Amazon Redshift adds Reserved Instance upfront pricing options for RG instances

Amazon Redshift Reserved Instances Payment Options

Amazon Redshift introduces new payment options for 1-year and 3-year reserved instances for RG instances, including All Upfront and Partial Upfront. These options provide significant savings over on-demand rates and join the existing No Upfront option, offering customers flexibility in managing compute costs.

All Upfront: Maximum discount by paying the full reservation term upfront.
Partial Upfront: Splits the cost between an initial payment and lower monthly installments.

Available Regions

The new payment options are available in the following AWS Regions:

• US East (N. Virginia)
• US East (Ohio)
• US West (Oregon)
• US West (N. California)
• Canada (Central)
• South America (São Paulo)
• Europe (Ireland)
• Europe (Frankfurt)
• Europe (London)
• Europe (Paris)
• Europe (Stockholm)
• Europe (Milan)
• Europe (Spain)
• Africa (Cape Town)
• Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
• Asia Pacific (Seoul)
• Asia Pacific (Singapore)
• Asia Pacific (Sydney)
• Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
• Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
• Asia Pacific (Hong Kong)
• Asia Pacific (Osaka)
• Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
• Asia Pacific (Hyderabad)
• Asia Pacific (Taiwan)
• Asia Pacific (Melbourne)
• Asia Pacific (Bangkok)
• Mexico (Central)

For pricing details, visit the Amazon Redshift pricing page.

Source: AWS release notes

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