EMR Pricing Calculator - EC2 + EMR + EBS Cost Estimator

Amazon EMR pricing calculator that combines EC2 instance pricing, EMR add-on fees, and optional EBS volume costs. Compare On-Demand, Spot, Savings Plans, and Reserved pricing across AWS regions.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an Amazon EMR pricing calculator?

An Amazon EMR pricing calculator estimates the full cost of EMR on EC2 by combining three billing components: EC2 instance pricing, EMR add-on pricing, and optional EBS volume costs. This gives you a realistic cluster estimate instead of compute-only pricing.

How does Amazon EMR pricing work?

Amazon EMR on EC2 pricing is additive. You pay EC2 for the underlying instances, then an EMR surcharge per running instance-hour, plus any attached EBS volumes. In us-east-1, a common EMR add-on rate is around $0.048/hour for m5.xlarge and $0.034/hour for c6g.xlarge.

Does EMR pricing include EBS storage costs?

No. EBS is billed separately. This calculator includes optional EBS cost inputs so you can estimate total EMR cost with storage. For deeper storage optimization, use our EBS pricing calculator.

Can I use Spot and Savings Plans with EMR?

Yes. EMR supports EC2 purchase options like On-Demand and Spot for instance compute, and Savings Plans can reduce the EC2 portion. EMR add-on charges and EBS charges are still added on top of the selected EC2 model.

How does EMR pricing compare to EKS pricing for Spark workloads?

EMR is often simpler for managed Spark/Hadoop with purpose-built features, while EKS offers broader container orchestration flexibility. EMR includes an EMR add-on fee per instance. For Kubernetes cost comparison, use our EKS pricing calculator.

What costs aren't included in this EMR estimator?

This tool focuses on EC2 + EMR + EBS. It does not include S3 data lake storage, CloudWatch logs/metrics, data transfer, Glue Data Catalog requests, or third-party tooling. Model those separately using related calculators such as S3 pricing.

How accurate is this EMR cost calculator?

Pricing data is generated from the AWS public pricing API and refreshed regularly. Final billing can vary with runtime behavior, autoscaling, storage lifecycle, and additional services. Use this as a planning baseline and validate against AWS Cost Explorer for production workloads.

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