DynamoDB On Demand Capacity
DynamoDB On Demand Capacity
- Charges apply for: Reading, Writing, and Storing data
- With on-demand, you don't need to specify your requirements
- DynamoDB instantly scales up and down based on the activity of your application
- Great for unpredictable workloads
- You want to pay for only what oyu use (pay per request)
- great for serverless stacks
Which Pricing Model Should I Use?
| On-Demand Capacity | Provisioned Capacity |
|---|---|
| Unknown Workloads | You can forecast read and write capacity requirements |
| Unpredictable application traffic | Predictable application traffic |
| You want a pay-per-use model | Application traffic is consistent or increases gradually |
| Spiky, Short lived peaks |
- Can switch between the two once per day