AWS Snowball | Billing Flashcards
What does it cost to export my data?
Billing
AWS Snowball | Storage
In addition to the Snowball Export fees detailed on our pricing page, you will also be charged all Amazon S3 and Amazon Glacier fees incurred to retrieve your data from those services.
How much does it cost to transfer data using Snowball?
Billing
AWS Snowball | Storage
Each Snowball data transfer job costs a flat fee for device handling and import and export operations at AWS data centers. Snowball is free for use for 10 days at your site. The day that the device is received and the day that the device is shipped are not counted towards these 10 days. Beyond that, a Snowball device costs $15/day for each extra day that it is at your site. There is no cost for transferring data into AWS. Transferring data out of AWS costs are region specific, please see our pricing page for pricing details.
The following example illustrates Snowball pricing for an 80 TB model.
Example:
Assume you transfer 60 TB of data into AWS using one Snowball and you keep the Snowball for 14 days (receiving the Snowball from the shipper on day 1 and returning the Snowball to the shipper on day 14).
Service charge for this job:
The service charge for this job is $250.
Extra day charge:
Snowball is free for use for 10 days at your site. The day that the device is received and the day that the device is shipped are not counted toward these 10 days, meaning day 1 and day 14 are free in this case. There are 12 days between day 1 and day 14, and 10 out of 12 days are free. The remaining 2 days are 2 extra days used to transfer your data. The total extra day charge is:
2 days x $15/day = $30
Data transfer:
In this example, you transferred data into AWS, so the data transfer cost is free.
Shipping:
Shipping charges are based on your shipment destination and the shipping option you choose (for example, overnight, or two-day).
How am I charged for Amazon S3 usage?
Billing
AWS Snowball | Storage
Snowball will transfer data on your behalf from Snowball appliances to AWS services, such as Amazon S3. Standard AWS service charges apply. Data transferred in to AWS does not incur any data transfer fees, and Standard Amazon S3 pricing applies for data stored in S3.
