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On the recordRead 8 Oct 202613 facts
Amazon MemoryDB
Plans and prices
On-demand nodes
Priced on request
Additional charges may apply for data written, snapshots, and data transfer
Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Reserved nodes
Priced on request
Discount applies to reserved node usage; regional and node-family restrictions apply
Read 8 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
On the record
- AWS company
- Amazon Web Services says it launched in 2006 and is part of Amazon.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- MemoryDB supports Valkey and Redis OSS data types, parameters, and commands, with the FAQ noting that admin commands are excluded.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data tiering limit
- AWS says data tiering is intended for workloads that regularly access up to 20% of their data and can tolerate extra latency on first access to less frequently used items.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Durability
- MemoryDB uses a distributed transactional log and stores data across multiple Availability Zones for durability, consistency, and recovery.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Management and integrations
- Users can create clusters with the AWS Management Console, CLI, or SDK, and MemoryDB provides Amazon CloudWatch metrics and automatic software patching.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Multi-Region
- MemoryDB Multi-Region supports active-active replication and up to 99.999% availability; AWS says it does not support data tiering or vector search.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Performance
- AWS says MemoryDB stores the full dataset in memory and provides microsecond read latency and single-digit millisecond write latency.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- On-demand nodes are billed by instance hour; data written is priced at $0.20/GB, while reads have no associated data-written charge.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Scaling
- Clusters can scale by changing node counts or node types, and by using sharding for write scaling and replicas for read scaling.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- MemoryDB runs in Amazon VPC, supports encryption at rest through AWS KMS and encryption in transit with TLS, and Graviton2 nodes include always-on 256-bit DRAM encryption.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- AWS describes use cases including real-time generative AI applications, web and mobile apps, online games, and media streaming.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- What it does
- Amazon MemoryDB is a Valkey- and Redis OSS-compatible durable in-memory database service.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Who it is for
- AWS positions MemoryDB for workloads needing a durable, ultra-fast Valkey- or Redis OSS-compatible primary database.aws.amazon.com · read 8 Oct 2026
