 100GB per month, aggregated across all services. Source
- Easy-to-miss costs
Each PUT, COPY or lifecycle transition that moves data into a storage class carries a request charge. Source
- Korea region
Sending data to another Region is charged separately as inter-Region transfer. Source
- Limits
Standard-IA and One Zone-IA have a 30-day minimum storage charge, so deleting earlier bills the remaining days. Objects under 128KB are billed as 128KB. Source
Monthly price for common specs
| Spec | Product | Region | Monthly price | Source | |
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| 2 vCPU / 4GB | Lightsail 4GBburstable, 80 GB disk; 4,096GB transfer included | N. Virginia, United States | ₩31,868$24.00 flat monthly, VAT excluded | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| 4 vCPU / 8GB | Lightsail Compute Optimized 8GBcompute-optimized, 320 GB disk; 6,144GB transfer included | N. Virginia, United States | ₩111,539$84.00 flat monthly, VAT excluded | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| PostgreSQL 2 vCPU / 4GB | RDS for PostgreSQL db.t4g.mediumPostgreSQL, burstable, Single AZ | N. Virginia, United States | ₩63,006$0.065/hr x 730 hours, VAT excluded | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| MySQL 2 vCPU / 4GB | RDS for MySQL db.t4g.mediumMySQL, burstable, Single AZ | N. Virginia, United States | ₩63,006$0.065/hr x 730 hours, VAT excluded | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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The cheapest product that meets the spec (on-demand).
Shown in KRW, US East prices. Exchange rate used: 1 USD = ₩1,327.84 (as of 2026-10-20). Prices exclude tax. Local taxes such as VAT or GST depend on your country. Korea-based buyers pay 10% VAT.
excluding tax.
Object storage
| Company | Product | Storage price | Write requests | Read requests | Internet egress | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Glacier Instant RetrievalClass glacier-ir | ₩5.3/GB-mo$0.004/GB-mo | ₩26.6/1K requests$0.02/1K requests | ₩13.3/1K requests$0.01/1K requests | ₩120/GB$0.09/GB; Up to 100 GB per month free, aggregated across all services and regions. | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| S3 Standard-IAClass standard-ia | ₩16.6/GB-mo$0.0125/GB-mo | ₩13.3/1K requests$0.01/1K requests | ₩1.3/1K requests$0.001/1K requests | ₩120/GB$0.09/GB; Up to 100 GB per month free, aggregated across all services and regions. | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| S3 StandardClass standard | ₩30.5/GB-mo$0.023/GB-mo | ₩6.6/1K requests$0.005/1K requests | ₩0.53/1K requests$0.0004/1K requests | ₩120/GB$0.09/GB; Up to 100 GB per month free, aggregated across all services and regions. | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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Block storage
| Company | Product | Storage price (monthly) | Source | |
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| EBS gp3 | ₩106/GB-mo$0.08/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS PostgreSQL extra backup storage | ₩126/GB-mo$0.095/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS MySQL extra backup storage | ₩126/GB-mo$0.095/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| EBS gp2 | ₩133/GB-mo$0.10/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS MySQL storage gp2 | ₩153/GB-mo$0.115/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS PostgreSQL storage gp2 | ₩153/GB-mo$0.115/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS PostgreSQL storage gp3 | ₩153/GB-mo$0.115/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS MySQL storage gp3 | ₩153/GB-mo$0.115/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS MySQL storage gp3 Multi-AZ | ₩305/GB-mo$0.23/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS PostgreSQL storage gp3 Multi-AZ | ₩305/GB-mo$0.23/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS MySQL storage gp2 Multi-AZ | ₩305/GB-mo$0.23/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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| RDS PostgreSQL storage gp2 Multi-AZ | ₩305/GB-mo$0.23/GB-mo | Official pricingChecked 2026-10-21 | Details
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Reliability High reliability
7 of 7 points on the Pickx scale.
- Incidents, last 90 days
- Not verified
- Zones in Seoul
- 4
- 24/7 support
- Yes
- Korean support
- Yes
- Managed DB failover
- Yes
- Security certification
- ISMS, CSAP
Official SLA (monthly uptime commitment)
- Up to 99.99% Servers, Amazon EC2 SLA
- Up to 99.95% Managed DB, Amazon RDS SLA
- Up to 99.9% Storage, Amazon S3 SLA
Check current incidents on the official status page
How we rate, and sources
- Official SLA: 2 points at 99.99%+, 1 at 99.9%+: 2
- 1 point for 2+ zones in Seoul: 1
- 1 point for an official public status page: 1
- 1 point for 24/7 technical support: 1
- 1 point for managed database automatic failover: 1
- 1 point for a security certification (ISMS, CSAP, ISO 27001, SOC 2): 1
6+ is high, 3 to 5 medium, 2 or less low. If the SLA is unknown or fewer than 4 of the 6 checks are verified, we say not enough data. Only facts from official sources are used. Providers publish incidents differently, so incident counts are shown for reference and not scored. Checked 2026-10-21.
Regions
Korea (1)
- Seoul, South Korea
ap-northeast-2Prices shown for
Asia (10)
- Hong Kong
ap-east-1 - Hyderabad, India
ap-south-2 - Jakarta, Indonesia
ap-southeast-3 - Asia Pacific (Malaysia), Malaysia
ap-southeast-5 - Mumbai, India
ap-south-1 - Osaka, Japan
ap-northeast-3 - Singapore
ap-southeast-1 - Taipei, Taiwan
ap-east-2 - Asia Pacific (Thailand), Thailand
ap-southeast-7 - Tokyo, Japan
ap-northeast-1
North America (7)
- N. Virginia, United States
us-east-1 - Ohio, United States
us-east-2 - N. California, United States
us-west-1 - Oregon, United States
us-west-2 - Canada (Central), Canada
ca-central-1 - Calgary, Canada
ca-west-1 - Mexico (Central), Mexico
mx-central-1
Europe (8)
- Frankfurt, Germany
eu-central-1 - Europe (Ireland), Ireland
eu-west-1 - London, United Kingdom
eu-west-2 - Milan, Italy
eu-south-1 - Paris, France
eu-west-3 - Europe (Spain), Spain
eu-south-2 - Stockholm, Sweden
eu-north-1 - Zurich, Switzerland
eu-central-2
South America (1)
- São Paulo, Brazil
sa-east-1
Oceania (3)
- Melbourne, Australia
ap-southeast-4 - Asia Pacific (New Zealand), New Zealand
ap-southeast-6 - Sydney, Australia
ap-southeast-2
Middle East (3)
- Tel Aviv, Israel
il-central-1 - Middle East (Bahrain), Bahrain
me-south-1 - Middle East (UAE), United Arab Emirates
me-central-1
Africa (1)
- Cape Town, South Africa
af-south-1
Source: pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com. Checked: 2026-10-21
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Collection status
Status: OK. Last success: 2026-10-21 06:42 KST
Products collected: 5,168 servers, 4,660 databases, 45 storage