Simple, Transparent Pricing
Enterprise cloud pricing for modern libraries. Choose from production-grade AWS deployments — from testing and pilots to mission-critical, highly available enterprise systems.
Pay only for running time — ideal for testing, development, or Enterprise Auto Scaling
Enterprise
or $2,999/yr
Mission-critical infrastructure with 99.99% availability design and Auto Scaling. Scales up and down automatically — pay only while instances are running.
- ✅ Unlimited bibliographic records
- ✅ Unlimited items & patrons
- ✅ 99.99% uptime reliability
- ✅ Multi-Availability Zone (Multi-AZ) high availability
- ✅ Amazon Aurora database (5× faster than standard MySQL)
- ✅ Point-in-time recovery (1-35 days)
- ✅ Application Load Balancer (ALB) for traffic distribution
- ✅ Intelligent Auto Scaling (2-10 instances)
- ✅ Dual-layer backup protection
- ✅ Automated Amazon S3 backups
- ✅ Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) for shared storage
- ✅ Free SSL/TLS certificates via AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
- ✅ Custom domain support
- ✅ Zero-downtime upgrades
- ✅ 30+ language translations
- ✅ Priority support
Free
$0/yr
Perfect for testing and small collections
- ✅ Koha ILS pre-installed
- ✅ CloudFormation template
- ✅ Unlimited patrons & branches
- ✅ Max 1,000 bibliographic records
- ✅ Max 2,000 items
- ✅ AWS Free Tier eligible
Basic
or $499/yr
Growing collections up to 5,000 records
- ✅ Everything in Free Tier
- ✅ Max 5,000 bibliographic records
- ✅ Max 10,000 items
- ✅ All EC2 instance types
- ✅ 30+ language translations
Standard
or $999/yr
Unlimited records with automated backups
- ✅ Everything in Basic Tier
- ✅ Unlimited bibliographic records
- ✅ Unlimited items
- ✅ Free SSL certificate
- ✅ Priority email support
Detailed Feature Comparison
See exactly what's included in each tier
| Feature | Free | Basic | Standard | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibliographic Records | Max 1,000 | Max 5,000 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Items | Max 2,000 | Max 10,000 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Instance Types | t2/t3 micro only | All compatible | All compatible | All compatible |
| Languages | English only | ✓ 30+ languages | ✓ 30+ languages | ✓ 30+ languages |
| Custom Domain | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSL/TLS Certificates | — | — | ✓ Let's Encrypt | ✓ AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) |
| S3 Backups | Manual | Manual | ✓ Automated | ✓ Dual-layer |
| Database | Local MySQL | Local MySQL | Local MySQL | Amazon Aurora (MySQL-compatible) |
| Load Balancer | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Auto Scaling | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Uptime Reliability | Standard | Standard | Standard | 99.99% |
| Point-in-Time Recovery | — | — | — | 1-35 days |
| Zero-Downtime Upgrades | — | — | — | ✓ |
| AWS Free Tier Eligible | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| AMI License Fee | $0/hr | $0.12/hr (or $499/yr) |
$0.17/hr (or $999/yr) |
$0.39/hr (or $2,999/yr) |
💡 How Total Costs Are Calculated
Flexible billing options and transparent pricing breakdown
Why Choose Hourly?
Hourly billing gives you maximum flexibility and cost control:
- Pay per second: Only pay while instances are running
- Perfect for Auto Scaling: Never pay for idle capacity
- Test affordably: Try Enterprise features without annual commitment
- Development-friendly: Stop instances when not in use
Hourly Rates
- Free: $0/hr (always free)
- Basic: $0.12/hr per instance
- Standard: $0.17/hr per instance
- Enterprise: $0.39/hr per instance
Billed per second with 1-minute minimum
Enterprise Auto Scaling Example
Hourly billing ensures you never pay annual license fees for temporary capacity.
Typical 7-day usage pattern:
- Peak hours (8am-6pm, Mon-Fri): 3 instances running = $1.17/hr × 50 hrs = $58.50
- Off-peak & weekends: 1 instance running = $0.39/hr × 118 hrs = $46.02
- Weekly AMI license total: $104.52
- Monthly estimate: ~$418 in AMI licenses
- Annual estimate: ~$5,016/year
💡 Compare to annual: 3 annual licenses would cost $8,997/year — but you'd be paying for capacity you don't use 70% of the time. Hourly billing saves ~$3,981/year.
What You Pay For
Your total AWS bill consists of two parts:
1. AMI License (KohaSupport)
- Charged per running instance
- Choose hourly or annual billing
- Enterprise: License applies per running instance (including scaled capacity)
2. AWS Infrastructure (AWS)
- Amazon EC2 (virtual servers) and storage (EBS, EFS)
- Networking and data transfer
- Enterprise services (Aurora database, ALB load balancer)
💬 Cost offset: Many libraries offset Enterprise costs by eliminating on-premise servers, backup hardware, and maintenance contracts.
📊 All usage is visible in the AWS billing console for full transparency and budget tracking.
For detailed cost scenarios and optimization strategies, visit our Knowledge Base or see our comprehensive FAQ page.
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