Better backup cost visibility in RDS

Amazon RDS now supports per snapshot billing.

Amazon RDS now breaks out snapshot charges at the individual snapshot level instead of rolling them up at the DB instance level. That gives FinOps teams a much clearer view of backup spend.

It also makes it easier to use cost allocation tags to attribute snapshot costs more accurately, which can help you spot waste and optimize storage-heavy backup patterns.

Get sharper inventory and governance coverage in AWS Config

AWS Config now supports 10 new resource types.

AWS Config now tracks 10 additional resource types, including billing-related and service resources. That widens configuration coverage across more of the AWS environment.

Cut waste in container workloads with ECS consolidation

Amazon ECS Managed Instances adds cross-instance and Spot consolidation.

Amazon ECS Managed Instances can now use cross-instance and Spot consolidation to pack workloads onto fewer instances and reclaim underused capacity.

That directly supports cost optimization, because you can reduce the amount of paid infrastructure needed for containerized workloads.

Make Lambda startups lighter with SOCI

AWS Lambda supports Seekable OCI (SOCI) lazy loading for Lambda Managed Instances.

Lambda now supports SOCI lazy loading for OCI images on Lambda Managed Instances, so it fetches only the files needed at startup instead of pulling the whole image first.

AWS says this can reduce startup times by up to 70%, which also helps lower billed compute waste for image-heavy serverless workloads.

Improve observability for MSK streaming workloads

Managed Prometheus collectors now support Amazon MSK consumer-group metrics.

Managed Prometheus collectors now ingest Kafka exporter and consumer-group lag metrics from Amazon MSK into Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus or CloudWatch.

That gives teams better visibility into streaming workload health and lag behavior. When you can see bottlenecks earlier, it’s easier to avoid inefficient resource use and the extra cost that comes with it.

Run Oracle workloads on newer instance families in more regions

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports M8i and R8i instances in additional AWS Regions.

Amazon RDS for Oracle added M8i and R8i instance support in more regions. AWS says the new instances deliver up to 15% better price-performance and 2.5x more memory bandwidth than prior-generation Intel-based instances.