Amazon Timestream and AWS Database Savings Plans: Can You Actually Save Money? (opens in new tab)

AWS recently introduced Database Savings Plans, bringing a more flexible commitment model to managed database services. If you're running Amazon Timestream, especially for IoT, telemetry, observability, or time-series workloads, you might be wondering whether Database Savings Plans can reduce your costs. The answer is a little more nuanced than many AWS announcements make it seem. First, What Are Database Savings Plans? Database Savings Plans are AWS's newest commitment-based discount model f...