AWS Snapshot Cost Calculator

Enter your EBS snapshot storage below to see exactly what you're paying, and how much moving old backups to Archive tier would save — using AWS's actual 2026 US East (N. Virginia) rates.

Sum of all EBS snapshot storage across your account. Check Cost Explorer under usage type EBS:SnapshotUsage if you're not sure.
Archive tier needs a 90-day minimum retention — only count backups you won't need to restore quickly.
Optional. Archive tier charges $0.03/GB restored — leave at 0 if you rarely restore from Archive.
Only US East is billed at the exact published rate. Other regions vary by 5–10% depending on region — this is an approximation, not a precise per-region rate.
Current cost (all Standard)
$350.00
per month
Optimized cost
$162.50
per month
You'd save
$187.50 (54%)
per month

How this is calculated

Standard tier: $0.05/GB-month. Archive tier: $0.0125/GB-month (75% cheaper, 90-day minimum retention). Archive restore fee: $0.03/GB. These are AWS's published 2026 US East (N. Virginia) rates — see the full pricing breakdown and 7 ways to cut snapshot costs for the complete methodology, hidden fees (cross-region copy, Fast Snapshot Restore, RDS snapshots), and why deleting a snapshot doesn't always lower your bill.

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