CCX pricing is consumption-based. You pay by the hour for only what you use. Pricing components are the number of server vCPUs and associated RAM, the amount of storage consumed, and data egress type (outbound or between AZs) and amount.

Yes. CCX is more cost-efficient than other large DBaaS vendors despite providing a depth of insight and control, Galera multi-master clustering and ProxySQL-based traffic management (for MySQL technologies) that the large DBaaS vendors lack.

No, use of those technologies is included in the overall database instance price.

No. There’s no upfront commitment and no minimum period of service required, You pay only for what you use.

We do not offer a trial period at present, though we do offer vouchers for trial customers. You can always reach us at sa[email protected] with any billing or subscription inquiries.

Billing is monthly, and paid in arrears, i.e., you pay only for what you’ve already used.

Yes, AWS charges for traffic between AZs, whether they are within the same region, or are in different regions. This cost is passed on to the customer.

CCX rounds up periods of less than an hour and charges the hourly instance price. Therefore, you would be charged for 2 hours of usage.