Amazon DocumentDB Serverless is an on-demand, auto scaling configuration for Amazon DocumentDB. It automatically scales capacity up or down in fine-grained increments based on your application's demand, offering up to 90% cost savings compared to provisioning for peak capacity. For applications with variable workloads, Amazon DocumentDB Serverless offers simplified resource management, with no upfront commitments or additional costs, so you only pay for the database capacity used. Amazon DocumentDB Serverless provides the same MongoDB compatible-APIs and capabilities as Amazon DocumentDB, including read replicas, Performance Insights, and I/O-Optimized storage.
With Amazon DocumentDB Serverless, you create a database, specify the desired range for database capacity, and connect your application. Amazon DocumentDB automatically adjusts the capacity within the range specified based on your application’s needs. You pay on a per-second basis for the database capacity you use when the database is active.