CloudEstimate

Size CockroachDB Self-Hosted on AWS

Extra Small — up to 1 TB replicated OLTP data on a three-node cluster

Monthly cost

$540.48

Annual cost

$6,486/year

Line-item breakdown

Compute $420.48
Storage $120.00
Other $0.00

Components provisioned

Role Instance vCPU GB RAM Storage
Node 3 × m6i.xlarge 4 16 500 GB

Why this sizing

This sizing provides a three-node cluster suitable for up to 1 TB of replicated OLTP data. The primary cost driver is compute, accounting for over 75% of the total monthly cost. This configuration does not include high availability, meaning a single node failure will impact service.

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Sources

Reference architecture: CockroachDB Self-Hosted for three-node-small, version CockroachDB stable recommended production settings, retrieved April 13, 2026.

https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/recommended-production-settings

Pricing: AWS pricing snapshot, retrieved May 6, 2026.

Commercial pricing only. GovCloud, sovereign cloud, and discounts beyond those shown are not modelled.

Not included in this estimate

  • Vendor licensing and support
  • Professional services
  • Network egress
  • Compliance controls
  • Backup storage
  • Monitoring

Based on CockroachDB self-hosted production recommendations and expressed as VM-based planning tiers.

Estimate excludes load balancers, backups, changefeeds, geo-partitioned layouts, and network transfer between regions or zones.

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