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Amazon Athena Pricing

aws.amazon.com · Database As A Service Dbaas · refreshed 2026-05-06
Database As A Service Dbaas
Free tier
Self-serve checkout
3 tiers
Public API
Quick answer

Amazon Athena prices each of its 3 models per million undefined. Example: SQL queries at $undefined input / $– output per 1M undefined.

Page fetched 2026-05-09 · aws.amazon.com · Per-model / per-SKU pricing
Amazon Athena pricing page screenshot — https://aws.amazon.com/athena/pricing/
Source · live pricing page on 2026-05-06

aws.amazon.com/athena/pricing/

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Amazon Athena pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · aws.amazon.com/athena/pricing/
Per-model pricing
3 SKUs priced in mixed units (TB, hour)
Model / SKUInputOutput

SQL queries

price per terabyte of data scanned

$5 / TB

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Capacity Reservations (DPU hour)

price per DPU‑hour for provisioned capacity

$0.3 / hour

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Apache Spark (DPU hour)

price per DPU‑hour for Spark workloads

$0.35 / hour

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SQL queries
Capacity Reservations (DPU hour)
Apache Spark (DPU hour)

Monthly usage (TB)

1 TB
10 TB
100 TB
SQL queries on Amazon Athena

$5.000000 per TB · billed monthly

$5.00
per month
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Frequently asked
Amazon Athena pricing FAQ

Amazon Athena pricing is usage‑based, charging $5 per terabyte of data scanned for SQL queries, $0.30 per DPU‑hour for capacity reservations, and $0.35 per DPU‑hour for Spark; there is no monthly subscription.

Amazon Athena is priced per usage rather than per seat. Sign up for an API key, then pay per call.

Amazon Athena does not advertise a free tier on its public pricing page as of 2026-05-06. A free trial may be available on request.

Yes — Amazon Athena's purchase motion is self-serve. No demo is required.

Yes — Amazon Athena's API documentation is publicly accessible. An AI agent or developer can inspect the integration surface without authentication.

xpay scored Amazon Athena as human-assisted: some plans are self-serve, others require sales contact. Amazon Athena publishes a pricing page with 3 discoverable plan tier(s). A usage-based price is published, though task-level forecasting requires the agent to estimate consumption first. Self-serve signup exists alongside a sales-led / custom tier. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. A free or freemium tier is offered. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.

In the Database As A Service Dbaas category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Amazon Athena to compare with 3 nearest peers.

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AI agent readiness
Can an AI agent buy from Amazon Athena?
Approaching Agent-Ready

74

/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index

Amazon Athena scores 74/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is pub…

See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Amazon Athena into the Agent-Ready Verified band.
Quick facts
At a glance
Free access

Not advertised

Billing cycle

Pay-as-you-go

Lowest paid

Pay-as-you-go

Per-unit pricing

3 models priced per undefined

Self-serve checkout

No

Models / SKUs

3

Pricing model

Per-model / per-SKU pricing

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Amazon Athena pricing summary derived from a live read of https://aws.amazon.com/athena/pricing/ on 2026-05-06. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for Amazon Athena.

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