☁️ Cloud & Infrastructure

RDS, Cloud SQL, Cosmos DB: The Hidden Multipliers Eating Your Database Budget

Database bills sneak up on you, multipliers hidden in plain sight. Here's the no-BS comparison of RDS, Cloud SQL, and Cosmos DB that shows where to cut fat fast.

Pricing comparison table for RDS, Cloud SQL, and Cosmos DB with cost multipliers highlighted

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Disable Multi-AZ on non-prod RDS/Cloud SQL for instant 50% instance savings. 𝕏
  • Schedule non-prod DBs to business hours: up to 70% reduction with no changes. 𝕏
  • Cosmos DB region multipliers triple costs unnecessarily—opt for read replicas instead. 𝕏
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