Unlock cost savings with incremental snapshot billing for Amazon Redshift Serverless and Amazon Redshift RG
Big Data Blog
This article announces incremental snapshot billing for Amazon Redshift Serverless and RG instances, effective June 8, 2026.
- Pay only for unique data blocks across active manual snapshots within account
- Automated snapshots remain free (35 days provisioned, 1 day serverless)
- Existing snapshots automatically transition to new billing model
- Enables affordable compliance-driven long-term retention (90 days to 7 years)
- Supports more frequent snapshots for better disaster recovery objectives
- Cross-region snapshots billed based on unique blocks, reducing DR costs
- RG instances offer 30% compute discount plus Reserved Instance pricing
- Example: 10TB warehouse with 7-day retention costs $541.70/month vs. full snapshot size
- No action required; existing snapshots automatically transition June 8, 2026
Incremental snapshot billing significantly reduces backup storage costs for Redshift Serverless and RG by deduplicating data blocks, enabling affordable extended retention and frequent snapshots.
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