The new Aurora pricing model helps, and is honestly the only reason we're able to use it. It caps costs: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-aurora-i-o-

The new Aurora pricing model helps, and is honestly the only reason we're able to use it. It caps costs: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-aurora-i-o-optimized-cluster-configuration-with-up-to-40-cost-savings-for-i-o-intensive-applications/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-aurora-i-o-optim...